Power Center 1.12
by Tien-Hao Lan

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I. Intro
II. System Requirement
III. Installation
IV. Using Power Center
V. Registration
VI. Program History
VII. Contact the Author

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I. Intro

Tired of those battery management programs that only tells you the percentage of the battery? Power Center is a useful program to help you manage your laptop computer battery. Most of the similar programs only display the percentage of the power left in the battery. One of the most powerful functions of the Power Center is that it can estimate the amount of time the battery can hold up by learning by itself. It recalibrates its estimation each time the battery lever drops and keeps a record on it. Therefore, the estimation gets more and more accurate everytime. Power Center provides every single bit of information you need regarding your battery. With the help of the Control Center, you can set the Power Center to inform you whenever the battery is lower than a specific percentage, at a specific percentage, when the AC power goes on, or when the AC power goes off. You can set it to be always on top of every other program or to hide all the buttons to conserve previous screen space.

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II. System Requirement
 - Windows 95/98 required (Not compatible with Windows NT)
 - Pentium or above suggested
 - Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Runtime Library SP3

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III. Installation

Important: If you are running Windows 95 or NT 4.0, you still need to download Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 SP3 runtime library in order to run this program if you do not have it installed in your system. To obtain more information or to download Microsoft Visual Basic Runtime Library, please visit my web site at http://members.xoom.com/TimothyBug/program/msvb.htm.

You can join my mailing list to receive the latest updates and information on new programs. To join my mailing list, please visit my web site at http://members.xoom.com/TimothyBug.

To install, simply unzip the zip-file and run the setup.exe enclosed. Setup will install pwcenter.exe to the directory you specified (default is C:\Program Files\Tien-Hao\Power Center) and create an icon in the Start Menu for Power Center.

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IV. Using Power Center

The first time you start the program, you see a panel showing the current battery status with three buttons: Control Center, Show Status Only, and Register. The Control Center button leads you to the setup of the informing function. If you click Show Status Only, all the buttons are hidden. If you want the buttons to appear again, you have to right-click on the icon in the system tray and deselect Show Status Only.

All the commands are available by right clicking the icon in the system tray. The Always On Top option allows you to make the Power Center the topmost windows. The Online Manual option leads you online to my homepage with the most recent user's manual.

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V. Registration

If you decide not to register after using Power Center for 30 days, you must uninstall Power Center and its components from your hard drive, and you may not reinstall or use the program in any form.

Please note that if you have previously registered this program, it is not necessary to register it again. In fact, once the newer version is install, the program is automatically marked registered.

To register, please send a US$3.00 check payable to Tien-Hao Lan to:
     Tien-Hao Lan
     P.O. Box 507192
     San Diego, CA92150-7192

Please enclose your E-mail address and desired registration name, which will be shown in the "Registered to" box, on a 3 by 5 note card. Please also indicate the program you are registering. I will send you the registration code via E-mail as soon as possible.

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VI. Program History

VERSION 1.0
The very first version.

VERSION 1.01
Increased sensibility.

VERSION 1.10
Bug fix.

VERSION 1.12
Improved Windows 98 support

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VII. Contact the Author
In occasion you encounter problems regarding the Power Center program, or you simply have an opinion, please contact the author as soon as you can.

E-mail: timothybug@usa.net
Postal Mail: Tien-Hao Lan. P.O. Box 507192. San Diego, CA 92150-7192
Homepage: http://members.xoom.com/TimothyBug