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Softpedia Editor's Review for BatteryCare
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A simple and easy to use laptop battery monitor software
Written by Elena Opris on May 21st, 2012
The battery life of a laptop can be extended if it’s adequately monitored and an advantageous power plan is properly used. BatteryCare was built for this purpose and it’s aimed at overseeing and optimizing the battery usage of your laptop.
If you wish to take better care of your laptop battery, use this software with confidence. This simple tool allows you to monitor your laptop battery and properly configure it, so that it lasts longer. By tracking the discharge cycles, it enables you to keep your battery calibrated, thus prolonging its life considerably.
After a quick and stress-free installation process, the application places an icon in the system tray. Right-clicking allows you to instantly change the power plan you currently use, to others such as Balanced, High Performance, or Power Saver.
The main window of BatteryCare displays several details of your laptop's battery (current capacity, remaining time, status), or more detailed information (model, designed capacity, total capacity, current capacity, wear level, and others).
Advanced options can be adjusted from the Settings window, where you can set BatteryCare to disable Aero and the Sidebar when the laptop is running on battery, or even to pause high energy consumption services to increase battery life.
The Notifications section allows you to set up BatteryCare to recommend you battery calibration after a given number of discharge cycles, notify you when the battery is low or when it is critical (at a specific remaining capacity). It should be mentioned that these notifications are not connected to the ones issued by Windows.
In addition to all of these, power plans can be configured to be automatically selected depending on the current energy source. Other settings allow you to run the application in Administrator mode or to tweak the usage statistics.
All in all, BatteryCare acts as a companion for you laptop battery. It performs real-time monitoring of its status and health, thus adding to its life.
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BatteryCare description
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Here are some key features of "BatteryCare":
Battery's discharge cycles monitoring:
· The advanced algorithm accurately records when a complete discharge cycle is performed
· When the configured number of discharge cycles is reached, a notification balloon pops up to remind that a full discharge is required
Complete battery information:
· It calculates the statistical remaining time in laptops that don't support the battery time left information and only list the charge percentage
· Shows all the detailed information about the battery, such as wear level, capacities, consumption, manufacturer, etc
Notification area information:
· In battery mode, the notification icon shows the remaining time and percentage of battery
Automatic power plans switching:
· Depending on the power source of the computer, BatteryCare can automatically select the power plan you prefer (only in Windows Vista or higher)
Control over Windows Aero and demanding Services:
· Automatically disable the graphics accelerated theme in Windows Vista and/or demanding services that degrade battery lifetime
· Once the laptop stops running on batteries, the theme is re-enabled and the stopped services are restored
Auto-updates:
· No need to trouble in downloading new installers, when a new version is available, the program updates itself
Lightweight in the system:
· Given the concern about the battery optimization, BatteryCare does not interfere with the system performance. It requires only a mere 0,1% of Processor and Memory resources
Requirements:
· .NET Framework 2.0
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Quick-fix: CPU temperature readings for Intel Core i3 were reading higher than normal.
· Quick-fix: An error window would popup when resuming from standby on some systems.
· Quick-fix: In some systems the program would crash if it failed to obtain the HDD temperature.
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