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How to Check and Improve Laptop Battery Health on Windows 11
Laptop battery issues can sneak up on even the savviest Windows 11 users, leaving them frustrated by unexpectedly short battery life and decreased mobility. While external factors like display brightness and rampant background processes commonly drain laptops, the underlying health of the...- ChatGPT
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- battery battery cycle count battery degradation battery diagnostics battery health battery issues battery life battery management battery monitoring battery optimization battery report laptop battery laptop tips power management system care tech tips windows 11 windows tools
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- Forum: Windows News
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Troubleshooting Slow Charging and Battery Drain on Windows 10 Laptops
When a Windows 10 PC begins to charge slowly or even discharge while plugged in, it can feel counterintuitive and deeply frustrating—after all, the expectation is that a connection to mains power should always replenish, not deplete, a battery. But as millions of laptop users worldwide can...- ChatGPT
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- battery battery calibration battery health battery issues battery report charging issues firmware hardware diagnostics laptop battery laptop maintenance microsoft support optimization power adapter power management power settings power supply troubleshooting guide usb power delivery usb-c power windows 10
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- Forum: Windows News
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Google Launches Direct Sales in India, Microsoft Unveils AI Gaming Assistant & More Tech Updates 2025
Google has officially launched its online store in India, enabling consumers to purchase Pixel devices directly from the company for the first time. Previously, Google relied on third-party retailers such as Reliance Digital, Croma, Flipkart, and Amazon for distribution. With this new platform...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 Lost MP4 Files After Keyboard Incident on Windows 10: Need Recovery Tips
Friends, Something unusual happened to me, so I'm asking for help, if possible. I have a PC running WIN 10 LTSC. I also have a Multilaser wireless keyboard and mouse, which keeps having bad contact with the AAA battery that powers the keyboard, and in one of these coincidences, I turned the...- Oswaldo
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- battery issues data loss file recovery keyboard issues ltsc missing files mp4 obs tech support windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 11 Is it possible to change the Win32_ComputerSystem class to make my laptop think it's a desktop?
Hey. So like a year ago I got some water on my Dell g3 and the battery got fucked up (also the keyboard). I can't spend on a battery right now because I have to import it from another country and it's kinda expensive. So I unplugged the battery and I'm using the laptop plugged in all the time...- NMX
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- battery issues dell desktop laptop performance power management power plan registry stuttering win32_computersystem
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Windows 7 Long boot after battery removal - How to change Power Plans to "NO battery"?
Until recently I had in my notebook a battery. I removed it due to defects and don't want to buy a new one. Unfortunately the boot process slows down dramatically. It now takes approx. 5-10 minutes until Windows 7 shows the Login screen. I guess its because the hardware related detection parts...- pstein
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- battery issues battery removal boot issues hardware detection login screen notebook pc maintenance performance power management power plan settings slow boot system settings tech support troubleshooting user guide windows 7 windows forum
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 8 Need some expert help!
OK to start I'm sorry if this is against the rules of the forum. I don't mean any disrespect. Ok so here's my dilemma.. I have a HP G6 Pavillion. I power it on and the HP symbol comes up and it says automatic repair. Then doesn't boot up just the blue screen with the frown face and it is...- rb1989
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- automatic repair battery issues blue screen boot issues diagnostics factory reset hp pavilion software issues system restore tech support
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Surface Pro 3 Battery-gate Follow-up
Supplying an update to the reported battery problems with certain Surface Pro 3 models. read more Continue reading...- News
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- battery issues consumer reports device review hardware microsoft reported problems surface pro tech news update
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- Forum: Live RSS Feeds
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One Possible Reason for Microsoft Band 2 Battery Problems
A wrong fit or a snug band may be causing reports of battery issues for the Microsoft Band 2. read more Continue reading...- News
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- battery issues fitness band gadget review microsoft band snug fit technical issues user reports wearable tech
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Nvidia recalls Shield Tablet - Fire Hazard
Nvidia has announced today that the 8" Shield Tablet sold between July 2014 and July 2015 are being recalled: If you have a Shield Device read the announcement and details on what to do Link Removed- kemical
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- 2014 2015 announcement backup battery issues consumer electronics customer safety fire safety gaming hardware government agencies industry practices notifications nvidia overheating product safety recall feature replacement shield tablet tech news
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- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 8 Event ID 16385 and Mouse Freeze-up
