PRAM Battery Checker is a program which will inform you if your computer s PRAM battery has died. The PRAM battery is a small battery inside your computer that allows your computer to remember certain settings even when the power is turned off. They have a limited lifetime and usually last a couple of years, but can die much sooner. Your computer can forget what time it is, forget which disk to start up from, forget your monitor s settings or not start up at all. If you are a system administrator for a large lab of computers you will like a tool to help you find the source of many common problems quickly.
Dead batteries can cause a variety of problems for users.
You may want to place it on your parent s computers since it has been my experience that many parents aren t computer savvy and will work through the problems caused by dead PRAM batteries as opposed to replacing them.