Go to the Sounds item in Control Panel (Hardware and Sounds, then Change
system sounds) and set the most annoying sound you can find for low and
critical battery warnings.
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"killjoy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am running Vista on an HP laptop. I have figured out how to set the
> critical battery power levels for shutdown etc, but..... how do I set
> either
> an audible warning or a popup when the battery is low.
>
> I know the small icon changes as the power drops but this is easily
> overlooked and the first thing I notice is that he machine is shutting
> itself down.
>
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