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    Help!I can't change to dedicated card(W500)

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by lanxsworld, Sep 17, 2008.

  1. lanxsworld

    lanxsworld Notebook Guru

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    I found the battery icon on the task bar is missing and I don't know how to recover it!!
    All the ways said on the web to change into the dedicated card is by choosing the battery icon on the task bar, but now what can I do?
    Help please!
    Thinkpad W500 with VISTA home premium
     
    lanxsworld, Sep 17, 2008
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  2. shoulin333

    shoulin333 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey man, try to go to Start, Run "msconfig" check your start-up options and then restart.


    on a side note... i ordered a W500 on monday, how long did it take you to get your notice that it shipped after you ordered?
     
    shoulin333, Sep 17, 2008
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  3. lanxsworld

    lanxsworld Notebook Guru

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    09/08 ordered
    09/18(today) received
    normal shipment, however, much faster than I thought
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    I cannot find the "BLOG" in the startup ,where is it?
     
    lanxsworld, Sep 18, 2008
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    lanxsworld Notebook Guru

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    please help guys
    I cannot switch into the dedicated card.
    there is no power manager in the task bar and I have tried all I could
     
    lanxsworld, Sep 18, 2008
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    lanxsworld Notebook Guru

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  6. plsdonotbug

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    To get a battery icon in the task bar, did you try going to control panel, power options, and check the box to show icon in taskbar? I'm not on a pc right now, so I forgot the exact options, but something like that.
     
    plsdonotbug, Sep 18, 2008
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  7. gmoneyphatstyle

    gmoneyphatstyle Notebook Deity

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    Lanxsworld,
    (1) Do you have powermanager installed? if not go to the lenovo site, support and downloads and download/install it.

    (2) Open the powermagers.
    In vista just type in powermanager in the search bar to find it. If you have xp you can look in all programs or hit the blue thinkvantage button and find it in the popup menu.

    (3) In Powermanager look through the menus till you see the check box for "show battery icon in system tray" or something to that effect.

    That should display the battery icon in the system tray.

    Could always call lenovo tech support too.
     
    gmoneyphatstyle, Sep 18, 2008
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