Windows 11 has a built-in report that provides insight into your laptop's battery health (and whether a replacement is needed).

QUESTION: What can I do with a Windows laptop with a battery that won’t last very long? ANSWER: Battery life is a common frustration with all portable devices and how you use your laptop can make a ...

Has the battery performance of your laptop noticeably declined? Here's how to generate a report in Windows to help you ...

Once upon a time, computers were gigantic installations that filled up several rooms, and scientists thought computers would only get larger from there. Instead, computers shrank. Yes, gigantic ...

If you see a red x on the battery icon on your Windows 11/10 laptop, use the following suggestions. Before you proceed, I suggest you run Power Troubleshooter on your laptop. It is an automated tool ...

If your laptop’s battery doesn't last nearly as long as it first did out of the box, then it might be time to replace it. The lithium-ion batteries used to power most laptops degrade over time with an ...

When you disconnect your computer’s power supply from the wall, it jumps in to save your BIOS or UEFI settings in your motherboard’s CMOS-RAM (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor). But even the ...

Higher watt-hour (Wh) batteries generally offer longer battery life. Smaller, lower-resolution screens consume less power than larger, high-resolution displays. Non-touch displays and avoiding ...

Hibernate mode is designed for laptops and might not be available for all PCs. Hibernate mode saves your opened documents and programs to your hard drive and then turns off your laptop. Though ...

If you glance around right now, you'll probably see multiple devices that require constant charging. The one you're reading this on is most likely one of them. Long gone are the days of single-use ...