how to charge a battery

[Guest]

I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop, OS Winows XP. I have had this battery
charging since last night, its still saying its at 3% full...

How do I start charging this battery?

 

[John Boy]

I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop, OS Winows XP. I have had this battery
charging since last night, its still saying its at 3% full...

How do I start charging this battery?

Try shutting down the system and letting it
charge overnight with the computer turned off!

 

[dbrooks]

What exactly does this have to do with Vista?