Solved! Locate battery icon life

[Poppoinanna26]

How do I find the battery life icon?

 

[WR2]

Laptops, that's true. And that's what I assumed you had.

Unless you have a UPS backup battery for your desktop there really isn't a battery that needs battery life monitoring.
For a desktop the only battery in your tower is the tiny RTC battery that probably will last the lifetime of the tower.

 

[WR2]

Look in Control Panel.

 

[Poppoinanna26]

How do I find the battery life icon?

 

[Poppoinanna26]

Look in Control Panel.

Looking in Control Panel (Power Options) doesn't show anything referencing battery life icon. Can anyone be more specific?
Thanks,
Poppinanna

 

[WR2]

Control Panel, Power Options, Advanced tab and Check always show icon in Taskbar. Click apply.

 

[Poppoinanna26]

Control Panel, Power Options, Advanced tab and Check always show icon in Taskbar. Click apply.

Thanks for the reply; however, when in Control Panel and clicking Power Options, nowhere can I find any reference to Advanced tab no matter where on screen or on which side of mouse I click. Worse, when I manage to have gotten to someplace (?) that gives the battery icon option...it's grayed out, so no go!

Can be more specific? Thank you!

 

[WR2]

Can you be more specific?
What are you working on?

 

[Poppoinanna26]

I'm working on an HP Pavilion PC using Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit.

Thanks.

 

[WR2]

A desktop?
What battery are you talking about?

 

[Poppoinanna26]

Yes, it's a desktop, and the icon I'm referring to is the one indicating the battery life status, which icon shows how much battery life the computer has left.

Does this help??

Thanks

 

[WR2]

What battery does your desktop have?

 

[Poppoinanna26]

Sorry...all I know is the one that generically comes with the PC.

Can't figure out what difference does that makes...what am I (Duh!) missing?

 

[WR2]

Laptops, that's true. And that's what I assumed you had.

Unless you have a UPS backup battery for your desktop there really isn't a battery that needs battery life monitoring.
For a desktop the only battery in your tower is the tiny RTC battery that probably will last the lifetime of the tower.