CAN ANYONE DECIPHER THESE?

  • Thread starter Thread starter casey.o
  • Start date Start date
C

casey.o

ACPI\IBM0068\5&2890D699&0
and
ACPI\NSC1100\4&3863886d&0

I can not find a driver for either of these, both listed as UNKNOWN.
in the Device Manager.

I have tried every possible driver on the Lenovo driver site. (for XP).

I'm wondering if it could be listed as a Win2000 driver?

This is for an IBM (Lenovo) T43 Thinkpad.

Googling these: takes me to alot of those fake driver sites.

(I have all the other drivers now).
 
ACPI\IBM0068\5&2890D699&0
and
ACPI\NSC1100\4&3863886d&0

I can not find a driver for either of these, both listed as UNKNOWN.
in the Device Manager.

I have tried every possible driver on the Lenovo driver site. (for XP).

I'm wondering if it could be listed as a Win2000 driver?

This is for an IBM (Lenovo) T43 Thinkpad.
Googling these: takes me to alot of those fake driver sites.

(I have all the other drivers now).
Click to expand...

do you have the repair manual?
I got mine for the T22 at
<http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/guides-and-manuals/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-4UYM3F>
somewhee there.

I use Everest Home Edition to completely find out what's inside my
systems, works on Win98, WinXP, probably more.
when I ran it I found the modem, chipset, AND the driver set, which seemed
to be unrelated, like Aztec PCB runinng Conexant chips etc. I found
drivers for the chips and all worked well. Or was that an Intel chip set,

anyway, one driver set hung the computer although was supposed to be for
it, the other worked, off and running.
 
Casey,

ACPI\IBM0068\5&2890D699&0 ThinkPad Power Management Driver

ACPI\NSC1100\4&3863886d&0 Trusted Platform Module

Drivers should be on the Lenovo site.

JT
 
ACPI\IBM0068\5&2890D699&0
and
ACPI\NSC1100\4&3863886d&0

I can not find a driver for either of these, both listed as UNKNOWN.
in the Device Manager.

I have tried every possible driver on the Lenovo driver site. (for XP).

I'm wondering if it could be listed as a Win2000 driver?

This is for an IBM (Lenovo) T43 Thinkpad.

Googling these: takes me to alot of those fake driver sites.

(I have all the other drivers now).
Click to expand...

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-74741

ACPI\IBM0068 = ThinkPad Power Management Driver

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-trusted/84a293e8-9bd0-4481-8921-a445e1015dfe

ACPI\NSC1100 = Winbond (National Semiconductor) TPM

*******

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/research/hints-or-tips/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-58597

Power Manager for Windows XP - ThinkPad

Version : 5.20 Windows XP 19 Apr 2013

Power Manager driver
Read me

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/ghu704ww.exe (16.1MB)
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/ghu704ww.txt

--------

Winbond (National Semiconductor) TPM (Trusted Platform Module)
Device for Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32bit)

Version : 5.1.47.2011 26 Jan 2007

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/1yza08ww.exe (~400KB)
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/1yza08ww.txt

Note that the first driver mentioned there, is for WinXP. If I go
backwards in time, there is a Win2K one here. It is 9.5MB. 7zu707ww.zip
At least this one, I can read inside the file, unlike the WinXP one
above. It seems to have what looks like Power Schema definitions.

https://web.archive.org/web/2011070...s-or-tips/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-58597

https://web.archive.org/web/2011082....com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/7zu707ww.zip

*******

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module

Microsoft's BitLocker Drive Encryption
digital rights management
protection and enforcement of software licenses

The chip was made removable on Asus motherboards, for
those who do not want it present. Motherboards of that
type typically do not ship with a module in the box,
and finding one for sale is difficult. Business laptops
are more likely to have such, by default, for things like
BitLocker. Business laptops can also use FDE, so using
a software encryption scheme isn't actually always necessary.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/TPM_Asus.jpg

Removing such a device, just means you can't use
some product that has a restrictive DRM or can't
use a super-expensive commercial software that
uses TPM to "lock down" the installation (authorization).
Removing it is largely symbolic. If I had such a
motherboard, I would unplug it, in the same way as I
disable hardware interfaces I don't plan on using.

