Need Help on battery management after upgrade

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i am running a panasonic toughbook cf-37
i had upgraded from win 95
but had a 4gb hd so i swapped it out for a 40gb
everything went except the windows power management does not think the
laptop can or will ever run on batteries
i go into pwrmgmt and none of the standard options are even availaible....
cananyone help me out? thanks

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thanks,
before i ran the new install last night the battery tray was running fine as
was everything else, it seems that at that time the pc was supporting xp
great?

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> Go to the laptop manufacturers website and verify Windows XP support.
> Also get the latest Windows XP drivers.
>
> Also see:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] fault.mspx
> Especially #3 Upgrade Advisor
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
> "need a little help here" <need a little help here
> @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1AF4DC3A-8D53-4660-AE40-ABE4A018A6B9@microsoft.com...
> >i am running a panasonic toughbook cf-37
> > i had upgraded from win 95
> > but had a 4gb hd so i swapped it out for a 40gb
> > everything went except the windows power management does not think the
> > laptop can or will ever run on batteries
> > i go into pwrmgmt and none of the standard options are even availaible....
> > cananyone help me out? thanks
> >
> >
>
>
>

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thanks


"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> I would make sure you have appropriate drivers.
> Look for drivers relating to the battery, they may have been installed on
> the old installation and not on this one.
>
> I looked but could not find that laptop here:
> http://catalog2.panasonic.com/weba [...] reId=11251
> Make sure the designation is correct.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
> "andy" <andy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:93DDCC8A-BDF8-4A69-8D84-C1B0CA9B051E@microsoft.com...
> > thanks,
> > before i ran the new install last night the battery tray was running fine
> > as
> > was everything else, it seems that at that time the pc was supporting xp
> > great?
> >
> > "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Go to the laptop manufacturers website and verify Windows XP support.
> >> Also get the latest Windows XP drivers.
> >>
> >> Also see:
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] fault.mspx
> >> Especially #3 Upgrade Advisor
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> >> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
> >>
> >>
> >> "need a little help here" <need a little help here
> >> @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1AF4DC3A-8D53-4660-AE40-ABE4A018A6B9@microsoft.com...
> >> >i am running a panasonic toughbook cf-37
> >> > i had upgraded from win 95
> >> > but had a 4gb hd so i swapped it out for a 40gb
> >> > everything went except the windows power management does not think the
> >> > laptop can or will ever run on batteries
> >> > i go into pwrmgmt and none of the standard options are even
> >> > availaible....
> >> > cananyone help me out? thanks
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>