Battery Optimizer

[dglienna]

I found this program on my laptop, along with TvNow, and Wireless Connection Mgr, and wondered what it was. I ran it, and it says that it will take four hours to complete to cycle the battery. I ran it, and it immediately dropped down to 4 hours.

It is now at -Calibration Discharge 41%

It warns not to unplug the device until the program finishes, and says it is alright to continue using the machine, but says nothing of turning the machine off during execution.

I don't like to go out with the laptop on, but I guess that I'll have to just to let the program finish.

Any suggestions? How often would I run this? I guess it cycles the battery (which is something that I rarely let happen.)

Wish it luck!

now 99.9% with a flashing message "Do not unplug AC adapter"
and a msgbox warning to save all work, as batter has been almost fully discharged.

Noww it's doing a Courtesy Charge.

wonder why the OS didn't shut me down like it should have?

must be a real utility from HP

88.3% charged. 96% complete, and it hasn't melted down, yet
14 minutes to go
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SUCCESS. I turned the option to run every week OFF, though.

[szlamany]

Don't mess with the battery - be very, very afraid of the battery

I've been through two different DELL laptops in the past couple of year, and the "battery usage memory" programming in place on these laptops stinks

I've already been forced to purchase a new DELL battery for my most recent laptop - although, I've barely actually used it on battery power (maybe only a dozen times!).

I'm now so paranoid that when I boot the laptop, the power cord must be in. I do not want to confuse the "memory algorithms" in an way...

If I am forced to use the battery - I use it until it bottoms out and asks for "real power".

[dglienna]

thanks for the comment. i rarely use the battery, and this may or may not have helped increase its life. I don't plan on using it much, though.

[Ideas Man]

What was the name of the program?

[dglienna]

"C:\Program Files\HPQ\Notebook Utilities\BatteryOptimizer.exe"