Microsoft investigating reports of battery-expiration problems about which a number of Windows 7 users are complaining.
On TechNet, there’s a growing thread of complaints about the battery issues. In some cases, users said Windows 7 appears to be draining their batteries too quickly, especially in the case of netbooks. Other users said Windows 7 was providing them with warnings that their batteries were in danger of expiring or damaged, even when they were fully charged and fine. It’s unclear whether it is only users upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 who are being affected, or whether the problem also is hitting those with brand-new Windows 7 PCs.
The complaints about problems with Windows 7 and batteries predate the release to manufacturing of the operating system last summer. But some in the TechNet forum claim Windows 7 beta and Release Candidate (RC) builds didn’t experience these problems, but the final RTM version did.
On February 2, Microsoft officials said they were looking into the reports in conjunction with PC makers.
