Windows 7 RTM (Technet) - Consider replacing your battery - driver issue?

Hi Robin,

Thanks, I'll just have to wait a bit longer then I hoped :)

having just loaded windows 7 on dell 1501 - and  we are now getting this message "consider replacing battery".  We have looked at the device manager for battery acpi, and the drivers are upto date - (2006) .  its the same battery / charger . Only windows has changed /

has anyone found a solution to this problem ?????

thanks  

I get help from these forums so I figured I'd take the time to help back. Windows 7 seems to silently stop drivers from loading if they don't meet their standards- "Digital Signature" needs to be just so.

Anyway, I found help that I can't test now but wanted to share it:

http://www.howinthetech.com/disabling-digital-driver-signing-in-windows-7/

Opinion: Windows producers need to alert users, with as much enthusiasm as they stop piracy, to the fact that they will interfer with your expectations of "ease of use" and give the reason why (which are probably valid). At least then, people like me won't develope such hatred for their products. I mean it is hard work to search for answers as to why things don't just work- and work bettter since you're "upgrading".

Way way back when, Windows products made computers easier to work with... getting IRQs and Com Ports to run "automatically" and other integrations were made so seamlessly. Now, my god, it seems they try hard to do the exact opposite.

Chris

I guess if you are (almost) the only dealer on the street (no, no NOT like a drug dealer:emotion-5:) you can pretty much do whatever you want to. Windows 3.1 - 95 was so cool compared to DOS. All the purty pictures and everything. Now most of us are hooked.

Jeff

So yeah. I varified the directions in my link there. Windows 7 though, is still a nightmare in my opinion for not letting me try different ACPI schemes to finally get the charging function to see and charge the battery.

I get help from these forums so I figured I'd take the time to help back. Windows 7 seems to silently stop drivers from loading if they don't meet their standards- "Digital Signature" needs to be just so. Anyway, I found help that I can't test now but wanted to share it: http://www.howinthetech.com/disabling-digital-driver-signing-in-windows-7/ Opinion: Windows producers need to alert users, with as much enthusiasm as they stop piracy, to the fact that they will interfer with your expectations of "ease of use" and give the reason why (which are probably valid). At least then, people like me won't develope such hatred for their products. I mean it is hard work to search for answers as to why things don't just work- and work bettter since you're "upgrading". Way way back when, Windows products made computers easier to work with... getting IRQs and Com Ports to run "automatically" and other integrations were made so seamlessly. Now, my god, it seems they try hard to do the exact opposite.   Chris