Battery gauge error running Power Manager for Windows XP version 5.20

[chuckk48]

Last week on my R61 (8932-CTO),  Update Retriever and System Update requested that I download and install ThinkPad Power Manager for Windows XP version 5.20. After rebooting, I immediately received an error box with the following message: 

An exception occurred while trying to run"C:\Progra~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\PWRMGRTR.DLL,PwrMgrBkGndMonitor"

As a result of this error, the battery gauge no longer displays correctly. The space where it used to be is blank, but clicking the empty space still gives you the option of starting Power Manager.

What is puzzling about this is that version 5.20 is not available in either in the Driver Matrix, nor on the Downloads and Drivers web page. The version of the software that is presented there is version 5.13.

The driver for ThinkPad Power Manager for Windows XP - version 5.20 can be downloaded from:

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/ghu704ww.exe

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/ghu704ww.txt

Another interesting point, is that this version of the driver has, as yet, not been presented to me on my R500 (2714CTO), although both machine types are listed as supported models.

Why are Update Retriever and System Update downloading software that apparently has not been officially released yet?  Why is this only happening on my R61 and not on my R500?

And last of all, why has his software been released when it seems to have an obvious problem? 

Any explanations would be appreciated.

[click-click]

You are not the only one having random PWRMGRTR.DLL,PwrMgrBkGndMonitor crashes.

I have a T500 and noticed this problem ever since v5.12. I'm considering rolling back to 1.99o. 

BTW, the latest Hotkeys Feature Integration v3.86.0000 breaks Fn+Keys functionality on my T500 when installing the package on XP.  I had to roll back to v3.84.2000 to fix it.

I have a feeling that Lenovo is no longer testing older TP models on XP with its newer packages. If that is the case, untested models should be removed from the 'Support Models' section.

[click-click]

No more PWRMGRTR.DLL,PwrMgrBkGndMonitor crashes in XP since rolling back to v1.99o.

[BillyBob2]

I was fighting with this for a few days now.  I finally got it working by installing version 5.05 I found at SoftPedia.com

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Other-DRIVERS-TOOLS/Lenovo/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Edge-13-Power-Manager-Ut...

I hope this saves someone else some time.

[Rezyder]

I just wanted to confirm that the last working version for Windows XP is version 5.05 revision 04.

It can be downloaded from Lenovo:

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/g6u702ww.exe

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/g6u702ww.txt

Cheers!