It seems that HP Laptops do not show battery time left with Vista but only percentage %... :huh:
Battery time remaining not displayed in Vista on my Compaq f756nr - TechSpot Troubleshooting
Vista wont caluclate remaining battery time : Ink, Windows Touch, and Other Tablet PC Development : Software Development for Windows Client : MSDN Forums
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-perfo...battery-meter-not-showing-time-remaining.html
...maybe HP doesn't want to show how long will their battery last in their laptops?
Why don't they release updated drivers/bios to correct this?
Here is how it should be (Acer, Dell, Lenovo etc. laptops do, I've read):
Battery time remaining not displayed in Vista on my Compaq f756nr - TechSpot Troubleshooting
Vista wont caluclate remaining battery time : Ink, Windows Touch, and Other Tablet PC Development : Software Development for Windows Client : MSDN Forums
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-perfo...battery-meter-not-showing-time-remaining.html
...maybe HP doesn't want to show how long will their battery last in their laptops?
Why don't they release updated drivers/bios to correct this?
Here is how it should be (Acer, Dell, Lenovo etc. laptops do, I've read):

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My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavilion dv5-1110el
- CPU
- Intel T5800 Core 2 Duo 2GHz
- Motherboard
- Quanta 3603
- Memory
- 4GB
- Graphics card(s)
- GeForce 9600M GT (Forceware 189.06)
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800
- Hard Drives
- Hitachi 2,5" 5400RPM