Some machinea allow shutting off the TPM via a BIOS
setting, which is another option. Once you're "hooked" on TPM
though, you don't want to fiddle with it. Imagine losing
a key that makes BitLocker work for example. Any time you
enable encryption on a computing device, read up on
"best practices" to see if a recovery floppy diskette
can be made, which can undo any mischief (such as
erasing the TPM).

The same goes with passwords on business laptops. If you don't
use a password, it's easy to use the laptop when you want.
If you leave your laptop open at the coffee shop, someone
walking by can enable the password and lock the machine
on you. On business laptops, it is not sufficient to
remove the CR2032 coin cell, to erase the password. The
password is stored in a small 2KB EEPROM and must be
electrically erased. If on the other hand, you set the
password yourself, then the onus is on you to remember
what the unlock password is, every time you use the machine.
Roughly translated, I'm saying business laptops are super-groovy
and have all sorts of fine features, but the security features
mean a burden of responsibility for the user (take precautions
to prevent mischievous kids from spoiling your fun).

Paul
 
Winbond (National Semiconductor) TPM (Trusted Platform Module)
Device for Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32bit)

Version : 5.1.47.2011 26 Jan 2007

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/1yza08ww.exe (~400KB)
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/1yza08ww.txt

Note that the first driver mentioned there, is for WinXP. If I go
backwards in time, there is a Win2K one here. It is 9.5MB. 7zu707ww.zip
At least this one, I can read inside the file, unlike the WinXP one
above. It seems to have what looks like Power Schema definitions.

https://web.archive.org/web/2011070...s-or-tips/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-58597

https://web.archive.org/web/2011082....com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/7zu707ww.zip
Click to expand...

So can I use the OLDER ONE?
The reason being that the new one needs Net Framework 3.
Which of couse means another huge download, and my install from the
factory (destroyed by the virus) only had version 2. "I know that for
fact because the virus scanner kept saying it was infected. Version 2
was just installed by the video drivers. I dont know what net framework
does, but I only have a 40G HDD on here and dont need to fill it with
stuff I dont need, just to run a few web browsers.

Actually the computer is working fine even with those two yellow
problems in device manager, but I thought all they needed was a simple
driver. Seems some of this stuff never ends, and keeps wantingf more
and more downloads and stuff added, which I probably dont need.

I do know the battery icon is not on my taskbar like it used to be. so I
suppose it's this file. I already did have the latest version of this
file, since I downloaded ALL the XP files at a WIFI, so I did not have
to spend days downloading at home. I ran all of them, some were
rejected, some installed, this one said it needed Net Framework 3, and
several other things were installed that seem useless, like something
called NetWaiting.

Thanks
 
So can I use the OLDER ONE?
The reason being that the new one needs Net Framework 3.
Which of couse means another huge download, and my install from the
factory (destroyed by the virus) only had version 2. "I know that for
fact because the virus scanner kept saying it was infected. Version 2
was just installed by the video drivers. I dont know what net framework
does, but I only have a 40G HDD on here and dont need to fill it with
stuff I dont need, just to run a few web browsers.

Actually the computer is working fine even with those two yellow
problems in device manager, but I thought all they needed was a simple
driver. Seems some of this stuff never ends, and keeps wantingf more
and more downloads and stuff added, which I probably dont need.

I do know the battery icon is not on my taskbar like it used to be. so I
suppose it's this file. I already did have the latest version of this
file, since I downloaded ALL the XP files at a WIFI, so I did not have
to spend days downloading at home. I ran all of them, some were
rejected, some installed, this one said it needed Net Framework 3, and
several other things were installed that seem useless, like something
called NetWaiting.

Thanks
Click to expand...

OOps, I posted the wrong link, I was referring to Power Management.
 
After it's unpacked, there is no .EXE file. What do I do with it?

There are :
Three .SYS files
One .CAT
Two .XML
One .DLL
One .INF
Click to expand...

My ADSL was just out for four hours...

You right click the .INF and select Install from the
right-context menu.

I don't like those installs, as I don't think they leave
any uninstall behind. Still, it ought to clean up that
entry in the Device Manager. It might be some time
before you get a chance to test it.

Paul
 
So can I use the OLDER ONE?
The reason being that the new one needs Net Framework 3.
Which of couse means another huge download, and my install from the
factory (destroyed by the virus) only had version 2. "I know that for
fact because the virus scanner kept saying it was infected. Version 2
was just installed by the video drivers. I dont know what net framework
does, but I only have a 40G HDD on here and dont need to fill it with
stuff I dont need, just to run a few web browsers.