Hi, I am having a strange problem on Windows 8 as of late. Just in the middle of work the mouse pointer freezes in its tracks and there is nothing doing, but to restart. And then all goes on well as if nothing' happened. Today, I had the same problem, but this time the the mouse seems to revive...- zabberwan
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- application log battery issues driver issues error event id event manager mouse freeze performance issues silvercrest software security system error system freeze troubleshooting windows 8 windows update wireless mouse
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows Vista Power Management HP Pavilion
Hey guys I hope someone can shed some light on this for me as I am at a complete loss. I have a HP pavilion dv6-1129tx laptop it still has the genuine battery in it which is about 4yrs old but I assume it is still alright as it holds charge for over an hour running in battery alone. OS is...- occtec
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- battery issues battery life brightness charging electronics hardware compatibility hp pavilion laptop performance power adapter power management power saving power settings recovery tech support windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Laptop keeps shutting down and restarting after Windows 7 installation
I have a HP g60 laptop, I just replaced the hard drive with a Seagate 1 TB SATA 5400RPM hard drive because the previous one died. I installed a downloaded windows 7 home premium on it. After following the instructions I managed to get it up and running again. But the next day I turned it on as...- RaenCamp
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- battery issues hard drive hp g60 installation laptop restart seagate shutdown troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 driver_power_state_failure crash after wifi stops working and trying to restart my surface pro
Hi there, I have had a couple of driver_power_state_failure's on my surface pro these last two days. The first time I noticed it happen was with low battery, my wifi stopped working so I went to restart and it was stuck on restarting... for a long time, then the bsod. (first dump Link Removed)...- Sucratzz
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- battery issues bsod driver issues limited access power state restart surface pro tech support troubleshooting wifi issues
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Unable to Charge the Laptop
Respected Sir, I am using Dell Inspiron 15 R(5520) with windows 7 ultimate 32 bits but when I start my laptop following message was displayed : The AC power adapter wattage and type cannot determinated. The battery may not charge. The system will adjust the performance to match the power...- Harjinder
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- battery issues bios update dell diagnostics laptop charging msata device performance adjustment power adapter troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Random Windows Phone 8 break (?)
I left my phone locked for about an hour and a half (at at least 60% battery when I started). And now i go to turn it back on, nothing! at first, holding the camera button made the phone vibrate, but nothing on the screen. None of the buttons do anything. I plug it in the to charging dock and it...- Ebm9000
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- battery issues charging dock device issues hardware lumia 920 nokia phone lock software troubleshooting windows phone
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- Forum: Microsoft Products and Community
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Windows Vista HP G60 Laptop Screen Goes Blank
I have a three year old HP laptop running Windows 7 (64 bit) that is misbehaving. It would not boot up recently, and I believe the root was heat related issues. My son likes to use it while setting on his bed - fan gets covered up and the laptop overheats. I added some large rubber feet to...- Brannok812
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- battery issues blank screen fan issues hardware issues hp laptop maintenance malware overheating power supply screen issue shutdown software issues system repair system restore troubleshooting user experience windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Getting BSOD approximately everytime i start my Notebook- even when the machine is kept idle...
Hi all, just few days back i installed win7x 64 bit on my machine dell vostro 1400(and its compatible drivers which was little difficult to find as dell suggest that this machine is not for win7) just after this upgradation i have started getting this BSOD screen everytime i restart my machine...- jasdeep
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- battery issues bsod crash dell vostro drivers error screen notebook troubleshooting upgrade windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 SP1 udate issue for Windows 7 x64
Please help, I am trying to run the SP1 update (x64) for Windows 7 and after it finishes with 'preparing to install' an error message pops up saying, 'laptop is running on battery power please plug in to the mains to continue install.' error code 800F0829. The thing is I have connected to the...- Louise
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- battery issues error installation laptop mains power sp1 troubleshooting update windows 7 x64
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 BSOD, Thought it was fixed but it just keeps surprising me ;(
Last post I Made one of our members looked through my minidumps and told me that I had a problem with my graphics driver and realtek PCI card reader as well as a outdated Logitech driver. To my knowledge I've updated all of the above drivers and then today while on battery power I got another...- Yatch
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- battery issues bsod computer help driver issues drivers graphics driver logitech minidump analysis nvidia drivers performance issues power state failure realtek safe mode system issues tech support troubleshooting update user help
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)