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  1. Windows 8 Windows detected a hard disk problem

    Hello everyone, I was using my Acer Aspire laptop and suddenly I got a pop up message telling me that Windows detected a hard disk problem (and I keep having this message like every 20 min). The HDD was working just fine and still works good, but I just get that message. I also checked the...
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    Windows 8 Acer Aspire Z1-601 Failure to configure windows updates

    Hi, I am having the same problem with a couple of Acer Z1-601. Have any of these things worked for anyone. I am losing the will to live with each cycle of updates and failures taking hours to complete! It would be good to know if anyone has had success. Also, is it likely that the windows 10...
  3. Windows 8 Acer Aspire Failure to configure updates

    Hello! My Acer Aspire Z1-901 cannot update to latest 8.1 update without doing this: Edit: Been doing that screen for hours now
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    Windows 8 RealPlayer (RealTimes) issues

    Can anybody help me? I am running Windows 8.1 on an Acer Aspire E15. I downloaded RealPlayer (now called RealTimes) from the Real website so that I can use their RealDownloader to download videos from various websites, including TouTube. It's supposed to work on all browsers - I use Firefox...
  5. New Acer Aspire Z Series All-in-One PCs Bring Digital Conversations to Life

    Today, Acer announced its 2015 refresh of the Aspire Z Series all-in-one PCs, with the 23.8-inch Aspire Z3-710 with capacitive 10-point multi-touch, and the 19.5-inch ZC-700, both sporting a Full HD (1920×1080) LED backlit display. Both models ship with Windows 8.1 and are supported by Acer for...
  6. Acer unveils new PC lineup offering solid performance and stylish designs

    Today, Acer announced a new lineup of PCs offering solid performance and stylish designs great for families, students and professionals on the go. Aspire V 15, Aspire E Series, and all-new Aspire ES Series notebooks, this is the notebook computer lineup for the 2015 back to school season that...
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    Windows 8 Uninstalled Windows 8 and it's now lost

    When I got my laptop (Acer Aspire E1-510) it came with Windows 8. I had some really bad lag with this computer so it was recommended I go to Windows 7 which I did. Now, I want to try and re-install Windows 8, however, I do not have a product key... Is there any way to recover it?
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    Windows 8 Alt-E brings up 1" square magnifier -- how can I reset it?

    Suddenly I can't use Alt-E combinations in any program (e.g. excel where I use it constantly in many common combinations like Alt-e-f, alt-e-s). Even as I post this, if I hit alt-e I get full-screen crosshairs that can be moved with my mouse, and just below and to the right of the crosshair...
  9. Windows 10 W10 on small / marginal systems

    Here some issues, of which I think, that they are all related to very small or marginal systems I am testing on an very small and underpowered system: Acer Aspire One, (Atom N270 @ 1.6 GHz, 1 GB ram, Intel 945 Express – WDDM1.0 Video, Hitachi HTS543216L9A300 ATA 150 GB disk, Realtek PCIe FE...
  10. Windows 10 Group Policy editor broken?

    In my testenvironment it look likes the Group Policy editor (type gpedit.msc ) is broken. Here I get all kinds of messages on symbols not being defined or being double defined..... Is it my (too) small Acer One or is it a bug in the X86 version of build 10041?
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    Windows 7 Win-7 wireless on Aspire E-15

    I have an Acer Aspire which came with Windows 8. I have re-formatted the drive and installed Windows 7 Pro but am having problem getting wireless networking to work. When I try going through Control Panel, network setup, it indicates no network adapter is available. According to the Acer...
  12. Windows 10 We couldn't complete the update

    One of the updates for my nice old Acer One (High Definition Audio) does not install. As we can't select updates, we simply have to install them all, that nasty failing update appears in all subsequent series of updates, which causes them all to fail. I think we really should have the...
  13. Windows 10 Auto hiding the taskbar

    A new test environment, a nice litle Acer One with a small screen and an extra 2nd screen, not on the right, not on the left side but over / on top. The screen is small, so I enabled auto hiding the taskbar and suprise the taskbar of the upper screen slides down into the top of the lower...
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    VIDEO Can anyone help me ASAP?(SOLVED)

    So until 2 days ago, my laptop was fine and everything was properly working. I had left it alone for like half an our then when i got back the mouse started tripping out, the wifi is fine and connected but pages in chrome either won't load or loads text only, and it gets super laggy. Oh and the...
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    Windows 8 Windows won’t see / find my mouse

    At first I thought maybe it was the mouse or even the USB port but as I pursued other possibilities I discovered that my mouse worked just fine from other OS’s such as Acronis Rescue media and also Windows Recovery Console. But no mouse inside of windows. BTW I’m running Windows 8.1 . This...
  16. Windows 8 How do I set the correct resolution for an old monitor connected to my laptop?

    The screen on my Windows 8.1 laptop is broken, so I connected my old monitor to it to use instead. I tried to set the correct resolution by right clicking on the desktop and selecting "Screen resolution", but none of the options listed there are correct. Is there a way to manually type which...
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    Windows 7 Help with genuine version of Windows 7(build 76010)

    My Acer computer has recently been telling my computer is not a genuine version of Windows 7. I searched up on how to fix this problem, and almost every post suggested I run cmd with an admin. So, I did so by clicking on "cmd", then clicking "Run as Admin". Then, I did what the website told me...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 BSOD randomly appears.

    I bought a new laptop, I removed Windows 8 and I installed Windows 7. I have 128 GB SSD, Operation System in it. I got BSOD 4 times, everytime same crash address (ntoskrnl.exe+76e80). Sometimes it also comes when booting Windows. I used Avira before but uninstalling it did not help. PC Info...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8 Intermittent Internet

    Hi, Just bought an Acer Aspire E15 and have been setting it up today and managed to get connected to the internet through the wi-fi however I have noticed that the wifi keeps dropping and leaves me with nothing and then I have to manually go in and select the router again. This is happening...
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    Windows Vista eRecovery can not recover the out of factory status

    Desktop machine Acer Aspire M5700 Windows Vista Home Prem. 32b. The original partitions by OEM were re-partitioned and thus caused the problem that eRecovery, the Alt+F10 keys and eRecovery DVD's, can't recover the system back to out of factory status. Symptom: The recovery process restarts...