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How to know Laptop battery replacement time before battery dies ? ( BatteryInfoView )

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If you are a laptop owner (Dell, Lenovo, HP, Sony, Acer, Toshiba whatever), normally you must be wondering when should you get a backup battery or when should you replace your battery. At the same time, you don’t want to waste your money when your old battery is still working fine.

Knowing Lap battery replacement time, will help you to avoid possible problems such as sudden power failures that will affect on your hardware such as hard disk .. (Sudden power failures can cause harddisk bad sectors and may lead to data losses )

Nirsoft BatteryInfoView (Freeware) provides you a great way to check laptop battery health and general idea of battery replacement time.

In general Laptop Batteries rundown easily and will not be able to hold its original capacity when it has completed, (1) More than 300 Charge Cycles, and/or (2) Over 18 Months of Use.

But certainly, you may not want to count charge cycles or keep eye on your old invoices to track your age of the battery to know Lap battery replacement time.

So here’s the deal.. We will use Batteryinfoview and check the battery wear level instead..

(Batteryinfoview has much more information regarding your laptop battery such as Battery Name , Manufacture Name , Serial Number , Manufacture Date, Power State, Current Capacity (in %), Current Capacity Value, Full Charged Capacity , Designed Capacity, Battery Wear Level, Voltage, Charge/Discharge Rate, Chemistry, Low Battery Capacity, Number of charge/discharge cycles, Remaining battery time for the current activity (Estimated), Full battery time for the current activity (Estimated), Remaining time for charging the battery (Estimated), Total time for charging the battery (Estimated) )

But to know Lap battery replacement time, we will be using battery wear level

What is battery wear level ?   

Its a measure of battery health .. The definition of battery wear level in nirsoft.net has been given as “The wear level of the battery, in %
The wear level of a new battery should be around 100%, and it gradually decreases. This value is calculated according to the ‘Designed Capacity’ and ‘Full Charged Capacity’ values.” source

How to check the battery wear level using batteryinfoview ?

Download it from http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/battery_information_view.html or use direct link http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/batteryinfoview.zip

You will have to extract it and double click BatteryInfoView.exe

BatteryInfoView

BatteryInfoView.exe

 

Running Batteryinfoview

Running Batteryinfoview

What is the best battery wear level to get a replacement battery ?

It is recommended to get laptop replacement battery when the wear level threshold is within the range of  30-45% (And battery replacement can be done when  battery wear level reaches 20-29% of battery wear level )

How about the Windows alert  “Consider replacing your battery” and what is the relation “Consider replacing your battery” alert and batteryinfoview battery wear level ?

Normally windows will also give you an alert such as “consider replacing your battery” if you click on the red cross over battery icon in the taskbar..

 

Taskbar battery icon redcross

Taskbar battery icon redcross

And if you run Batteryinfoview, when you see“consider replacing your battery”  it should be within the range of  25-45%

Consider replacing your battery

Consider replacing your battery

What else I can do to make sure the battery status/health?

Most of the laptop manufacturers such as Dell, Lenovo, HP, Sony, Acer, Toshiba will provide you extra diagnostic tools  and you can go to the respective laptop manufacturer’s site and download these diagnostic tools.

Additionally, you can use Batteryinfoview in Battery Log mode (When the Batteryinfoview is opened you can switch to Battery Log mode by pressing F8 key in your keyboard). The advantage of Battery Log mode of Batteryinfoview is that you can visualize the battery drainage over time.

Batteryinfoview Advanced Mood

Batteryinfoview Advanced Mood

What type of Laptop replacement battery is good ?

Generally, if you can get original replacement from  laptop manufacturer, that would be the best. Most of the time you can get one to one replacement free, if the battery is dead/faulty, while the comprehensive warranty is not over.. (Yet its a rare case )  . If the laptop battery is beyond that warranty period, you will have to buy a genuine battery from  the manufacturer.. But what happens of the manufacture is not providing/selling parts separately ? Then you will have to find a reliable local retailer and go for a OEM replacement …

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(Solved)-An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific parse error details and modify your source file appropriately. Parser Error Message:Could not load type

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Recently I migrated vb.net application from Windows Server 2003 to 2008 R2. Some urls were not working .. Just displayed the following error.

######## ######### ####### ########## ######## ######## ######## ########## ###

Server Error in ‘/AssessmentsV2’ Application.

Parser Error

Description: An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific parse error details and modify your source file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Could not load type ‘CBI.login2’.

Source Error:

Line 1:  <%@ Page Language=”vb” AutoEventWireup=”false” Codebehind=”login.aspx.vb” Inherits=”CBI.login2″ %>
Line 2:  <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN”>
Line 3:  <HTML>

Source File: /assessmentsv2/xxx/login.aspx    Line: 1

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.5477; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.5483

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I DID lot more researches, when i see this error An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request.” None of them are working for my scenario except one.. Solution worked for me was just convert the web folder to an Application in IIS.

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Open IIS and select the website and the appropriate folder that needs to be converted. Right click and select convert to Application.