Actually the computer is working fine even with those two yellow
problems in device manager, but I thought all they needed was a simple
driver. Seems some of this stuff never ends, and keeps wantingf more
and more downloads and stuff added, which I probably dont need.

I do know the battery icon is not on my taskbar like it used to be. so I
suppose it's this file. I already did have the latest version of this
file, since I downloaded ALL the XP files at a WIFI, so I did not have
to spend days downloading at home. I ran all of them, some were
rejected, some installed, this one said it needed Net Framework 3, and
several other things were installed that seem useless, like something
called NetWaiting.

Thanks
Click to expand...

Battery MaxiMiser and Power Management features for Windows

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/1xu105u1.exe (2.7MB)
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/1xu105u1.txt

There is mention in the text file of a "Fuel Gauge" so I
assume that's the battery icon.

*******

If you're installing Win2K, then you'd use the OLDER ONE.
If you're installing WinXP, you'd install the WinXP one.

The .NET is like a bleeding sore that won't heal. The
problem is, if we identify a version you need, you download
the version, you download maybe three or four more patch
or Service Pack files, then you hop onto Windows Update,
and scores of security updates come in. Then .NET fouls up
your Firewall at boot time, the network doesn't work for the
first minute or so. And you have to use the ngen recipe to
fix that. I wouldn't be nearly so negative about .NET, if there
was a "current image" sitting there somewhere, which you
just download and it brings you right up to date. For
a person like yourself on dialup, dealing with that
crap is virtually impossible. It means dragging the
computer to your Wifi spot, because so many of the
downloads will be lengthy.

Some of the later OS installer DVDs, they have a few
folders with files of that sort present. Some DVD I've got here,
had a set of .NET and some DirectX, which was a welcome relief
from having to scrounge up all the stuff.

It's possible the installer has the .NET dependency
and not the stuff inside it. We can always hope...

Time to drag that ghu704ww.exe into a VM and
beat some sense into it. OK, that gives me
69MB of files in C:\DRIVERS\WIN\PWRMGR. So I
only ran the installer to the point that it
unpacked that folder.

When I run clrver.exe on a few of the files there...

PWMUI.exe = v2.0.50727
PWMUIAux.exe = v2.0.50727

And this article says those are .NET 2.0, same
as your video driver. There is a CLR Version table
with the version numbers in it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.net_framework

Did something tell you that you needed 3.0 ?

I can't be 100% certain of my methodology. While
the CLR (C Language Runtime) version should be
indicating the .NET needed, it's always possible
I missed something in one of the other files. I
just checked a few .EXE files. The installer
should be telling you what you need. Version
3.0 would have a different CLR value (3.0.4506.30).

You can get the CLRVER.exe program here. It is
a command line program.

http://www.devfish.net/downloads.aspx

clrver PWMUI.exe

and it then returns the CLR version number
stored in the executable somehow.

So what I did there, is run the ghu704ww.exe file
until it unpacked stuff into C:\DRIVERS\WIN\PWRMGR.
But I didn't try running the setup.exe or anything.
I ran CLRVER on a few of the executables, to
see if they needed 3.0 or not. And they don't
seem to.

HTH,
Paul
 
ith the version numbers in it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.net_framework

Did something tell you that you needed 3.0 ?

I can't be 100% certain of my methodology. While
the CLR (C Language Runtime) version should be
indicating the .NET needed, it's always possible
I missed something in one of the other files. I
just checked a few .EXE files. The installer
should be telling you what you need. Version
3.0 would have a different CLR value (3.0.4506.30).
Click to expand...

The setup file wants it. I'll have to try the individual files like you
said. I could probably just leave that option yellow too. It dont seem
to afect anything, and I normally disable all those power settings
anyhow. I will get that battery level thing though. Thats handy to
have. I did DL the .NET 3 installer. It was only 2+ megs (I thought).
When I ran it, it installed a bunch of crap, then tells me it needs to
download and install all kinds of stuff. This is what really annoys me
about all this newer software, when I download something, I want the
whole file, not a damn installer. And after what you said about .NET, I
dont want it.

