How to Customize Your Computer's Battery Warnings (and Avoid
Surprise Laptop Death)  We've all been there before: You're out
with your laptop, engrossed in your work, when your laptop gives
you the ever-dreaded battery warning. If you'd rather your
laptop warn you a little sooner, you can tweak the alerts to
happen sooner, later, and even take different actions when your
battery reaches a certain point. Here's how.  Tweak Your Battery
Warnings on Windows  Windows users are lucky enough to have
these options built right into the OS. To tweak them, just
follow these instructions:  How to Customize Your Computer's
Battery Warnings (and Avoid Surprise Laptop Death)S    1. Click
on the start menu and type "Edit Power Plan" into the search
box. Choose the Edit Power Plan option when it comes up.   2.
Click the "Change Advanced Power Settings" link at the bottom of
the window.   3. Choose the power plan from the top dropdown
that corresponds to what you use when you're on battery power
(by default, this is "Balanced