XP in Parallels with my Macbook

hey im running windows xp in parallels on my macbook and i was wondering if there was anyway to show the battery percentage and jsut little stuff like that. any tips or tricks anyone can pass on to me haha
thanks in advance

Because XP is running in a virtual machine, it literally does not know that it is running on a system that uses a battery. In order to have a battery meter, Parallels would have to virtualize the battery as a device- in other words, you will not get a battery meter unless Parallels makes it available... there is no way to add one on your own.
A good rule of thumb is to understand that XP sees a fake computer, it does not see your real computer, when running in Parallels. It sees a fake video card, a fake hard drive, etc. These "fake" hardware components are very basic, in order to be compatible with whatever OS you're running in the Virtual Machine. They are not optimized for performance, but for compatibility. Whiz-bang items are also not "faked" because they would be difficult to support in such an environment.

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