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I have a desktop computer. 

Get-wmiobject win32_computersystem | select manufacturer,model

Manufacturer        : Hewlett-Packard
Model               : HP ProDesk 600 G1 SFF

For a while it would give me a icon in the systray stating that my battery was not present. haha good one Windows. I don't have a battery like that.

Some time recently it started reporting a full battery charge

Systray showing battery charge

also

Windows Mobility Center

Why is my Windows 10 reporting a full battery charge when no battery is present?

OS Name:                   Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
OS Version:                10.0.10586 N/A Build 10586

My Windows is out of date but I could not find anything relevant to this issue suggesting it was a bug.

Matt
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You can run the following command at the cmd to list devices Windows thinks are batteries:

wmic path Win32_Battery get Caption,Description,DeviceID,Name

You can also go to the Device Manager under Batteries. However, the command will provide you with a description and model number to work with a bit faster.

The battery icon appearing on a desktop is usually caused by a USB-connected UPS battery.

Stevoisiak
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jdwolf
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This could be because you have a UPS connected.

It does not seem to happen all the time, though. From personal experience, on one desktop, when I installed Windows 10, it seems to have detected it as a laptop. Oddly enough, my other desktop also has a UPS but no battery icon and Windows Mobility Center is not installed.

If you do not want the icon there, I suppose you could try to remove or disable Mobility Center. I just learned to ignore the icon. You could also hide it from the notification area.

Bob
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Tim
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Do you happen to have a wireless mouse, keyboard, game controller or similar?

It is possible that the drivers for those devices tell Windows "this device has a battery, level XX%". Windows would then duly report that, while missing the fact that it is not powering the whole system, like a UPS or a laptop battery would be.

telcoM
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This was confusing me too. I think my Cyberpower UPS software is doing the wrong thing, because it shows as "internal battery".

wmic path Win32_Battery get Caption,Description,DeviceID,Name

Its output is:

Caption           Description       DeviceID                      Name
Internal Battery  Internal Battery  CXXKW2006133CPSCP1500PFCLCDa  P1500PFCLCDa

That is my UPS.

zx485
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jfrodsham
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