I don't have a battery indicator in Win 8 Dev preview 1... is that normal?

[planningcig]

I am using a 2013 MBA running latest fusion and there is no battery indicator in the classic view of windows 8.1 dev preview. is that normal? i am running windows in full screen, and would like to be able to check my battery status without doing anything. thx!

[planningcig]

Thanks Julien!

[MarAndreas · Accepted solution]

Actually, there's an option for that.

See Show the Mac Power Supply Status in the Virtual Machine in the VMware Fusion documentation.

[changhai]

julienvarela  and planninggcig,

I do not think you have the correct understanding.

The Power/battery status might be passed to VM with the steps below.

1. Go to VM > Settings > Advanced

2.  checked "Pass power status to VM"

3.  relaunch your VM which will be shown on the right-bottom of taskbar.

Best Regards,

changhai

[changhai]

Oh. Thanks you MarAndreas, I am a little late to post after you.

[julienvarela]

oh sorry for the misunderstanding.

Regards,

Julien.

[planningcig]

yet doing that (passing power state to windows) does nothing good for me. I still don't see anywhere what the level of my battery is. in device manager, there is a ms battery device from 2006, but nothing in the dock tray. So do i have to install a widget or something like that? and if so, anyone know a good one? I don't trust any of the stuff you see if you google battery widget. Well, thx all for your help!

After a few reboots, I now get it! thx all, all is well...

Message was edited by: planningcig