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Default Battery Meter jumping around on 7

I just installed windows 7 on my netbook. My battery meter has been jumping around anywhere from 8 to 3 hours. Is there anyway to find a solid time frame?
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There are several laptop battery meter available as gadgets or widgets for W7 and Vista.
eg
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/window...agadgetssu.htm
http://www.thoosje.com/Windows-7-gad...utilities.html
http://monjes.org/programas-y-softwa...r-gadgets.html

You could give them a try and see which one(s) work accurately.
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BatteryCare is pretty good, gives lots of information: wear level, capacity, and consumption. Also has a setting to disable Areo effects when running on battery.

http://lifehacker.com/5334722/batter...ry-information
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or BatteryBar (google it)
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