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Tips To Maximize Your Laptop’s Battery Life

Here are a few simple tips to increase your laptopΓÇÖs battery life :-

1. Dim your  Laptop screen as low as you can- Start> Control Panel> Power Options> Adjust Display sleep and Brightness
2. Use WindowsΓÇÖ built-in power-saving modes- Start> Control Panel> Power Options> Power Saver.
3. Turn off all non-essential processes- Start>  Run> and type “msconfig” without the quotes >Start Up/uncheck all Programs >Apply > Close >Reboot your PC
4. Turn off all Blue tooth devices when not needed this is a big power hog- Start> Control Panel> Bluetooth Devices >Options >Uncheck ΓÇ£Allow Bluetooth devices to find this computerΓÇ¥ >OK.
5. Use the Hibernate function- whenever you wonΓÇÖt be accessing your laptop for 1 hour or more.
6. Turn off Wi-Fi - Most laptops have shortcut keys to instantly disable wireless networking.
7. DonΓÇÖt try to do anything CPU-intensive- such as running an anti-virus scan while you arenΓÇÖt hooked up with internet .
8. Programs that are run from a CD or DVD can be copied to and run from the hard drive, which typically consumes less power than an optical drive. 

Other than that, it depends on the age of your laptop,you can make the battery stronger and longer-lasting by not relying on the charger. If your laptop is less than a year old, you should practice this to make your battery stronger.Only plug your laptop into the charger after you get the Low battery message, by this way your battery will be stronger and last longer but If your laptop is older than one year, then this may not be as much effective..

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