I’m running Windows 7 on my laptop and I got an error today “Windows Mobility Center is available only for laptops” which made me go “whaaaaaaaaaaat?” because I am using a laptop. Well I found out the problem is due to the fact that I removed my battery from my notebook (or laptop, however you want to call it). You can also have this problem if your laptop is plugged into a UPS too. Here’s a quote from their site.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938322

This issue may occur if the following conditions are true:

• The computer is plugged into an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
• The battery has been removed from the computer.

When these conditions are true, the computer’s role may be set incorrectly in the BIOS.