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Battery drain issues post upgrading to Windows 11
Hi, I have got a Dell XPS laptop (16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz) and to my knowledge this has one of the better battery life (approx. 7-8 hours post charging)...
6 months update:
Given the course of time and daily updates released by Microsoft I thought the battery drain issue would have got resolved. But it still remains the same and absolutely no improvement. Wondering whom else we need to report this? If this is a common problem across all of Win 11 users, what's additionally required by Microsoft to fix this battery drain issue before laptop gets spoilt???
Thanks
Aravind S
Details of battery usage:
Battery Level - 6 months update - Last 7 daysBattery Level - 6 months update - Last 24 hoursBattery Level - 6 months update - Settings
- This issue doesn't affect all devices and it is recommended to file a report using Feedback Hub app , so you could send log files and Microsoft investigate it.
In addition, you may report this issue to your device's manufacturer support.- Thanks Reza_Ameri, will do as suggested. I have done it once, but can do it again.
- Welcome, this might be issue with the firmware or some issue in the Windows.
I advise you to check with your device's manufacturer support too.
- Hi Deleted My device is always up to date and the latest KB that's installed today is KB5011563. Can you please tell me what other updates you think I am missing which may be causing this battery issue, like a KB number would be helpful? I can go back and check if there is any particular KB missing.
And regarding your other point which I didn't quiet get "users do not delete the cache from folder C". Could you please brief me about what is this and how is this impacting the "battery" usage?
The issue we all have reported / reporting is the usage / running of Apps behind the scenes despite the fact that they are all optimized. And you have also mentioned this is not affecting all devices and I am sure your device is "not affected" and you are having splendid battery life with Windows 11 migration given the time and power you have spent outside of active hours.
Can you tell me the device configuration of yours please? With which I can go back to my manufacturer and ask what could have / is going wrong? Given they advertised "Dell XPS" being the best of the lot is now worrying me a bit.
Thanks
Aravind S
Hello
I ask everyone to enable optional diagnostic data ( In the privacy settings to automatically forward error information to Microsoft)
in this way, it can help you fix this problem.
I do not buy computers from this manufacturer - so the description of the configuration on this device I can not share.
I will add that the participants of the Insider program habit perform - a clean installation of Windows, which removes the programs of the computer manufacturer - I also do so (the manufacturer's programs are removed) maybe it will be a small tip.
Best regards
Yes I agree with you that this does not apply to all devices - I think that users do not properly implement updates, and do not delete the cache from folder C, lack of optimization can also be the cause of these problems!
Migrating to Windows11 requires a lot of time and power on outside of active hours.
Achieve better patch compliance with Update Connectivity data - Windows IT Pro Blog (microsoft.com)
