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Battery meter
I am considering buying a refurbished Dell laptop. On the one my friend has
you can access a battery condition meter by clicking FN / F3 as I recall. Is this a Dell feature or is it a part of Win XP that only loads if installed on a laptop? I am hoping I can install my Win XP SP3 disc onto the laptop and I will have a battery meter capability? Ron Patterson |
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Battery meter
On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:42:14 -0700, Ron Patterson wrote:
I am considering buying a refurbished Dell laptop. On the one my friend has you can access a battery condition meter by clicking FN / F3 as I recall. Is this a Dell feature It's a Dell feature. My F3 key has a battery icon on it to turn the display on and off, though it doesn't seem to work. (Perhaps, like the ability to configure the touchpad, it requires downloading an extra driver from Dell's site; I haven't investigated.) I can confirm that it's not part of Windows: my Acer laptop with Windows XP has no such feature. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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Battery meter
A nice feature.
Thanks Stan. "Stan Brown" wrote in message t... On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:42:14 -0700, Ron Patterson wrote: I am considering buying a refurbished Dell laptop. On the one my friend has you can access a battery condition meter by clicking FN / F3 as I recall. Is this a Dell feature It's a Dell feature. My F3 key has a battery icon on it to turn the display on and off, though it doesn't seem to work. (Perhaps, like the ability to configure the touchpad, it requires downloading an extra driver from Dell's site; I haven't investigated.) I can confirm that it's not part of Windows: my Acer laptop with Windows XP has no such feature. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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