If you are looking for some kind of application which can give you the Laptop Battery status whenever you need it then you should check out Battcursor, a perfect application for those who need it. This small application runs on Windows based Operating Systems only and would need you to setup few settings in order to work.

BatteryCare is a application which can help you, but if you need continious monitoring then BattCursor as the name says would show you the current status on your mouse cursor. The application does show you different kind of reports based on the energy levels ie when the Windows Vista Aero Features are activated.

In Windows Vista where you have options to show Gadgets, this application can show similar kind of feature along with remaining run-time, battery voltage & power. It shows a small icon in the system task area of the taskbar, through which you can change the settings and also disable unrequired functions on your Laptop when its running in battery mode.

Batt Cursor Details

BattCursor reduces the display brightness to a lower % in order to make sure that your Laptop Battery runs for a longer period and gives you a higher backup. You dont have to switch On these modes and along with this you need to just it setup the settings after which the Windows Power Plans are automatically changed. The detailed BattCursor configuration page is seriously a nice page because it gives you detailed information of your battery along with Voltage, Model, Level, Cycle Count, Total Capacity and Designed Capacity.