Power Manager gauge question

[mortonofski]

Hey all,

I've got Win7 up and running on my R61i, and the only gripe I've got so far is that unlike in XP, whenever I accidentally left-click the battery gauge it starts up the Power Manager interface, which is quite annoying (at least with XP it just gave you the menu, which could be dismissed quickly). I looked through the settings and couldn't find a way to disable that functionality. Am I missing something? Any thoughts, or should I just learn to live with it?

Thanks,
Mortonofski

[Marin85]

You should learn to not left-click it Alternatively, you could use a slightly older version with the classic battery gauge. Or, alternatively, you may want to hide the battery gauge at all, for instance in order to save precious taskbar space

[Pocket Aces]

This annoys me too. Previously, you could change power profiles with the left-click menu, but now you have to open up Power Manager, which is quite slow.

[Marin85]

Hopefully, Lenovo will change this with the next releases of Power Manager. It was really some good functionality they have took away from the new version.

[NJ_Dave]

This bugs me too. As a substitute, I'm using the ThinkVantage Status Gadget from my factory-installed Vista environment (the Power Manager gadget would have worked too, I'm sure). If you have such an environment backed up, it should be in C:\SWTOOLS\DRIVERS\TVTGADGET. Not sure if an XP version will work, but my Vista version works great for me. (Lenovo does not post these gadgets online.)

Still hoping that a future rev restores the shortcuts.

Dave

[kelehman]

I also am annoyed by the new power manager gauge operation! I used to love being able to choose the power plan by using the battery gauge. In addition, I don't care for the the curved line that surrounds the battery gauge area. Since I put my taskbar on the top of my screen, it does not come out right. Just voicing my opinion! Love Win 7 Though.

[Hauskaz]

Given Windows 7's more useful battery icon in the system tray compared to XP, I just gave up on the awkward-looking taskbar battery gauge. I used to click it to change power profiles, but have now found Fn+F3 to work just as well.