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  1. Acer announces powerful new gaming notebooks with Windows 10

    These devices are built to take advantage of everything that’s new for PC gamers in the Windows 10 Creators Update. With the Creators Update, you have access to built-in game streaming with Beam and a better gaming experience on Windows 10 with Game Mode, which dedicates more system resources to...
  2. Windows 10 wHERE HAS MY DISK SPACE GONE ?

    Hi, I seen a few posts relating to disks with less space than anticipated - but think I have gone through the suggestions. I have an older ACER X1301 which has been upgraded to W8 then W10 and with an SSD instead of the HDD. When I installed the SSD I thought I had a 'C' drive with approx...
  3. Windows XP Can't Find Wi-Fi drivers.

    So, I decided to downgrade from Windows 7 to XP Pro on my Acer Aspire 5736Z-4460 because it'd freeze up constantly while I was using it. XP doesn't have that problem. But when I switched to XP, I had to look for the wireless / Wi-Fi drivers for it. I tried every driver I could find and they'd...
  4. New Windows 10 devices unveiled at CES 2017 unlock the creator in each of us

    Happy New Year! And thank you for making 2016 an amazing year for Windows 10 across PCs, tablets, all-in-1’s, 2-in-1’s, mixed reality, and Xbox One. As we move toward the release of the Windows 10 Creators Update, I’ve spent the week at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas...
  5. CES 2017: Acer announces new PCs for gaming, immersive 4K entertainment and virtual reality

    Ahead of CES 2017, Acer announced an impressive new lineup of Windows 10 PCs focused on performance and entertainment. These new devices feature stunning 4K screens, optional Tobii eye tracking for a more immersive gaming experience and facial recognition cameras that unlock Windows Hello. The...
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    Windows 10 restarted laptop furing hard restart!

    I stupidly shut down my laptop during windows installation after a hard restart and when I turn my laptop on it goes about as if its going to start then displays the installations screen which is 64% done and then restarts going aback to the the acer screen. I am using windows By the way. Please...
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    Windows 10 KMODE/SYSTEM EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED- igdk64md64.sys

    I've been having BSOD problems for a little while and the cause is always igdkmd64.sys My laptop is an Acer Predator 17 inch running Windows 10x64 I attached the W7F zipped folder. Thank you for your help.
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    Windows 7 w7 freezing software programs (not responding)

    Hi community, First of all, if this subforum is not the correct one, let me know so that I can change it. Despite the many posts about the same issue, I haven’t found any ‘how to post about’ post for this type of problem, so I think it’s better to attach the following and wait to see if some...
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    Windows 10 Update Problem and Question

    My computer (ACER) has windows 10. Mid-last week, overnight, the windows updated by itself. The entire format of my computer change and my documents were all moved around. I generally keep most of my documents on the desktop, which was now moved into another separate folder that I had to find. I...
  10. Innovative devices from Microsoft partners bring Windows 10 experiences to life

    It’s been an exciting last few weeks watching our OEM partners introduce a collection of new Windows PCs at variety of recent industry events including Link Removed in Cologne, IFA 2016 in Berlin, and PAX West 2016 in Seattle. Partners including Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo have all unveiled...
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    Windows 10 IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Predator Acer

    Hello. I bought a new Acer Predator G3-710 and every time I turn it on appears this error IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. How can I fix this?
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    Windows 7 why wont my windows take automatic updates

    I have a 6 year old acer that is 64 bit system... I lost my Ultimate 7 64 bit disk and downloaded from digital river the iso. I entered the product key and everything goes through fine but when I try getting the automatic updates my computer will not download and just endlessly search for these...
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    Windows 10 Windows update keeps breaking touchpad driver

    Pretty simple, but annoying issue. I have had this Acer aspire V5-591g-70S6 for about half a year now. For the past couple of months, every time windows forces my computer to restart to install updates, my touchpad stops working. Every time, I have to reinstall the touchpad driver, and it has...
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    Windows 7 Slow computer - no idea how to reinstall windows

    I have a acer laptop with windows 7 starter operating system. It's a laptop I bought from my boss then six years ago. I decided to reinstall windows since the computer is extremely slow - can't scroll down pages and can't open a file without it going into a "not responding mode" etc... When I...
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    Windows 10 bought desktop with win10 but want win 7

    hI, Can anyone guide me towards info on using win 7 instead of win 10, I recently bought an acer desktop which runs on win 10, I need to be able to use win 7 mainly because of software I need to use, only information I can find is when you want to revert back within a month of updating to 10...
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    Windows 10 Desktop icons keep rearranging

    I have been having this issue for a couple weeks and it's really frustrating. I have an Acer 591G laptop that came with Windows 10 already installed, i.e. I didn't upgrade from a previous version. I can tell you that this issue only started happening a couple weeks ago, after I bought and...
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    Windows 10 Incompatible screen stopping upgrade to win 10

    I think this thread title might describe my problem, but I'm not sure. I have an Acer Aspire One (532h-2588) netbook that I purchased in 2010. I want to update it to Windows 10. The GWX utility (system tray icon) says the netbook is compatible. When I try to update or just download Win 10...
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    Windows 10 Persisting BSOD - Faulty Drivers not found

    Hello Debugging Gods, my two months old Acer R5-471T-57JD keeps crashing. I got it with Win10 installed but I guess it was updated as I found a Windows.old folder. I've already sent it in and the Motherboard was replaced. Now Memtest86 comes back clean, so I guess that's sorted out. Sfc/scannow...
  19. Windows 10 Experiences Come to Life on New OEM Devices at Computex 2016

    When it comes to unveiling the latest computing experiences in Asia, nothing beats Computex 2016, the continent’s largest IT trade show. This year’s conference has attracted more than 1,600 exhibitors from 29 countries, and the excitement is palpable. It’s a thrill to support our OEM partners as...
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    Windows 7 Start Windows without ATI board drivers

    Hello, Since a few days, my laptop computer Acer Aspire 8920G of 2008 restarts in a loop after a few seconds (1 minute at the most). On the other hand it manages to start in mode without failure and I can use it with all the limitations related to this mode. I cleaned the ventilator so that it...