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Using the Battery Meter or Power Meter Icon, Windows 95 and Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0

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Using the Battery Meter or Power Meter Icon The battery meter icon, called the power meter icon in Windows 98, changes shape to indicate whether the computer is running on external power or on a full, half-full, or nearly discharged battery pack. To display the battery meter icon in the taskbar s In Windows 95 select StartÅSettingsÅControl PanelÅPowerÅPower tab, then select the Show Battery Meter on the Taskbar checkbox. s In Windows 98 select StartÅSettingsÅControl PanelÅPower ManagementÅPower Meter tab, then select the Show Power Meter on the Taskbar checkbox. s In Windows NT 4.0 the battery meter icon displays in the taskbar by default. When the battery meter or power meter icon is displayed in the taskbar, the icon can also be used as follows: Windows 95 and Windows 98 Task Procedure View the total battery power Rest the pointer over the icon. remaining in the system. Enable/disable an on-screen Left-click the icon, select or clear critical low-battery warning. the Enable Low Battery Warning checkbox, then select OK. Access the Power tab in the Right-click the icon, select Adjust Power Properties window. Power Properties, then press Enter. Open battery meter (power meter) in a popup window. Double-click the icon. Display charge information as Left-click the icon, then select your a percent of a full charge or preference in the popup window. as the run time remaining. Windows NT 4.0 Task View the total battery power remaining in the system. Open the Compaq Power Properties window. Procedure Rest the pointer over the icon. Double-click or right-click the icon. 5-8 Managing Power

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5-8
Managing Power
Using the Battery Meter or Power Meter Icon
The battery meter icon, called the power meter icon in
Windows 98, changes shape to indicate whether the computer is
running on external power or on a full, half-full, or nearly
discharged battery pack.
To display the battery meter icon in the taskbar
■
In Windows 95
select Start
¯
Settings
¯
Control
Panel
¯
Power
¯
Power tab, then select the Show Battery
Meter on the Taskbar checkbox.
■
In Windows 98
select Start
¯
Settings
¯
Control
Panel
¯
Power Management
¯
Power Meter tab, then select the
Show Power Meter on the Taskbar checkbox.
■
In Windows NT 4.0
the battery meter icon displays in the
taskbar by default.
When the battery meter or power meter icon is displayed in the
taskbar, the icon can also be used as follows:
Windows 95 and Windows 98
Task
Procedure
View the total battery power
remaining in the system.
Rest the pointer over the icon.
Enable/disable an on-screen
critical low-battery warning.
Left-click the icon, select or clear
the Enable Low Battery Warning
checkbox, then select OK.
Access the Power tab in the
Power Properties window.
Right-click the icon, select Adjust
Power Properties, then press
Enter
.
Open battery meter (power
meter) in a popup window.
Double-click the icon.
Display charge information as
a percent of a full charge or
as the run time remaining.
Left-click the icon, then select your
preference in the popup window.
Windows NT 4.0
Task
Procedure
View the total battery power
remaining in the system.
Rest the pointer over the icon.
Open the Compaq Power
Properties window.
Double-click or right-click the icon.