Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Andy Burns Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Battery save app Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:06:49 +0000 Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net +ZcYOfu+cdtALWZpb8/vPw9vJowe0KPCijoBGmSANGPKot4zAd Cancel-Lock: sha1:/PFbPUAayv1WWXTVthKCQgbcf4k= sha256:5CVFxciuns8/IbQfkDxns0vtHT6UwnLgoNw6GztvFtw= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:16184 sticks wrote: > I recall a while back talk on one of the windows groups where the > battery would only charge to 80% to save battery life on newer > computers.  I guess I thought Win 11 had the ability to do this.  From > what I gather, it only has the option to help out by limiting what you > can do if the level goes below 20%.  That's not what I was interested > in.  Am I correct that Win 11 has no built in way to manage the top > charging level on it's own? Yes, Win11 itself doesn't allow charging to less than 100%, my two laptops have a Lenovo utility to limit charging, and a previous Huawei did too, not sure about HP. > So then I started looking for manufacturer options.  This is an HP laptop