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iWant Blog » How To Make Your Battery Life Last Longer On Windows 7 — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:43:44 +0000

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By: matin e

matin e — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:19:00 +0000

yes i think the best is charge the laptop battery once is off then unplugged power cable and then use the laptop

By: Duckbily

Duckbily — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:08:00 +0000

Not exactly… I use power saver mode… I’ve had windows 7 for 10 months now and it started having this problem today……….

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Dell Inspiron 6000 battery — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Dell, an IT company famous for the ease of purchasing computers has completely dropped the ball with this laptop from the design to the service. It is truly unbelievable.

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Dell Inspiron 2100 Battery — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:26:00 +0000

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By: Julisa

Julisa — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:54:24 +0000

I am having this problem.Therefore, I'm going to just going to replace the battery instead.

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prepaid mastercard — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 07:58:44 +0000

I am using windows 7 last 10 months on my laptop. But i have battery Life problem in it. I really like the solution from Microsoft. And I had no problems with the beta and RC is the RTM. You give me all information about it.

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By: Microsoft Says Battery Issue Isn't An Issue | Windows 7 News

Microsoft Says Battery Issue Isn't An Issue | Windows 7 News — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:24:40 +0000

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Bare Necessities coupon — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:25:48 +0000

Well i was using /windows 7 on my laptop but i also got this problem so i have to uninstall it.Your post is very helpful for me and so i will keep looking around for more information.

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Windows 7 – defekter Akku (Fehler beheben) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:21:24 +0000

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Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:43:58 +0000

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Windows 7 meldet kaputten Akku — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:37:04 +0000

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By: chieftain20

chieftain20 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:00:18 +0000

Hmm, idk whats going on with the battery loss, but as far as I go, I have an Asus G50vt-X5 with a 9-cell battery and on the battery alone, I can browse the web for roughly 3 hours before it goes into hibernation. But as far as the plans I use, I just use the Balanced one, but I have it all customized on the inside, so basically its the same as larry's High performance plugged in, power saver (with a bit extra power) on battery.

You can run a "Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report" to see what is going on that is using power, and at/near the bottom there is a status on your battery life in the form of Power capacity, and last full charge capacity.
You can run that report through the command prompt.
Just do this in the cmd.exe:

cd C:Users(your name)Desktop
powercfg -energy
exit

This will save a report in a .html file that will open in your browser and you can check that out there.

Here is my battery status:
Design Capacity 76890
Last Full Charge 72743 (at one point it used to be over 80k, but I don't know how that happens) But basically you can kinda tell how bad your battery is and see if you need to replace it.

By: yolarrydabomb

yolarrydabomb — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:33:38 +0000

What mode I use.

Desktop: High Performance

Laptop Plug in: High Performance
Laptop Battery: Power Save Mode

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By: dollarbang

dollarbang — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:33:33 +0000

I guess there is a 6b…..insert the battery.

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Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:22:46 +0000

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By: Gabriel Ortiz

Gabriel Ortiz — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:48:14 +0000

At first I had that problem, but all I had to do was switch into Power Saver or Balanced mode. I only use High Performance when it's plugged in and I'm doing heavy work.

By: Martijn

Martijn — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:09:52 +0000

well, i have that problem too, i'm using a acer 7520G, and since i installed Windows 7 my battery life is from 1.5-2 hours to 30-45 mins :S I would really like it if there was an solution coming from microsoft.
and, i didn't have the problem with the beta's and RC, it is since the RTM

By: Battery Life Problems on Laptops with Windows 7 | Windows 7 News

Battery Life Problems on Laptops with Windows 7 | Windows 7 News — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:57:02 +0000

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Battery Life Problems on Laptops with Windows 7 - Computer Forums — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:32:39 +0000

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By: Roland

Roland — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:57:58 +0000

$10 says they are using high performance mode instead of Power saver or balanced… Go figure!

By: Yatti420

Yatti420 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:17:05 +0000

I have not noticed any serious battery problems on any laptops I use via windows 7 or any other OS….. However.. Their does seem to be a problem with a specific manufacturer of batteries (regardless of cells used) with them dying very early in life or without warning.. I will have to get the manufacturer's name at a later time.. I've had a dell battery and acer battery die early..

Lithium Ion batteries are just not the best these days.. The more you use them the faster they die it seems.. Calibration tools (BIOS – OEM provided ones) are the best as they perform the proper pulsing and draining to calibrate the lithium ion cells..

On a side note if you want to save time while working install Aerofoil and configure on AC for High Perf and on batt for powersaver.. It'll switch auto for you..

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Windows 7 battery problem | newtechevolution.com — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:09:46 +0000

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Windows 7 laptop battery problem | newtechevolution.com — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:56:50 +0000

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