[Democracy]

Recently I found that I cannot see the battery power indicator icon in the
right corner of the task bar when I was using my laptop. But I can see the
battery power percentage level and battery information in the dialogue
window of power management in the control pannel. I don't know what happened.
How can I see it again? Thanks a lot! :)

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

"Democracy" <Democracy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Recently I found that I cannot see the battery power indicator icon
> in the right corner of the task bar when I was using my laptop. But I
> can see the battery power percentage level and battery information
> in the dialogue window of power management in the control pannel. I
> don't know what happened. How can I see it again? Thanks a lot! :)

Does the left edge of the Notification Area have a circle with a left
pointing carat? If so, click it.

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[Mary]

Hard to say without knowing which laptop. Try Power Options in Control Panel
& look for a setting to 'show icon.' Your manufacturer's web site or your
manual is the place to check for help.

"Democracy" wrote:

> Recently I found that I cannot see the battery power indicator icon in the
> right corner of the task bar when I was using my laptop. But I can see the
> battery power percentage level and battery information in the dialogue
> window of power management in the control pannel. I don't know what happened.
> How can I see it again? Thanks a lot! :)

[Tim Slattery]

Democracy <Democracy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Recently I found that I cannot see the battery power indicator icon in the
>right corner of the task bar when I was using my laptop. But I can see the
>battery power percentage level and battery information in the dialogue
>window of power management in the control pannel. I don't know what happened.
>How can I see it again? Thanks a lot! :)

I've been having this problem on my Compaq laptop, and haven't figured
a way around it. The control panel applet says that the notification
area icon should be displayed, but it's not always there. It's not
hidden, when I expand the notification area it's still not there. To
make matters worse, I don't always get a notification before the power
gets low enough that the machine automatically hibernates. This in
spite of the fact that the control panel applet says that it should
notify me. It's not horrible, since hibernation preserves whatever I
was working on. I can just plug in the power cable, reboot, and
continue. But it is a PITA, and I don't know why it does that.

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Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Slattery_T@bls.gov

[Bob I]

Sounds like a poorly written application, does Compaq have an update for it?

Tim Slattery wrote:

> Democracy <Democracy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Recently I found that I cannot see the battery power indicator icon in the
>>right corner of the task bar when I was using my laptop. But I can see the
>>battery power percentage level and battery information in the dialogue
>>window of power management in the control pannel. I don't know what happened.
>>How can I see it again? Thanks a lot! :)
>
>
> I've been having this problem on my Compaq laptop, and haven't figured
> a way around it. The control panel applet says that the notification
> area icon should be displayed, but it's not always there. It's not
> hidden, when I expand the notification area it's still not there. To
> make matters worse, I don't always get a notification before the power
> gets low enough that the machine automatically hibernates. This in
> spite of the fact that the control panel applet says that it should
> notify me. It's not horrible, since hibernation preserves whatever I
> was working on. I can just plug in the power cable, reboot, and
> continue. But it is a PITA, and I don't know why it does that.
>

[Tim Slattery]

Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Sounds like a poorly written application, does Compaq have an update for it?


Compaq has nothing to do with it. It's XP's builtin power management
Control Panel applet.

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Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Slattery_T@bls.gov