Windows 11 has a built-in report that provides insight into your laptop's battery status, including whether a replacement is actually needed.

Use the following fixes if your Windows laptop battery is not charging after a Windows Update. Roll Back your battery driver Update or reinstall your battery driver Recalibrate your battery Perform a ...

If you see a red x on the battery icon on your Windows 11/10 laptop, use the following suggestions. Before you proceed, I suggest you run Power Troubleshooter on your laptop. It is an automated tool ...

Battery life on your Windows 11 PC will depend a lot on your use cases. But regardless of your usage pattern, lithium-ion cells cannot remain as new forever — it is continuously degrading from the ...

As your Windows laptop ages, charging issues can become increasingly common, and few things are more frustrating than discovering that your laptop won't charge despite being plugged into a power ...

Your NPU might be powered on while your PC is idle, costing you battery life. Microsoft says the latest Windows 11 patch ...

Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 update that forcibly enables the Battery Health Manager UEFI option in HP business laptops to prevent battery swelling. HP Battery Health Manager is a BIOS ...

A couple of weeks ago, enthusiasts discovered references to the so-called "adaptive energy saver" in recent Windows 11 preview builds. Microsoft acknowledged the findings but added that it was not ...

Microsoft finally fixed two known issues acknowledged over five months ago, causing higher than normal battery drain and update installation failure issues on Windows 10 devices. The first one ...

The January 2026 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 address a battery issue on devices with a Neural Processing Unit, and ...