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Need a program to monitor laptop battery life


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My daughters laptop (HP) does not seem to alerting when the battery is almost dead. I have all sound schemes disabled except critical battery alarm, but it either never plays or is too quite. Now on the Toshiba there is an actual beep from the system not windows, but the HP does not seem to have this option. So I need a program that can work even when doing things full screened. I have tried advanced battery care, but it will not interrupt full screen applications. Does anyone know of a program that can do what I need?

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Anyone? I also tried battery bar, but unless you pay for the full version it will not alert you to the critical battery state.

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Your HP doesn't seem to be the only one with this problem:

http://forums.cnet.com/7723-12546_102-301206/cannot-activate-low-battery-alarm-sound-in-vista/

(The solution that the guy proposed is the code that D!ABOL!C suggested)

You could give it a go but don't forget that you could always recalibrate your battery by draining it to 0. I doubt that's the problem but if it could help..

Cheers,

Nihal

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