ADing PowerAlarm 1.0
© 2001 by ADing (Alexandru Dimitriev ing.)

ADing PowerAlarm allows laptop computer owners to keep track of 
how much life (power) remains in the battery currently being 
used.

In this way it lets you see early when you will have to shut down 
your work, because it continuously displays status icons so that 
you can always tell if your battery is low. 

Features: 
- battery life as a percentage
- visual variable battery power icon and chart
- sound effects on discharging


Content of this file:
- Why to use ADing PowerAlarm
- Installation
- Software Licence/Copyright
- Disclaimer
- How to subscribe to ADing Programs mailing list
- Other ADing Programs
- How to register this FREE program


==Why to use ADing PowerAlarm==

The battery type used in most notebooks, the nickel-cadmium 
(NiCd) type, has a mediocre capacity (stored energy) who decline 
significantly if the battery is not discharged completely (memory 
effect). Your battery remembers that it has not been used to its 
full potential and will recharge only to about the capacity 
needed last. The next time you want high performance your battery 
will fail to meet the expectations. A simple cure is to discharge 
the battery completely several times as soon as posible (every 
third to fourth use). The new nickel-metal-hydride (NiMH) 
batteries show a far less dramatic memory effect but controlling, 
however, especially the countdown mode is still useful. 
A battery's life expectation, i.e. the number of recharges 
possible, is limited to 500-1000 with NiCd types. For this reason 
you may want to avoid unnecessary depletions. But remember that a 
battery with a strong memory effect is as useless in practice as 
a worn-out one and also has a shorter life than a well-maintained 
one.

Works in background with Windows 95/98/ME/2000 on a Laptop 
(notebooks) computer.

==Installation==

You can install ADing PowerAlarm simply by running setup.exe 
file, after you unzip powera.zip file.
The program can be, at any time, safely removed from your 
computer.
Use the Control Panel's "Install/Remove Programs" menu and select 
the "ADing PowerAlarm" entry.  This option removes the ADing 
FreeRAM group and all shortcuts in it from the Start menu. Or you 
can use the "Uninstall" shortcut from the ADing PowerAlarm group.
NOTE:  The group and shortcuts created by this file can always be 
edited, copied, moved, or deleted "manually" using standard 
Windows procedures, but if you change the name or location of a 
shortcut or group, the "Uninstall" function will not be able to 
remove that shortcut or group.

==Software Licence/Copyright==

Please carefully read the following lines before using this 
software. If you disagree with any of the following, you are not 
allowed to use this program and you MUST then delete it 
immediately.

All rights reserved. You may not reverse engineer, decompile or 
disassemble the software. The author shall retain title and all 
ownership rights to the software.

This software is protected by copyright laws and international 
copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws 
and treaties.

You are allowed to copy this version and give it to any other 
person, as long as it is not modified in any way. Modifications 
means any kind of change, add or remove any files of this package 
without the author written permission. You are allowed to pack 
this program together with a commercial program or a book. You 
are encouraged to put this program on as many BBS systems as 
possible. The distribution on CD-ROM is also permitted, as long 
as the original files are not changed in any way. Please contact 
me if you want to distribute the program with a different 
installation program, with changed files etc.

If you don't respect these rules it is a violation of 
international Copyright law! It is also unfair to the author, who 
has spent many hours developing this program.

==Disclaimer==

We try to keep our software as bug-free as possible. But it's a 
general rule that no software ever is error free and the number 
of errors increases with the complexity of the program. That's 
why we cannot guarantee that this software will run in every 
environment, on any Windows compatible machine, together with any 
other application, without producing errors. Any liability for 
damage of any sort is hereby denied. Please test this program 
with non-critical data.

Any description of bugs will be accepted, but we cannot guarantee 
that we will be able to correct them.


==How to subscribe to ADing Programs mailing list==

Join our ADing FreeRAM Program mailing list! Just send a message 
to:

AD_ing@usa.net

We'll send you (once or twice a month) a message with information 
about new releases of the program. Your e-mail address will only 
be used for this purpose.

==Other ADing Programs==

Visit 

http://ading.hypermart.net

for:

ADing FreeRAM - INCREASE your system's performance!
ADing FreeRAM3x - Windows 3.x version
ADing ParkFont - A "must have" if you use many fonts
ADing FontManager - A Perfect Font Manager
ADing SplitImg - Splits an image in multiple pieces
ADing BAR - Displays vital information about your system
ADing Desk - Easy access to desktop!
ADing StockSmash - Manages the 1D and 2D cut operations to obtain
 ordered pieces with proper size and minimum loses.
ADing SSSS - INSTANT access to your screen saver!
ADing Display Saver - Revives normal screen saver during
 PowerPoint screen shows.


==How to register==

This program is FREE to use. No registration is required but I'll 
very appreciate if you visit my site to discover other programs:

http://ADing.hypermart.net

If you did not download this file from there please check our 
website for the latest version. We update our website frequently.
