Thanks to both of you TruthSeeker and Drachen! I will try to fix that Settings problem in Power Panel, Thanks again. One more question on the battery life you are getting TruthSeeker? Is your brightness ALL-THE-WAY-DOWN, when you get that Over 4Hr. battery life? and are you doing BASIC computing when you get that time and are you in Max Battery Mode in Power Management? Thanks again to you Guys…Ron

Brightness is usually between 7 and 9.  I don’t skimp too much in this category.  My eyes are woth it. :wink:

I am not a power user, so I do not play games or do any 3D rendering on the TR.  Every now and then I will use a photo editor, but not that often.  Peak workload for me is about 200mb of ram.  I know that is probably pathetic, but it is what it is.  I keep it very simple.  There are usually less than a handful of programs running in my system tray at one time.  I do not even use antivirus (despite some agressive coaxing from valueable posters here).

I hope that answers you question.

I got that brightness (Issue) takin care of!! Thanks again, to the both of you. I find that indoors (all the way down and 1-up are the best for my eyes) I have sensitive eyes and I want to have a GREAT long life out of this BEAUTIFUL-BRIGHT-CLEAR, Sony TR screen. I love the screen on this machine! My Compaq Presario 1930 has a FANTASTIC screen also! but this sony bests it!! for evenness of backlighting and the Sony has a bit better brightness and contrast! but that Compaq is still a charm to use also (SCREEN WISE) My Apple I-Book, has a pathetic screen in comparison(just lacks contrast) again, thanks you two!!

Yes it does answer my question. I had a pathetic battery! I am glad I am (Hopfully) getting it replaced! You were getting a good 4 hours with your screen levels that high? I had mine down all the way and just the essentials running in the task bar,  at Max Battery and STILL was hardly getting 4 hours. Glad I sent that turkey in….One more question TruthSeeker…..When your battery is fully charged, does your battery charger indicator go out?  Mine would say, 100% charged but it would show the icon for charging and would say charging!! I know on my Apple and my Compaq, it would go off…Thanks again…Ron PS. So you don’t use ANY antivirus? Even Online??!!

Normally how many Recharge Cycles will get the Battery Life to go 50% of original life?  any clue?

The tray icon will show that it is charging, but the lithium battery does not allow it to overcharge.

I have AVG installed in the TR but I only run it every couple of months to check for trojans and such.  I also use Spybot S&D and Adaware.  There is nothing that monitors my TR in ‘real time’.