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On a device that uses battery power, if you select Start > Settings > Personalization > Taskbar and the Power toggle is greyed out or not visible, in the Search box on the taskbar, type device manager, and then select Device Manager in the list of results. Under Batteries, right-click (or long-press) the battery for your device, select Disable, and select Yes. Wait a few seconds, and then right-click (or long-press) the battery and select Enable. Then restart your device.

If you select Start > Settings > Personalization > Taskbar and turn on the Power toggle, but the battery icon does not appear on the taskbar, in the search box on the taskbar, type task manager, and then select Task Manager in the list of results. On the Processes tab under Name, right-click (or long-press) Explorer, and then select Restart.

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However, the battery level indicator in the Windows Gaming-Overlay (the one that pops up when you press the Xbox-button) always tells me something I do not want to hear: "HID-compliant game controller: Critical"

It certainly is disheartening when you are in the midst of a race or a duel and you lose your match because inputs are suddenly not registered anymore due to the lack of power of your batteries. I would love to see a rough estimate of the battery level (I know it is just a voltage read-out) when I pull up the gaming-overlay so that I can at least do an early "reload" before I run into trouble.

For some reason it tells me a battery-percentage in the Windows bluetooth-devices menu when I pull that up (and that one even displays different values when I put in cell-pairs that have got a different charge) which is why I am confused why it does not tell me that in the overlay.

So, the battery icon just disappeared from my task bar. I look around and find out that I should check the task bar settings and set "power" to "on". "power" is greyed out. I find out that to fix this I should go to the device manager and do some things there under "Battery". The device manager doesn't even list "Battery". Any more ideas? Thanks. BTW, this is a company laptop. Any ideas that involve privileged user status just won't fly.

UPDATE: Well, it disappeared when I connected to my company's VPN. What the heck does a VPN have to do with battery life? I re-booted and rec-connected to the VPN, and the battery icon is back. So problem solved for now. But for reasons I won't go into, I really need to see that icon and I don't want to keep rebooting. SO, Any ideas what's going on?

This topic covers recommendations for battery and charging in Windows 10. All devices running Windows have a consistent battery charging experience, regardless of form factor, instruction set, or platform architecture. As a result, users have a consistent and quality experience with battery charging.

If the device is in the S5 (shutdown state), it can always boot into Windows when connected to the charger, regardless of the battery charge level and presence of the battery, if the battery is removable.

The hardware charges the device's battery without requiring firmware, Windows, drivers, or other software running on the main CPU(s). This requirement only applies to Windows 10 for desktop editions systems. Windows 10 Mobile systems may require the support of a UEFI charging app and/or other software components in order to charge the battery.

The hardware automatically stops charging when the battery is completely charged. This is done without requiring firmware, Windows, drivers, or other software running on the main CPU(s). If there is a battery or thermal fault condition, charging is also automatically stopped.

Users expect their device to charge whenever it is connected to the charger. As such, the hardware must always attempt to charge the battery whenever the device is connected to the charger regardless of the power state. This expectation holds true across all of the power states including active (S0), Sleep (S3), Hibernate (S4), shutdown (S5), hard off (G2/G3) and S0 Idle. Charging may stop once the battery is fully charged or if a fault condition occurs.

We do not recommend a design that charges the battery at a reduced rate when Windows or the firmware has not been booted or running. For example, the battery may charge at a slower rate when the system is completely off and connected to the charger and charge at a faster rate when the device is booted and ACPI firmware can be used to monitor the battery periodically.

Finally, a design may charge the battery at a lower rate when the system is in a thermal condition. In this scenario, heat may be reduced by slowing or eliminating battery charging altogether. Thermal conditions are the exception in any good system design.

Users expect they can immediately boot and use their device whenever it is connected to the charger. As such, the device must always boot and be fully useable when connected to AC power. This holds true regardless of the battery charge level, battery/charger state, and battery presence (if the battery is removable).

If the device requires a minimum battery capacity to boot the firmware and Windows, the hardware must ensure that battery capacity is always reserved by the platform. The reserved battery capacity must not be exposed to Windows.

When the system is connected to AC power and the battery is present, the system should attempt to boot to the operating system, as long as the battery has sufficient charge to power the system during the boot process.

As specified above, users expect their device to charge when it is connected to the charger. As a result, the hardware must charge the battery without requiring firmware, Windows, drivers or other software running on the main CPU(s) as one or more of these components may not be operational or may be in a fault state at any given time. This requirement applies only to Windows 10 for desktop editions systems. Windows 10 Mobile systems may require the support of a UEFI charging app and/or other software components in order to charge the battery.

The hardware automatically stops charging when the battery is completely charged or if a fault occurred. As with charging, this must be done without requiring firmware, Windows, drivers, or other software running on the main CPU(s). Further, the hardware is required to comply with all battery safety regulatory conditions.

Windows displays a battery icon with power source and charge status. When the user clicks on the battery icon, they can view information such as capacity remaining, estimated time remaining, and per-battery details (if equipped with multiple batteries).

In the Battery Saver settings page (Settings -> System -> Battery Saver), Windows displays the overall battery percentage, battery status (Charging vs. Discharging) and the Estimated Remaining Time to charge/discharge.

The icons built into Windows only address scenarios where Windows is running and the display is visible to the user. However, the on-screen indicators are not visible when the system is shutdown or S0 Idle state where the display is off. Because the user cannot see visual cues on the screen, the platform may include a physical charging indicator to indicate power is present.

Every mobile device running Windows includes one or more batteries and a power source such as an AC adapter. Information from these subsystems conveys power management status to the user. The status includes remaining battery capacity at any time, state of the AC adapter and battery charging, and estimated remaining battery time. The power subsystem information is exposed in the Windows battery meter and other power management diagnostic utilities.

The following figure illustrates the first topology that uses the platform's Embedded Controller, which is common in existing devices running Windows. The Embedded Controller performs multiple functions in a mobile device, including power source control, battery charge management, power button/switch detection and PS/2-compatible keyboard and mouse input. The embedded controller is typically connected to the core silicon through the Low Pin Count (LPC) bus. Windows queries and is notified about power subsystem information through the ACPI embedded controller interface.

The next figure illustrates the second topology, which makes use of a battery charge controller and fuel gauge component connected directly to the platform's core silicon over a lightweight peripheral bus such as IC. In this configuration, Windows queries and is notified about power subsystem changes through communications over the IC bus. Instead of using a device driver for the battery or charging subsystem, the ACPI control method environment is extended with support for a Simple Peripheral (SPB) Operation Region. The SPB operation region allows the ACPI control method code to communicate to the battery charge controller and fuel gauge components connected to the core silicon over IC.

Windows features a robust battery and power subsystem device driver model. The power management information is conveyed to the Windows power manager through a battery device driver, then aggregated and exposed to the Windows user interface through the battery device IRPs and a set of power management software APIs.

All PCs are expected to expose the batteries and charging subsystem through the ACPI control method interface. The battery miniport interface should not be used for platform-specific battery charging subsystems. There are ACPI specification-defined control methods that allow Windows to poll for battery information and status. Similarly, there is an event-driven model to allow the hardware platform to notify Windows of battery and power source changes, such as a transition from AC to battery power.

The Windows power manager periodically requests status information from the battery including the charge capacity remaining and the current rate of drain. This request originates in the power manager, a higher-level user interface component, or application. The power manager turns the request into an I/O Request Packet (IRP) to the battery device(s). When the battery is exposed through the ACPI control method interface, the control-method battery driver (cmbatt.sys) executes the appropriate ACPI control methods. In the case of status information, the _BST (battery status) method is executed. ff782bc1db