Power Saver 7 on Tecra 9000

Hi everybody,
I realized that newer versions of Toshibas Power Saver are
available for newer Tecra Notebooks. I am using Power Saver 4 on my Tecra 9000. I just tried to install the latest version of PowerSaver on my Tecra 9000. The installation seemed to work, but after finishing the procedure, a error sound accured and power saver did not start correctly, but I have got no error massage. If I try to start the power saver manually I only get an error massage, that I have no permission to start the process!
Is it possible to install and use a newer version of power saver on the Tecra 9000? What is the highest version I can use on the Tecra 9000? Hopefully not version 4?!
best regards
Matty

Hi Matty
Can you please tell me did you have any problems with Power saver? For every notebook series and for every notebook model there are aligned versions for each model and you can use just Power saver that is made for your 9000 model.
Believe me the best version for your Tecra is version that you can find on Tools & Utilities CD. If there is no problem with Power saver it is not necessary to make any update.

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