Not a Vista issue. HP support.
"Stan Starinski" <> wrote in
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:I have a near-new battery from my HP Pavilion dv-series laptop, it's hardly
: ever been used as I am always on ACpower, my applications require maximum
: speed and I just have a habit of selling batteries during hard times.
: One time after college graduation I sold IBM Thinkpad's battery, and now
: many years later again - recession. I need money.
:
: So I can provide part#'s of both laptop & battery itself if you wish.
: $35-40 (have to check) or 20% below generics you find on Ebay, which by
the
: way can fail at the most inconvenient moment. And much lower than direct
: from HP (genuine), obviously.
: Right now it's in a paper bag, charged but not used.
:
: The good thing about HP dv-series is some of these laptops last
surprisingly
: long hours despite 17" display & CAD-grade graphics card (GeForce 512MB in
: my case), all o fwhich are supposed to suck battery dry quick, but it
lasts
: longer than my utraportables of the few years past, I guess it's called
: "progress".
: It's heavy, really heavy - another reason I am willing to sell. I use car
: adapter when on the ago away from ACoutlets, and a local library here
always
: has one outlet for me

I have an agreement with manager....
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