Say good bye to “An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. “

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(Solved)-Event ID:1005 -Word 2010 crashes when starting! Application Error Windows cannot access the file MSGR3EN.DLL

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Event ID:1005 -Word 2010 crashes when starting! Application Error Windows cannot access the file MSGR3EN.DLL

When I open Microsoft Word 2010, after few seconds,  it crashes with no messages , without any additional details. I tried Start Microsoft Word in Safe Mode, assuming a newly installed plugin may causing the problem. (in word safemode (winword /safe), Plugins are not loaded.)  Proving that I was wrong it crashed again and again even safe mode. repaired and Reinstalled office 2010 (Uninstalled completely and reinstalled  ) . yet no use. 🙁

Thus, I had to check Evenviewer and located few errors related to word crash and they are Event ID:  1005 and Event ID: 1000.

But he important error was found under Event ID:  1005.

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 06/07/2016 08:19:57
Event ID: 1005
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
Windows cannot access the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\PROOF\1033\MSGR3EN.DLL for one of the following reasons: there is a problem with the network connection, the disk that the file is stored on, or the storage drivers installed on this computer; or the disk is missing. Windows closed the program Microsoft Word because of this error.

Program: Microsoft Word
File: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\PROOF\1033\MSGR3EN.DLL

The error value is listed in the Additional Data section.
User Action
1. Open the file again. This situation might be a temporary problem that corrects itself when the program runs again.
2. If the file still cannot be accessed and
- It is on the network, your network administrator should verify that there is not a problem with the network and that the server can be contacted.
- It is on a removable disk, for example, a floppy disk or CD-ROM, verify that the disk is fully inserted into the computer.
3. Check and repair the file system by running CHKDSK. To run CHKDSK, click Start, click Run, type CMD, and then click OK. At the command prompt, type CHKDSK /F, and then press ENTER.
4. If the problem persists, restore the file from a backup copy.
5. Determine whether other files on the same disk can be opened. If not, the disk might be damaged. If it is a hard disk, contact your administrator or computer hardware vendor for further assistance.

Additional Data
Error value: C000009C
Disk type: 3
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">1005</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-07-06T06:19:57.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>42984</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>SN1400491L.snba.be</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\PROOF\1033\MSGR3EN.DLL</Data>
<Data>Microsoft Word</Data>
<Data>C000009C</Data>
<Data>3</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

 

So this was the reason for word 2010 crash “Windows cannot access the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\PROOF\1033\MSGR3EN.DLL”

MSGR3EN.DLL was there when I check it under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\PROOF\1033\ it was there. For some reason word can’t access it and that is the reason for this crash ..

Now what ?

Solution for Event ID:  1005 “Windows cannot access the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\PROOF\1033\MSGR3EN.DLL”.. 

The Event ID:  1005 itself has few suggestion.  what worked for me was chkdsk.

How to fix disk issues with check disk?

(1) Method 1 

Open command prompt with run as admin. (You must run command prompt as admin to access chkdsk utility Else you will see  “Access Denied as you do not have sufficient privileges.You have to invoke this utility running in elevated mode.”

then run

chkdsk /R /F C:

“/R”    switch  locates bad sectors and recovers readable information while  “/F” switch will fixes errors on the disk.

Then you will get a message saying

"Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)" 

event id 1005

This is normal , and its is because windows operating system and other programs that are running are holding the drive which prevents it from locking,.  Press Y and let it run when you restart your pc. Check disk is scanning and fixing issues at start up when you press Y and hit enter .

or

(2) Method 2 (Alternative method , dont run both!!)

Go to C drive properties

Go to C drive properties

and go to tools —> Error Checking— > check now and tick both “Automatically fix file system Errors” and “Scan for and attempt recover of bad sectors” and click Start. Then you will get a message “Windows can’t check the disk while it’s in use” , Just click on Schedule disk check and let it run when you restart your pc.

Disk Error checking Utility

That’s it….  After running this , word can access MSGR3EN.DLL and it was the solution for my word 2010 crash . 

 

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(Solved)-Run-Time error ‘1004’ : General ODBC Error : The Oracle(tm) client and networking components were not found.

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How to fix Run-Time error ‘1004’ : General ODBC Error : The Oracle(tm) client and networking components were not found.

Recently I have migrated to windows 7 and one Microsoft excel 2010 form  which was working previously stopped working.

and there were two error messages from Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft ODBC for Oracle

Microsoft Visual BasicMicrosoft Visual Basic .Run-Time error ‘1004’ : General ODBC Error

Microsoft ODBC for Oracle

The Oracle(tm) The Oracle(tm) client and networking components were not found. These components are supplied by Oracle Corporation and are part of the Oracle Version 7.3 (or greater) client software installation. You will be unable to use this driver until these components have been installed

Though I receive error “The Oracle(tm) client and networking components were not found.” I had oracle 11.2.0 client installed already. Yet excel cant detect my oracle client 11.2.0 . Thus it gives Microsoft ODBC for Oracle error as well as Microsoft Visual Basic  error Run-Time error ‘1004’ : General ODBC Error.

Solution for “The Oracle(tm) client and networking components were not found.”

Solution was to add Oracle client path to the system path of windows. Oracle client executables, binaries cannot be identified by windows until it is added to system path variable. My oracle client was located under C:\Oracle\product\11.2.0\client_1 (you once may be different, select it in the way your pc has it)

 

Go to system properties, —>Advanced—–>Environment Variables—–>path——>Edit.

Then add your oracle  client path (C:\Oracle\product\11.2.0\client_1) with a semicolan at the end and click ok

System Path Variable settings for Oracle ClientSystem Path Variable settings for Oracle Client

That’s it

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