Thank you. I'm good now - most of the time I put the laptop to sleep in which case I still have the battery icon when I start up again. When I do have to restart, I just follow the "disable and...

Thank you very much for your help. However, this only worked for me until I restarted my laptop... any suggestions on how to permanently solve the issue?

Thank you very much for your help. However, this only worked for me until I restarted my laptop... any suggestions on how to permanently solve the issue?

Thank you very much for your help. However, this only worked for me until I restarted my laptop... any suggestions on how to permanently solve the issue?