APC UPS Batteries User Manual

How to restore HID UPS device driver to Windows 7 and Vista
If device manager shows APC UPS device or APC Battery BackUP and in Power Options you cannot
configure the system to shutdown when the UPS is on battery (Figures A - C) you have 2 options. 1 is to
roll the driver back to HID UPS (Figures D, E and K) or 2 is to update the driver to HID UPS (Figures F - K)
As you see when APC UPS (figure A) or APC Battery BackUP (Figure B) are the loaded driver under
Power Options (Figure C) there is no availability to configure shutdown while on battery.
Figure A
Figure C
Figure B
Option 1 - To roll the driver back: Go to Control Panel – Device Manager – Batteries – Select the APC
UPS or APC Battery BackUP– Select Driver tab – select Roll Back Driver. The Driver will revert to
HID UPS (Fgures D & E)
Figures D
Figure E
Option 2 – If you cannot roll the driver back (roll back is grayed out) select Update Driver (Figure F) –
Browse my Computer for Driver Software (Figure G) – Select Let me Pick from List of Device Driver on
my Computer (Figure H) select HID UPS from list (Figure I)
Figure F
Figure G
Figure H
Figure I
Figure J
You can now configure Power Options to shutdown when UPS is on Battery.
Figure K
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