Battery information

[stevenrossvanduyn]

What should i look for in my task manager to see whats eating up my battery power.
The CPU of Memory column where it shows % is where to look to see which application is eating away at the battery life.

 

[jnjroach]

powercfg /batteryreport
powercfg /sleepstudy
powercfg /energy

Run from an elevated CMD Prompt, copy reports to your Documents folder from C:\Windows\System32 open in IE and look through the reports to narrow down what is killing your battery.

Known Culprits:

• Google Chrome
• Google Services (Drive, etc.)
• Some Antivirus Suites
• Some older 2.4GHz Mouse Dongles
• Some older models of Bluetooth Mouse
• Legacy Win32 Code that won't suspend for Connected Standby

 

[ctitanic]

What should i look for in my task manager to see whats eating up my battery power.
The CPU of Memory column where it shows % is where to look to see which application is eating away at the battery life.