rosangela_1957 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Have a laptop and want to get more battery life out of it? Windows 7 includes a hidden built-in tool that will examine your laptop's energy use and make recommendations on how to improve it. To use it: 1. Run a command prompt as an administrator. To do this, type cmd in the search box, and when the cmd icon appears, right-click it and choose "Run as administrator." 2. At the command line, type in the following: powercfg -energy -output \Folder\Energy_Report.html where \Folder represents the folder where you want the report to be placed. - eg. c:\Energy_Report.html 3. For about a minute, Windows 7 will examine the behavior of your laptop. It will then analyze it and create a report in HTML format in the folder you specified. Double-click the file, and you'll get a report -- follow its recommendations for ways to improve power performance. Thanks to ComputerWorld Link to post Share on other sites
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