Windows Vista is a great operating system and it has many features that can help you save battery life. One of the features that can help you save battery life is the Battery Saver feature. This feature can help you to optimize your computer’s performance by reducing the amount of time it spends on battery power. To use the Battery Saver feature, you first need to create a new profile for your computer. You can do this by going to Start, type “netstat” and hit enter. Then, click on the “Batterystats” tab and enter your computer’s information. You will need to provide your computer’s name, model, processor, and date of manufacture into the fields below. Once you have created your new profile, you can use the Battery Saver feature by clicking on the “Settings” button in the top left corner of the window and then clicking on “Battery Saver.” You will then be able to select how much time your computer spends on battery power when it is idle. You can also select how often your computer needs to be turned off for a full charge before being allowed to start up again. If you are using Windows Vista with an AMD processor or an Nvidia processor, you may want to check out our article about how to save more battery life with Windows Vista.
The Windows Vista Battery Saver utility will turn off Aero and/or the Windows Sidebar when on battery, or only when battery life is low. The author claims it saves 30% of your battery life, but the Windows Vista Blog says only 1-4%, so your mileage may vary.
Once installed, there’s a small icon in the system tray that will bring up the following settings dialog:
If you are wondering why the screenshot is so blurry, it’s because the fonts on the dialog were actually blurry on my screen for some reason. (no idea why).
Personally, this utility seems like it would be useful only for using the “Deactivate when battery level is less then …” Once your battery life is down to critical levels, it’s probably helpful to turn off anything that could cause extra processor cycles, and the sidebar is a good candidate for that.
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