But love will bloom anew as soon as you recharge. Avoid the heartache, however temporary: Follow these five tips for maximizing your laptop\u2019s run time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Plug in whenever possible<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
One surefire way to ensure that your laptop is always ready for action is to plug it into an AC outlet whenever possible. Keeping the machine fully charged makes it far more likely that you will always have the juice you need to complete your work. Purchase at least one extra AC adapter<\/a>, so you\u2019ll always have one in your office and one in your laptop bag for travel. If you work at home frequently, consider buying a third adapter to leave there.Terminate the offending process by right-clicking it and selecting \u2018Kill Process\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A common misconception about laptops is that leaving the system plugged into AC power continuously will overcharge or shorten the life of its battery. Given that the lithium cells used in modern laptops will either catch fire or explode if overcharged, this is obviously not true. Lithium ion batteries stop charging once they reach full capacity, and keeping the Hp 484170-001 extended life battery<\/a><\/strong> charged reduces wear and tear on the power source, lengthening its useful life span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Modern displays with LED backlights are a major improvement over the CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent tube) backlit displays of yesteryear, in terms of both picture quality and power efficiency. Still, a laptop\u2019s display claims a significant percentage of the power that the system consumes. As such, keeping the screen backlight low can increase your laptop\u2019s run time noticeably. You should also take care in choosing where you work: A low backlight setting will be far more comfortable in a caf\u00e9 with soft lighting than in a brightly lit room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another way to reduce the power the display consumes is to tweak the automatic backlight controls in Windows. Open Control Panel, choose Hardware and Sound > Power Options,<\/em> and click Change plan settings<\/em> for the active power plan. Choosing an aggressive timeout of 1 to 3 minutes under the \u2018Dim the display\u2019 and \u2018Turn off the display\u2019 options while the machine is operating on battery power will eke out more battery life by dimming or switching off the screen after the specified amount of inactivity. You can also click the Change advanced power settings<\/em> option to set the level of brightness when the laptop is in the dimmed state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One culprit often responsible for draining the battery ahead of its time is the presence of errant software applications that suck up disproportionate processor cycles. Unnecessary utilities running in the background, or an app that is hanging, can also cause this effect. Web browsers are particularly prone to the latter problem, due to the multiple plug-ins, rendering engines, and scripting engines embedded within them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hp-485041-003-laptop-battery-1.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n2. Adjust the screen brightness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
3. Track down errant apps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n