power plan desktop

Anyone know why Vista x64 assumes my desktop is a laptop? Today I was watching a video (from MS website) and system just shut down. WHen I restarted it said it had shut down due to low battery and I need to recharge or plug in. Now the little power meter shows me 99% charged. This going on with anyone else?

You must believe that posting three times will provide an answer three times as fast. NOT. "Rusty" wrote in message

Anyone know why Vista x64 assumes my desktop is a laptop? Today I was watching a video (from MS website) and system just shut down. WHen I restarted it said it had shut down due to low battery and I need to recharge or plug in. Now the little power meter shows me 99% charged. This going on with anyone else?

Chuck,
How can you possibly not know that MS is having problems with the web interface to this newsgroup? Multiple posts are incredibly common, because the web interface tells the user the post didn't work. There are literally thousands of dupes over the last few weeks.
Cut him some slack. "Chuck Davis" <newsgroup at anthemwebs dot com> wrote in message

You must believe that posting three times will provide an answer three times as fast. NOT. "Rusty" wrote in message Anyone know why Vista x64 assumes my desktop is a laptop? Today I was watching a video (from MS website) and system just shut down. WHen I restarted it said it had shut down due to low battery and I need to recharge or plug in. Now the little power meter shows me 99% charged. This going on with anyone else?

It is not his fault. His web-based newsreader has a bug that causes him to think his posting failed. So he believes it and tries again. Like you or I would.
"Chuck Davis" <newsgroup at anthemwebs dot com> wrote in message

You must believe that posting three times will provide an answer three times as fast. NOT. "Rusty" wrote in message Anyone know why Vista x64 assumes my desktop is a laptop? Today I was watching a video (from MS website) and system just shut down. WHen I restarted it said it had shut down due to low battery and I need to recharge or plug in. Now the little power meter shows me 99% charged. This going on with anyone else?

I have seen this, but I had just lost power and am plugged into an APC UPS via the USB cable (So it thinks it's a laptop). My wife's XP PC did the same thing, so I don't think it's a Vista problem.
"Rusty" wrote in message

Anyone know why Vista x64 assumes my desktop is a laptop? Today I was watching a video (from MS website) and system just shut down. WHen I restarted it said it had shut down due to low battery and I need to recharge or plug in. Now the little power meter shows me 99% charged. This going on with anyone else?

No Chuck that is not true at all. I tried to post this message and it said there was an error and the post did not go thru to try again later. I tried again later and got the same message. The third time I tried it said my message was received. It is nice to know that the message board police are on the watch though.
"Chuck Davis" wrote:

You must believe that posting three times will provide an answer three times as fast. NOT. "Rusty" wrote in message Anyone know why Vista x64 assumes my desktop is a laptop? Today I was watching a video (from MS website) and system just shut down. WHen I restarted it said it had shut down due to low battery and I need to recharge or plug in. Now the little power meter shows me 99% charged. This going on with anyone else?

Thanks micheal. I also am plugged to an APC power supply and it did click on due to a flux in the power right before this happened.
"Michael O" wrote:

I have seen this, but I had just lost power and am plugged into an APC UPS via the USB cable (So it thinks it's a laptop). My wife's XP PC did the same thing, so I don't think it's a Vista problem.
"Rusty" wrote in message Anyone know why Vista x64 assumes my desktop is a laptop? Today I was watching a video (from MS website) and system just shut down. WHen I restarted it said it had shut down due to low battery and I need to recharge or plug in. Now the little power meter shows me 99% charged. This going on with anyone else?

I'd report that as a bug to MSFT using the feedback icon. Strange activity! Unless Vista has gotten so sophistcated that it is measuring the amount of power coming in and there was a drop in the incoming power. Are you on some type of APC or just a powerstrip connected to the wall outlet?
"Rusty" wrote in message

Anyone know why Vista x64 assumes my desktop is a laptop? Today I was watching a video (from MS website) and system just shut down. WHen I restarted it said it had shut down due to low battery and I need to recharge or plug in. Now the little power meter shows me 99% charged. This going on with anyone else?

Vista x64 shows me the power plan icon and says my desktop is a laptop. Today it shut down in the middle of a video from MS website. WHen I got it back on it said it shutdown due to low battery and I needed to recharge or plug in. Now it shows me 99% charged. THis is a desktop and it is plugged in. Anyone else seeing this?