Solved No Battery Indicator on my Acer
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Hi nhellman,
Go to Control panel, All control panel items (view by small icons) then Notification Area Icons, now you can enable Battery charge indicator. HTH.
Go to Control panel, All control panel items (view by small icons) then Notification Area Icons, now you can enable Battery charge indicator. HTH.
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You could try running sfc /scannow, may be some sytem files corrupted.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/3047-sfc-scannow-command-run-windows-8-a.html
EDIT: You can also do a Refresh but it's a bit too much work as you have to install the programs and the drivers again after the refresh.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2293-refresh-windows-8-a.html
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/3047-sfc-scannow-command-run-windows-8-a.html
EDIT: You can also do a Refresh but it's a bit too much work as you have to install the programs and the drivers again after the refresh.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2293-refresh-windows-8-a.html
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Friend, I have the same exact laptop as you do. I fear we may have the same problem. I have refreshed my pc, and I have reset the entire thing, but to no avail. Go to power options and begin to edit a setting. See if you can still make a setting for when the cord is plugged in and when the laptop is on battery. Over time, the features for my battery dwindled after installing windows 8. At first, I just couldn't see the icon. Then, I couldn't change the power options for when it's plugged in and when it's not. Now, the computer is saying that my mousepad is an external mouse. I fear my laptop believes it's a desktop, for it will not acknowledge the power source. I've downloaded an external widget to monitor my battery, but when it's not plugged in, the widget reads my battery as "external power source"; thus, it thinks i'm always plugged in.
I do not know what is wrong with our laptops. But, this is an aggravating problem for me. I don't know what features are going to drop next. I just checked and now the power icon in the customize window is completely absent.
I do not know what is wrong with our laptops. But, this is an aggravating problem for me. I don't know what features are going to drop next. I just checked and now the power icon in the customize window is completely absent.
omg your a god!! thank you very much, that worked
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Nhellman I'm sure it will disappear again once you restart your computer, unfortunately....
I had the same problem, and ended up reinstalling. I installed W8 again today in dual-boot and I have the same problem, and once again I've returned to W7.
This looks like it's a general problem for Acer Timeline machines, because I've seen this problem in other forums as well, and they all have Acer Timelines.
A temporary fix is to scan for new hardware and then it will detect battery and install Microsoft ACPI driver, but when you restart it's gone.
If this could be fixed permanently, I'd use W8 as my main OS!
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You could probably find out the correct command(s) to place in a .bat file for this to automatically get installed upon each boot. Once the .bat file is made, you can place it in the Startup folder.
One of the commands would probably be "net start" directly followed by the driver service name, which can be seen in the .inf file for it
It's a little bit long-winded but if it is going to work, then it will work. Kind of like "If it's possible, then it's possible."
One of the commands would probably be "net start" directly followed by the driver service name, which can be seen in the .inf file for it
It's a little bit long-winded but if it is going to work, then it will work. Kind of like "If it's possible, then it's possible."
Ok, so I found a way to do it!
1. Download devcon from Microsoft
2. Make a .bat file with the following commands:
@echo off
devcon rescan
3. Make a shortcut for the .bat file and put in your startup folder.
4. Windows automatically runs the command on every boot and scns for new hardware and thus installs the battery.
1. Download devcon from Microsoft
2. Make a .bat file with the following commands:
@echo off
devcon rescan
3. Make a shortcut for the .bat file and put in your startup folder.
4. Windows automatically runs the command on every boot and scns for new hardware and thus installs the battery.
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Wow, don't know how I missed this reply of yours before, but I am very glad to see that "If it's possible, it's possible!" hahah
Good job man, for real!
Sorry to revive this thread, but I've been having the same problem, but I have been having trouble getting this solution to work. I can't get Devcon to install correctly, and although I have written the .bat file and gotten task scheduler to run it at startup, nothing changes. Is there anything else I can try?
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Just registered to say thanks. I too have the timelineX (integrated battery!) and got the devcon thing to work. Here's how I got it to work for anyone out there stumped on how to "install" devcon
Download devcon from microsoft's site
When you extract the files it will spit out two folders. i386 and ia64. I used the devcon.exe from the i386 folder and even though I'm running a 64bit OS , I could not open/use the 64bit devcon.exe!
Place the devcon.exe in any folder, and place the "battery.bat" file in the same folder...
The proper startup folder is located in
c:\users\USERNAME\Appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
Place the shortcut to battery.bat there and you should be good to go
thank you Quaresma for the solution!
Download devcon from microsoft's site
When you extract the files it will spit out two folders. i386 and ia64. I used the devcon.exe from the i386 folder and even though I'm running a 64bit OS , I could not open/use the 64bit devcon.exe!
Place the devcon.exe in any folder, and place the "battery.bat" file in the same folder...
The proper startup folder is located in
c:\users\USERNAME\Appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
Place the shortcut to battery.bat there and you should be good to go
thank you Quaresma for the solution!
Just registered to say thanks. I too have the timelineX (integrated battery!) and got the devcon thing to work. Here's how I got it to work for anyone out there stumped on how to "install" devcon
Download devcon from microsoft's site
When you extract the files it will spit out two folders. i386 and ia64. I used the devcon.exe from the i386 folder and even though I'm running a 64bit OS , I could not open/use the 64bit devcon.exe!
Place the devcon.exe in any folder, and place the "battery.bat" file in the same folder...
The proper startup folder is located in
c:\users\USERNAME\Appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
Place the shortcut to battery.bat there and you should be good to go
thank you Quaresma for the solution!
Thank your for the reply! This got it to work for me! I knew I was missing something small!
Hello, I am having the same problem on my Timeline X also. I tried using the .bat and devcon approach but I cant get it to work and I don't know why!! I created a batch file in notepad and put it in the start up folder along with the devcon.exe file, as was described. It works if I run the battery.bat myself but if I restart the laptop it disappears again.
Please let me know what I'm doing wrong!!
Please let me know what I'm doing wrong!!
Hi dcostalis, your tip was ok.. jst tried it and fixed it.. tnx
Same issue, found a fix:
Go to device manager, right click and uninstall "microsoft compliant ac adapter"
go to action>scan for new hardware.
It'll find the battery and you wont even need to reboot
