Windows 7 Battery Notification Messages

ronjor · Feb 8, 2010

Over the past week we have seen a little bit of blogosphere activity regarding Windows 7 and batteries, specifically the new Windows 7 message “Considering replacing your battery”. Since this is related to the engineering of Windows 7 we’re going to use this blog to provide an update to people. As we have talk about many times, we have a relentless focus on the quality of Windows 7 and we take seriously any reports we receive that indicate a potential problem that could result in a significant failure of the OS. In a previous post we talked about the steps we take when we receive a bug report, in particular when we start to see several reports that appear to be the same. For the past week or so we have been diligently working through these steps and more to see if there is anything in Windows 7 we need to address regarding this issue. At this time we have no reason to believe there is any issue related to Windows 7 in this context.
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JRViejo · Feb 10, 2010

If Microsoft is right, we must be under a 'bad battery curse,' argues disgruntled customer

Windows 7 does not ruin notebook batteries or issue premature warnings that the power is exhausted, Microsoft Corp.'s head of Windows said Monday in response to customer complaints.

Within minutes, Windows 7 users who have experienced those problems disagreed in comments on the Web. One called the explanation "hand-washing," and another said that if the company's conclusion was correct, then many affected users must be "under some sort of bizarre bad battery curse."

According to Stephen Sinofsky, the president of Microsoft's Windows division, Windows 7 is doing what it's supposed to when it reports that a laptop battery needs to be replaced, one of the symptoms that users began reporting as long ago as June 2009.
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Users dispute Microsoft's explanation of Windows 7 battery problems by Gregg Keizer.

guest · Feb 10, 2010

I used to have this issue on my Acer Aspire 5100, using Win 7 Ultimate x86. However, after the last reliability update that Microsoft released for Win 7 a month ago, the message disappeared.

Now, when I unplug the notebook, the battery works for about 15 minutes before it shuts down without advise - with the battery icon showing 96% remaining for example.

Win7 may be sending wrong commands to the BIOS, resulting in this issue. Or maybe, it's right about faulty batteries. I would like to have my case analyzed in particular by Microsoft technicians.

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