It's bad enough I installed Security Essentials, waited hours for the
updates to download, and when it's all done, it runs a scan, but even
after the scan is ended, it slows down the whole computer to a crawl.
The time I turned on that computer, it pops up a warning telling me that
S.E. is no longer supported. Why could it not just said that when I
started the update? Not to mention I have popups telling me that XP is
no longer supported and I need to upgrade to Win8. I've had it with MS.

Next week I'm going to the big city, and I'm going to rent a Mac laptop
for a month. If I like it, I'm going to sell off most of my PC hardware
and buy the Mac. But I want to try it first. If for no other reason, I
know the Macs are much less prone to viruses, but also because I want
out of the MS bullshit. But I'll still keep my Win98 machine too.
Actually, I'll probably move Win98 to my fastest desktop computer which
is the one I had XP on. (If I can get drivers for it).

Thanks for your help.
 
The setup file wants it. I'll have to try the individual files like you
said. I could probably just leave that option yellow too. It dont seem
to afect anything, and I normally disable all those power settings
anyhow. I will get that battery level thing though. Thats handy to
have. I did DL the .NET 3 installer. It was only 2+ megs (I thought).
When I ran it, it installed a bunch of crap, then tells me it needs to
download and install all kinds of stuff. This is what really annoys me
about all this newer software, when I download something, I want the
whole file, not a damn installer. And after what you said about .NET, I
dont want it.

It's bad enough I installed Security Essentials, waited hours for the
updates to download, and when it's all done, it runs a scan, but even
after the scan is ended, it slows down the whole computer to a crawl.
The time I turned on that computer, it pops up a warning telling me that
S.E. is no longer supported. Why could it not just said that when I
started the update? Not to mention I have popups telling me that XP is
no longer supported and I need to upgrade to Win8. I've had it with MS.

Next week I'm going to the big city, and I'm going to rent a Mac laptop
for a month. If I like it, I'm going to sell off most of my PC hardware
and buy the Mac. But I want to try it first. If for no other reason, I
know the Macs are much less prone to viruses, but also because I want
out of the MS bullshit. But I'll still keep my Win98 machine too.
Actually, I'll probably move Win98 to my fastest desktop computer which
is the one I had XP on. (If I can get drivers for it).

Thanks for your help.
Click to expand...

..NET 3.5 is supposed to cover anything that requires 2.0 through 3.5.
Although with .NET 4 and higher, you need the individual version number.
Most of my XP machines has no .NET installed at all. Nor do I want it on
my machines either. You are stuck with .NET with Windows 7 and 8 though.
As they are already there when you install Windows.

Renting a Mac? Ah... there isn't much you can tweak there. As you are
forced to do it the yuppy Steve Jobs way. And with Apple, you generally
pay three times more than what it is generally worth. And whatever Mac
you buy today, will soon become obsolete. As Apple invented "Resistance
is futile!" approach!
 
.NET 3.5 is supposed to cover anything that requires 2.0 through 3.5.
Although with .NET 4 and higher, you need the individual version number.
Most of my XP machines has no .NET installed at all. Nor do I want it on
my machines either. You are stuck with .NET with Windows 7 and 8 though.
As they are already there when you install Windows.
Click to expand...

I really dont want .NET either, but it's included with the video driver
package and required to run it. But that is ver 2.0.
Renting a Mac? Ah... there isn't much you can tweak there. As you are
forced to do it the yuppy Steve Jobs way. And with Apple, you generally
pay three times more than what it is generally worth. And whatever Mac
you buy today, will soon become obsolete. As Apple invented "Resistance
is futile!" approach!
Click to expand...

That's why I am gonna rent one. I want to see if I like it. I've run
out of options with PCs. I'll still use my Win98 machine for most of
the stuff I do, but for the web, I'll either have to stick with XP, and
cope with it's problems, and worse yet, it seems to be a virus magnet.
(And accepting AV software slowing my system to a crawl is not tolerable
either.), but I wont use Win7 or 8. For a short time I thought I could
do linux, but I found out it's not for me, other than using it for a few
tasks. So, I'm ready to venture to the Mac world and see what they
offer.

I'm starting to see that XP wont be around long. I thought it could be
used for years to come, just like Win98 and 2000, but MS already killed
their AV program, and now that I'm getting notices on my screen every
hour telling me that XP is no longer supported and I must upgrade, is
not soemthing I'm going to cope with long. MS is going to attack XP and
make sure it's not usable anymore. I dont think they had the code
written into Win98 or 2000, to do this sort of attack.

