this is a winxp
newsgroup.
perhaps, you should
graze in the vista newsgroup
and post your flatulence
and belching there too.
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"Ubuntista Vistuntu" <> wrote in message news:48fc9ccc$...
>
> MY COMMENT:
>
> This is ridiculous... MS CLAIMED Vista had better power saving features than XP..
>
> but of course we all knew this was a BIG FAT LIE, and now they come out and make
> a vista battery saver utility..
>
> so you have a utility to stop the hog from pigging around. I wonder what they will do with all the DISK thrashing
> that crapista.. err.. I mean vista causes... perhaps turn off your hard disk for good! lol
>
> Vista is soooo stupid
>
> LOL!
>
> ARTICLE:
>
> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/wi...windows/?p=795
> see the rest with screenshots on the above link
>
> Laptops are essential for business. Without the ability to un-tether yourself from your office, much work would go undone.
> Parallel to the importance of having a laptop is having a laptop with a battery that will last you long enough to get your work
> done. If you have an updated laptop, more than likely you have Vista running that machine. And if you have Microsoft Windows Vista
> running your machine you might notice that your battery isn't getting nearly the life that the same laptop did when it was running
> XP. But fret not; there are ways to solve that fast battery drainage. Let's take a look at some methods to optimize your battery
> power consumption.
>
> This blog post is also available in the PDF format in a TechRepublic Download.
> Vista Battery Saver Utility
>
> The Vista Battery Saver Utility is a third-party application that claims to save up to 30 percent of your Vista battery life. Now
> this 30 percent figure is enormously inflated. In fact, the reality is that you will save more like 1-4 percent of your battery
> life with this application. But even scrubbing 1-4 percent more battery life can mean the difference between getting a critical
> file saved or not. This simple application does this by disabling Aero and the Vista Sidebar when your laptop is running on
> battery and re-enabling the items when the machine is plugged back into power. This application is freeware so you can download it
> and use it free of charge.
>
> The installation is simple, download the installation binary from the main Web site and double click the download file. Depending
> on if you have User Access Control enabled you will have to allow the installation to continue.
>
> During my installation something strange happened. Near the end of the install it seemed as if the installation stalled. I noticed
> an icon for Vista Battery Saver Utility was already running in the system tray so I figured I would close it and see what
> happened. That did the trick. The installation completed and I was able to fire up the application. Of course locating the
> application was not as easy as it should be, because once the installed the application will be buried in Accessories. Click the
> name to bring up the configuration window. (Figure A)
> Figure A
>
>
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