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    Acer Empowering Technology Framework not working after installing SP1

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by choocs, Mar 26, 2008.

  1. choocs

    choocs Newbie

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    This has been troubling me since I installed SP1.
    There are a few widgets in the framework which I use frequently. But above all is the eRecovery option.
    The problem is that the launcher "Acer Empowering Technology Framework" doesn't even start anymore.
    An error keeps popping up saying that it "has stopped working".

    Anybody else experienced this problem? :(
     
    choocs, Mar 26, 2008
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  2. choocs

    choocs Newbie

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    This seriously blows...
    Now, even my ObjectDock doesn't start up....

    FYI, my model is the Aspire 5920G
     
    choocs, Mar 26, 2008
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  3. jithin6g

    jithin6g Notebook Consultant

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    I dont use Object dock nor have not used Acer junk in my lappy.

    But RocketDock is working fine in SP1.
     
    jithin6g, Mar 26, 2008
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  4. choocs

    choocs Newbie

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    alrighty
    i'll give rocketdock a shot

    if you don't use that Acer bloatware, how do you restore your laptop to factory settings?

    edit: thanks! rocketdock working like a charm!
     
    choocs, Mar 26, 2008
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  5. brummyfan

    brummyfan Notebook Enthusiast

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    could you please tell me what is rocketdock, Thank you.
     
    brummyfan, Mar 26, 2008
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    jonspencerbx Notebook Enthusiast

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    You have two options

    1. Press alt+F10 when you boot up. You will now be able to go back to factory settings
    2. Burn the recovery dvd's with the eRecovery and after that remove all the acer junk. You can use those dvd's when your hd crashes for example and the recovery partition is gone. You should always make these DVD's as a backup of your recovery partition!

    M.
     
    jonspencerbx, Mar 27, 2008
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  7. choocs

    choocs Newbie

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    It's basically a small little bar that holds shortcuts.
    It can also hold gadgets for weather, currency exchange etc etc
    :)
     
    choocs, Mar 27, 2008
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    choocs Newbie

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    Thank goodness I've already made those Recovery DVD's.
    However, don't they require that eRecovery works?
    If that is the case, therein lies the problem.
    All that Acer bloatware suite includes eRecovery, and my whole suite hasn't been working since I installed SP1.

    Just an update though... I uninstalled the whole suite & SP1.
    Then I reinstalled the Acer bloatware suite, and it STILL doesn't work! :confused:
    So now I'm suspecting this whole problem may not be related to SP1... :(
     
    choocs, Mar 27, 2008
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  9. jithin6g

    jithin6g Notebook Consultant

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    I have recovery CDs of aCER with me. But i dont care now as I have Vista U DVD to bring back my system UP.

    @ brummyfan

    Download Rocket Dock from filehippo.com
     
    jithin6g, Mar 27, 2008
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  10. brummyfan

    brummyfan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you choocs and jithin6g for the information about rocketdock.
     
    brummyfan, Mar 27, 2008
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  11. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    if the recovery disks require any of the acer E tech to restore, then how could someone reinstall thier OS after a virus or some other problem corrupted the harddrive's files or partition info,,,

    all you need to do is put the disks in and boot from them... they should work fine even if recovering to a blank HDD.
    i say SHOULD... i have noticed a few users having problems with STOP codes and other errors durring the recovery process.


    If the OS works enough to access the HDD and the Erecovery prog. then you should be able to install the Empowering technology FRAMEWORK, and the Erecovery App before doing the recovery process.

    hope that sheds a bit of light on the issues,
    bigozone
     
    bigozone, Mar 27, 2008
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