By the way, since MS stopped Security Essentials, what are they offering
for Win7 and 8? Or did they sell out to Symantec for that sort of
thing? I have the feeling MS will eventually join hands with Symantec
anyhow.
 
The setup file wants it. I'll have to try the individual files like you
said. I could probably just leave that option yellow too. It dont seem
to afect anything, and I normally disable all those power settings
anyhow. I will get that battery level thing though. Thats handy to
have. I did DL the .NET 3 installer. It was only 2+ megs (I thought).
When I ran it, it installed a bunch of crap, then tells me it needs to
download and install all kinds of stuff. This is what really annoys me
about all this newer software, when I download something, I want the
whole file, not a damn installer. And after what you said about .NET, I
dont want it.

It's bad enough I installed Security Essentials, waited hours for the
updates to download, and when it's all done, it runs a scan, but even
after the scan is ended, it slows down the whole computer to a crawl.
The time I turned on that computer, it pops up a warning telling me that
S.E. is no longer supported. Why could it not just said that when I
started the update? Not to mention I have popups telling me that XP is
no longer supported and I need to upgrade to Win8. I've had it with MS.

Next week I'm going to the big city, and I'm going to rent a Mac laptop
for a month. If I like it, I'm going to sell off most of my PC hardware
and buy the Mac. But I want to try it first. If for no other reason, I
know the Macs are much less prone to viruses, but also because I want
out of the MS bullshit. But I'll still keep my Win98 machine too.
Actually, I'll probably move Win98 to my fastest desktop computer which
is the one I had XP on. (If I can get drivers for it).

Thanks for your help.
Click to expand...

Bill got the answer for you. I was just confirming it here.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb822049.aspx

"The .NET Framework versions 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5 are built
with the same version of the CLR (CLR 2.0). These versions
represent successive layers of a single installation. Each
version is built incrementally on top of the earlier versions.
It is not possible to run versions 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5 side by side
on a computer. When you install version 3.5, you get the
2.0 and 3.0 layers automatically, and apps that were built
for versions 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5 can all run on version 3.5."

Redistributable .NET 3.5 SP1 (perhaps suited to someone without
a network connection during the install) 231MB.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/0/e/20e90413-712f-438c-988e-fdaa79a8ac3d/dotnetfx35.exe

First update to that, for application compatibility. Three files, 17MB.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10006

NDP20SP2-KB958481-x86.exe
NDP30SP2-KB958483-x86.exe
NDP35SP1-KB958484-x86.exe

Perhaps that would be enough to get you past this
bump in the road.

Paul
 
In message <[email protected]>,
I do know the battery icon is not on my taskbar like it used to be. so I
suppose it's this file. I already did have the latest version of this
file, since I downloaded ALL the XP files at a WIFI, so I did not have
to spend days downloading at home. I ran all of them, some were
rejected, some installed, this one said it needed Net Framework 3, and
several other things were installed that seem useless, like something
called NetWaiting.
Click to expand...
[]
Do you mean this one?

Control Panel | Power Options | "Advanced" tab | "Always show icon on
the taskbar"

causes either a picture of a power lead/plug, Tooltip "On AC power" (not
necessarily true! Actually means "on external power" - usually DC!), or
a cell (Tooltip "100% remaining" or whatever). If on AC power,
right-clicking on the actual icon and "Open Power Meter" will tell you
the charge level.
 
In message <[email protected]>,
I'm starting to see that XP wont be around long. I thought it could be Eh?
used for years to come, just like Win98 and 2000, but MS already killed
their AV program, and now that I'm getting notices on my screen every
Click to expand...
Eh? Will be supported until at least 2015. All they've removed is the
ability to _download_ it; you can still install it if you'd already
downloaded it, and definitions will continue to be released.
hour telling me that XP is no longer supported and I must upgrade, is
Click to expand...
I'm not getting those notices. I can't remember why not - I _think_
there was one of the final "updates" which I opted not to get (and
marked it "don't tell me about this one again) having been told
(probably here) which one it was/is. It may be possible to uninstall it;
AFAIK it doesn't do anything _else_. (Anyone got a handy note of which
one it was?)
not soemthing I'm going to cope with long. MS is going to attack XP and
make sure it's not usable anymore. I dont think they had the code
written into Win98 or 2000, to do this sort of attack.
Click to expand...
I can't remember if they had updates; if so, they can nobble. I haven't
heard any threat to do so though, though I've seen _warnings_ that
updates for the POS version _might_ break the plain one. (But you only
get the POS updates if you've implemented the hack to do so, so on your
head be it.)
By the way, since MS stopped Security Essentials, what are they offering
for Win7 and 8? Or did they sell out to Symantec for that sort of
Click to expand...

