i don't wanna use linux. i have two batteries in my notebook, the main one
and then the multibay battery. when the multibay battery is in the notebook
i can't use the dvd drive. i can either have one multibay device installed
at a time. the multibay battery, the dvd drive, the floppy drive, the ls-120
drive, or the zip drive.

i already have an application that boots without windows. quickplay is an
application that can do that. applications that can boot without running
windows usually use less system resources and then end up using less battery
power. if i do get the kinda software that i want, i want to have it so that
the mulibay drive port is inactive along with a few other ports and devices.
i have software within windows that can reprogran all of the quicklaunch
buttons so i guess if i try to write my own application i guess i can take
some of the code out of that and put it in the application i wanna try to
make.

i wanna try to find the software i want first before i attempt to make my
own. i have a very long lasting battery in my laptop, dispite its age. the
main battery will last up to 3.5 hours. 1.5 hours if you use it to watch a
dvd while on battery power. i benchmark the system performence. i already
know how to get some applications to run without booting windows.

so, will you please just help me look for what i want?
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Steven Wabik wrote:
my evo laptop is almost 7 years old and stuff.
it is a phone edition laptop and stuff.
since it is a phone model pc, i wanna get software for it that will let
it
startup the gprs modem and have basic phone features and stuff without
booting windows. i want the software to do a few other things as well,
like
being able to reprogram the quicklaunch buttons for use in the phone
application. there are only 6 buttons i wanna reprogram,including the
volume
buttons. i want the buttons to do different things depending if the
notebook
is closed or open. i want it to work a certian way so that i can leave
the
notebook on all day and just have the phone software on and not windows.
the
phone software should work in a way so that it uses very little power
allowing the notebook to be on all day.

If you don't want to boot windows, then Linux is the ticket. And there
are "live CDs" that will allow you to try linux without modifying
Windows.

As for reprogramming the buttons, go fish. You'd have to write your own
driver. And you'd have to write the "phone software" yourself. The same
thing goes for power consumption, there are BIOS settings you can set,
but I doubt it'll be enough to let you leave your laptop on all day on
battery power.