Satellite L500-14N - Is it possible to show battery life?

Hi,
is it possible to show the battery life not only in percent but also in hours and minutes in the taskbar? (Windows 7 64bit)
Power Saver doesn't support Windows 7, I think. Is there any other utility which can show battery infos?

Unfortunately only the battery capacity (in %) will be shown.
Toshiba power saver is designed for Win7 but this tool is not the same as on WXP and the control over power settings has operating system itself.
To be honest this with hours and minutes was for me just confusing because this info was not so exact.
When 1 hour was shown I was able to use my notebook not longer than 40 minutes.
You can try to use third part applications for that.

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Such similar questions have been posted in the past. If you would use the forums advanced search option, you will get lot of threads about this theme.
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> 1. Is it safe to use the new drivers from Intel for their chipset or should I stick to the ones released by Toshiba?
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[URL]
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> I thought about buying it from Toshiba directly but they don't sell it, so I guess I'm stuck with buying it and immediately sending it to service for keyboard change?
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