Battery Meter on task bar does not show

Bob from down under · External Since: Jun 23, 2007 Posts: 12

Hi all, hope you can assist, my battery meter does not show and when I go to
the task bar notification area to check it is on, the check box is grayed
out as is the volume box,.... any ideas to remedy?

Bob J · External Since: Jun 04, 2007 Posts: 253

Are you running on mains power, I ask because my battery meter only appears
when running on battery.
Acer Aspire
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"Bob from down under" wrote:

> Hi all, hope you can assist, my battery meter does not show and when I go to
> the task bar notification area to check it is on, the check box is grayed
> out as is the volume box,.... any ideas to remedy?
>

Bob from down under · External Since: Jun 23, 2007 Posts: 12

Mains or battery does not show, laptop is a Toshiba. I went back to the
store and all the display laptops show when in mains power is connected.

"Bob J" <BobJ RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Are you running on mains power, I ask because my battery meter only
> appears
> when running on battery.
> Acer Aspire
> --
> Regards
> Bob J
> If advise given from anyone, solves problem or not, or if solved from
> another source,post back & let us know.
> Then we all benefit.
>
>
>
> "Bob from down under" wrote:
>
>> Hi all, hope you can assist, my battery meter does not show and when I go
>> to
>> the task bar notification area to check it is on, the check box is grayed
>> out as is the volume box,.... any ideas to remedy?
>>

Ian Betts · External Since: Jul 13, 2007 Posts: 512

"Bob from down under" <bobnospam.TakeThisOut@justmail.biz> wrote in message
news:uWxb2YB1HHA.5736@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Mains or battery does not show, laptop is a Toshiba. I went back to the
> store and all the display laptops show when in mains power is connected.
>
> "Bob J" <BobJ.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D26A8D76-F97F-4EE4-A838-B3AB566BAEF6@microsoft.com...
>> Are you running on mains power, I ask because my battery meter only
>> appears
>> when running on battery.
>> Acer Aspire
>> --
>> Regards
>> Bob J
>> If advise given from anyone, solves problem or not, or if solved from
>> another source,post back & let us know.
>> Then we all benefit.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Bob from down under" wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all, hope you can assist, my battery meter does not show and when I
>>> go to
>>> the task bar notification area to check it is on, the check box is
>>> grayed
>>> out as is the volume box,.... any ideas to remedy?
>>>
>
>
Normally the battery shows and has a cable and plug icon when mains power is
on. You may need to full charge the battery before this will happen on first
use.

To find the tick box for this icon right click the taskbar, chose
Properties, Notification Area tab. Under System Icons select Power.

If this is not there your battery is not installed ob you laptop.

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Ian

waldorf · External Since: Nov 04, 2009 Posts: 1

I have the same issue for an XPS 1530. It's definitely an issue with
Vista and it also happened after I installed 'updates'. I have tried
shutting down once but this did not bring the icons back. Any clues?

The last post is not helpful as all three boxes (Power, Network and
Volume) are greyed and cannot be selected.

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