Download BatteryCare 0.9.8

BatteryCare is a program that provides information about the battery in a laptop and can help in its optimal use. This is how . becomes recommended to fully discharge the battery once after 30 charges. BatteryCare can indicate exactly when that time has come. The program can also automatically turn off Aero and other power-hungry items when the battery is used and turn them back on when the adapter is plugged in. BatteryCare is free, resides in the system tray, and uses very few resources. Version 0.9.8 was released last Thursday and was accompanied by the following changelog:

New features:

• New settings panel with improved design and usability.
• Automatically disable the Windows Sidebar / Gadgets in battery mode.
• It’s now possible to bypass the UAC limitations and run always in Administrator mode.
• More settings configurable for even more customization.

New languages:

• Czech
• English
• polish

improvement:

• Better performance: 33% less memory consumption and reduced CPU usage.
• Full control over the discharge cycle statistics.
• Improvements in the service pausing/resuming system, it now prevents service resuming in battery mode.
• Full support for every Intel Core and Atom series, latest Core i Series included.
• New system for calculating the Intel CPU temperatures, based on an editable CSV file.
• Better support for large dpi fonts (120dpi), especially in the tray icon.
• Extensive bug fixing and other light improvements.