Microsoft has publically admitted a flaw in the latest version of Windows XP that could drastically cut laptop battery life Quote:
Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a flaw in its USB 2.0 drivers for Windows XP Service Pack 2 that can cause a notebook to consume power at a faster-than-expected rate when using a peripheral device.
The issue, first uncovered by Tom's Hardware two weeks ago, appears to affect certain Intel-based notebooks running Windows XP Service Pack 2. When a peripheral device was connected to a USB 2.0 port, the notebook's battery life dropped at a greater rate than would normally be expected from the use of a peripheral such as a mouse or storage key. At the time that details of the flaw were published, Intel denied its processors or chipsets were the responsible for the issue. And Microsoft refused to confirm to ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com until yesterday that the software company was responsible for the battery performance problem.
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Once again you can see Microsoft has put alot of thought and testing into it's wonderful windows software. The rest of the article is
here. Best read if you have a Laptop running XPSP2.
02-18-2006, 11:26 AM
Windows USB flaw drains batteries 
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