Battery Issues at Startup

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I have been doing a fresh install of an old Compaq Presario 1201T notebook that I have. I have put a fresh install of Windows 2000 on it. Everything seemed to be great after the install, except I noticed it did not show the battery indicator by the clock. I went to the device manager and didn't see it there either, so I went to add new hardware. Before I had a selectable options the battery shows up near the clock and is functioning normally. I reboot, but the batter doesn't show up again. I have to go to add hardware for it to show up.

I searched the Compaq website for additional drivers, but came up empty. I figured it was something with Windows 2000, so I put in my XP disc and did the install. After completing the install, the battery indicator didn't show up in XP either! If I go to add hardware, the indicator pops up immediately again before I am even given a select option. Reboot, gone again. Add new hardware it pops up again. Checking the device manager, it is missing as well, until add hardware, then it shows up in device manager as well.

Specifically what I am looking for in device manager is called "Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery".

It seems like some sort of driver issue not loading at startup, but I have not been able to find any solutions on google. Any help?