Microsoft is not known for going back on such decisions,Īnd all that one can hope is that this was only an unintended side-effect You will have to wait to see if the number of complaints will motivate To understand why not all updates arrive on all devices. Possible that because of some hardware differences Windows Update hasĭecided that this particular update does not fit your device.įor seeing how complicated is the decision by Windows Update on which Why this change has not propagated to the SP4 is a mystery, but it is The remaining battery time on my Windows tablet. I do agree with the above text, since I also have learned to mistrust This is born out by the large number of posts one can find on the Internetĭealing with this same problem. The time left is estimated depending on the current load on your PC, and time left changes when your close/open an app, adjust brightness, increase/decrease volume, etc. Microsoft has removed this feature because the time left meter is not accurate. Power meter missing remaining battery time, UserBatteryDischargeEstimator which is nearly impossible to find with google and it exists only on the SP4.Īre there any Surface Book 2 out there that show that estimated time, so a UEFI issue could be ruled out?Īny ideas or docs that may help with that issue?ģrd party apps and disabling modern/connected standby are not an option, as I want to understand the root cause why it works with the SPro4 but not with SBook2 Obviously there are some (HP) Laptops that can bring back the information as an BIOS/UEFI option, so it seems to be an ACPI call?īut the Book2 as well as SP4 have no settings in this scope.Īlso the connected standby feature being disabled may bring back some behaviour.Ĭomputer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\PowerĪnd I am wondering about the meaning of the entries.Į.g. Many user say it is missing since 1709 Update. If you google it, there are many opinions. On a Surface Pro 4 it behaves as expected and I try to check the differences. ![]() I am examining a new Surface Book 2 and missing the battery time remaining estimation.
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