I'm not sure; you'd have to ask in the 7 'group.
thing? I have the feeling MS will eventually join hands with Symantec
anyhow.
Click to expand...
2
 
Bill got the answer for you. I was just confirming it here.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb822049.aspx

"The .NET Framework versions 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5 are built
with the same version of the CLR (CLR 2.0). These versions
represent successive layers of a single installation. Each
version is built incrementally on top of the earlier versions.
It is not possible to run versions 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5 side by side
on a computer. When you install version 3.5, you get the
2.0 and 3.0 layers automatically, and apps that were built
for versions 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5 can all run on version 3.5."

Redistributable .NET 3.5 SP1 (perhaps suited to someone without
a network connection during the install) 231MB.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/0/e/20e90413-712f-438c-988e-fdaa79a8ac3d/dotnetfx35.exe

First update to that, for application compatibility. Three files, 17MB.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10006

NDP20SP2-KB958481-x86.exe
NDP30SP2-KB958483-x86.exe
NDP35SP1-KB958484-x86.exe

Perhaps that would be enough to get you past this
bump in the road.

Paul
Click to expand...

I suppose I can do that. However, I know for fact that the computer
came from the factory with .NET 2.0. All the drivers were installed (no
yellow in Device Mgr). That tells me they had a driver for this "power
management" installed that did NOT require .NET 3.x. If there is an
older driver, I'd rather get that. I dont really want to install more
unneeded stuff, which just bogs down the system and wastes drive space.
I always diusable all that power mgmnt stuff anyhow. I have gotten rid
of all the other "missing drivers" now. Juatr this one is left. I evn
got my battery power meter back. I missed that..... and got the program
"Access IBM" back too, which can be handy.
 
In message <[email protected]>,
(e-mail address removed) writes:
[]
I do know the battery icon is not on my taskbar like it used to be. so I
suppose it's this file. I already did have the latest version of this
file, since I downloaded ALL the XP files at a WIFI, so I did not have
to spend days downloading at home. I ran all of them, some were
rejected, some installed, this one said it needed Net Framework 3, and
several other things were installed that seem useless, like something
called NetWaiting.
Click to expand...
[]
Do you mean this one?

Control Panel | Power Options | "Advanced" tab | "Always show icon on
the taskbar"

causes either a picture of a power lead/plug, Tooltip "On AC power" (not
necessarily true! Actually means "on external power" - usually DC!), or
a cell (Tooltip "100% remaining" or whatever). If on AC power,
right-clicking on the actual icon and "Open Power Meter" will tell you
the charge level.
Click to expand...

I did get that fixed. That was a real pain to NOT have, because I had
no idea how much longer the battery would last. I* always thought that
was built into the hardware. I never expected needing software for
it....
I guess I learned that one now !!!!
 
In message <[email protected]>,
In message <[email protected]>,
(e-mail address removed) writes:
[]
I do know the battery icon is not on my taskbar like it used to be. so I
Click to expand...
[]
Do you mean this one?

Control Panel | Power Options | "Advanced" tab | "Always show icon on
the taskbar"

causes either a picture of a power lead/plug, Tooltip "On AC power" (not
necessarily true! Actually means "on external power" - usually DC!), or
a cell (Tooltip "100% remaining" or whatever). If on AC power,
Click to expand...
[]
I did get that fixed. That was a real pain to NOT have, because I had
no idea how much longer the battery would last. I* always thought that
was built into the hardware. I never expected needing software for
it....
I guess I learned that one now !!!!
Click to expand...
I always thought it - as I've described, anyway - _was_ part of the OS,
i. e. you shouldn't need any extra drivers for it. Or are you talking
about something _other_ than the tray icon I described?--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

The voices of Radio 4 continuity and newsreading have been keeping me right
for as long as I can remember. I can call on a million different information
sources, but it doesn't make sense unti I've heard it from Peter, Harriet,
Charlotte and the rest.- Eddie Mair in Radio Times 10-16 November 2012
 
Back
Top