IBM Lenovo Error Message: Laptop Battery Not Genuine

IBM Lenovo laptops have a program installed on the operating system that checks for a genuine IBM laptop battery and to detect possible third-party laptop batteries. The program will alert you that you are NOT using a Lenovo/IBM laptop battery, but will not prevent you from using the third-party laptop battery. Nonetheless, notifications can be burdensome so here's how you can disable the third-party laptop battery notifications on IBM Lenovo laptops:

• Access the Windows Start Menu and go to the Control Panel, from there go to:
• Thinkpad Configuration > Power Manager > Power Scheme
• On the Power Scheme screen click "Options" and then uncheck the box with "Periodically show messages about battery charge capacity"
• Click "Ok" to accept and save the changes and you will no longer receive pop-ups about using a third party notebook battery

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