power a battery meter appears in the Notification Area of the Taskbar. Windows Vista users should right-click this and make sure Power Saver is selected. It's possible to'fIne-tune these settings to save power more aggressively - click Start and select Control Panel. Click System Maintenance, followed by Power Options. Clic~ 'Change plan settings' under Power Saver, then choose 'Change advanced power settings'. Go through each option in the list, reducing switch-off-times to 10 or even five minutes, and making sure Maximum power-saving is selected where appropriate. Click OK to finish.