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    Acer aspire 5920g laptop i give it up i lose you win

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by flashlight27, Feb 5, 2008.

  1. flashlight27

    flashlight27 Notebook Consultant

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    i buyed it in 2007 in november , until now it doesnt work properly with other software that i like to download. theres always something wrong,or slow ,or it freezes. i tryed uninstalling everthing of acer but then also doesn;t help much for my laptop . it is more faster then before,but there are a lot of errors ,like internet connection, programs not responding etcc...

    its a long story of installing and uninstalling programs looking for answer ,people that have the same problem with acer empower technology.

    well i now have a lot of experience of programs where to find files to unchecked them etc.... but i am not a programmor. still a newbie.

    i dont gonna change or remove nothing from acer because i dont like my pc ****t up. i gonna leave it like it was ( i give up to change acer)
    so i gonna restore everthing with acer recovery again set it back to factory setting . and only remove norton internet security 2007 and acer games,and replace ( nti-cd,dvd player and cyberpower for nero 8)

    i dont know which other antivirus software i can replace the norton antivirus with.

    because i used nod32 it give blue screen, avast works on acer but my acer wifi internet connection go's of and on when i start up my pc.

    please give good advise which anti virus works flaweles(good)with acer 5920g
    (pleas tell me your experience if you have also the same lapptop with windows vista home premium if you have errors or other problems so i can learn it.)

    can somebody give me advise of the following software that i like to install after i did the restore factory setting ( if its good or bad for my acer)

    1.vista tuning (data becker) in vista tuning there also a registry cleaner shall i use it or use ccleaner.

    2.Nero 8 (does it work on acer?)

    3.winrar

    4.tell me more(its a learning english program)

    5.adobe 8.

    6.halo 2 (online and windows halo update)

    7.ares (its like utorrent) can somebodys tell me if it works on acers 5920g or can somebody tell me which dowload program works with vista or acer)
    8.convert to dvd

    thank you very much helpppppppppppp me pleaseeeeeeeeeee

    if you also have a lot a problems with the 5920g givme a reply and what problem you have iif you like to. so i can now what gives problems on a acer 5920g thank you very much

    :( :mad:
     
  2. lappyforphotoshop

    lappyforphotoshop Notebook Deity

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    just return the crap and buy a Lenovo, a Toshiba or a HP, you will be much happier.

    Acer does not like Vista and it is not willing to provide all kinds of drivers needed for its computer to work under Vista environment.

    And now , in Asia , they never sell anything with Vista and so my Thai friend was forced to choose either XP pro or Linux BE ,so avoid Acer.

    http://avoidacer.com/

    here is a good site, read it.
     
  3. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    First Recover your system

    Uninstall Norton Crap & Use Norton cleanup utility to clean your system.(Norton give system errors like Blue screen if you forget to clean your system+ It will cause problems to other AV suites)

    Nero8/uTorrent/WinRaR/Adobe8 /Kaspersky AV works fine with my system

    BTW I unistall all the acer installed software (Except Drivers)& clean the reg using ccleaner

    OR Clean install your system using Vista DVD
     
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    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    Don't talk bull****!!!!

    I brought my Acer 5920G from asia & it comes with Vista .Some retailers sell system without OS & they force customers to buy XP (Low cost )

    All of my acer drivers work fine & no issues (except nVidia driver)
     
  5. flashlight27

    flashlight27 Notebook Consultant

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    thanks bigspin i already use norton remove tool to clean it

    can you tell me what the acer drivers are then (what are the names of the acer drivers that i have to keep.

    i gonna tell you what i uninstalled from acer

    1.acer empowertechnology (141mb)
    2.acer Esettings
    3.acer edata
    4. acer elock
    5. acer enet
    6. acer epower management
    7. acer epresatation
    8. acer eaudio
    9. acer tour (141mb)
    10 acer screen saver
    11. acer vcm
    ( these software i deleted from acer on my laptop)

    here are the software that i still have


    1.acer erecovery management
    2.acer grid
    3.acer reg. or something
    4.mobility center


    did i delete a driver of acer?

    and do you know maybe which is better vista tuning from data becker or ccleaner

    or in other words which is safer to use which acer ccleaner or vista tuning from data becker
     
  6. flashlight27

    flashlight27 Notebook Consultant

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    bigspin can you tell me which names,software or files exactly that you keeped on your acer laptop .so i can check it out on mine laptop

    what are the names exactly of the files that you keap and the name of drivers that i have to keep.

    then i gonna buy kaspersy that only one anti virus i didn't use on a acer so i have to check it out

    thanks alot
     
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    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    I uninstalled everything except system drivers
    BTW update your system drivers after you cleanup your system
    Or PM me about more info(I'll tell you how to clean install vista using oem DVD)
     
  8. flashlight27

    flashlight27 Notebook Consultant

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    how can i find my acer drivers ,and how can i update my acer drivers?

    because i know how to update with windows update (that is easy)

    i am a newbie if you have time please let me know how to find these acer driver
    i dont have a vista cd or a acer cd ,it was preinstalled without software cd.

    thank you
     
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    xxERIKxx Notebook Deity

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    you can get them from the acer web site. i dont have the link right now but im sure someone else does.
     
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    Intel Chipset Driver(Download Version 8.5.0.1008 WHQL)

    Intel Matrix storage manager(Download Version 7.8.0.1012)


    Intel WiFi Driver
    (Download Version 11.1.1.22)

    Audio Driver(Download Vista Driver 1.86 [32/64 bits ZIP Version])

    VGA Driver(Download Driver & Modded Inf File & extract driver to folder ,after that copy & paste modded inf file to extracted folder)

    Infra-Red Receiver Driver(Download Version 7.1.64.1010 Vista 32/64bits)

    HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem(Download Version 7.66.00.50 -32/64bits)

    Card Reader Driver(Download Version 6.00.01.13)


    LAN Driver
    (Scoral down until NetLink Ethernet controllers: BCM578x Series
    & download Version 10.62b )

    Bluetooth Driver

    Touchpad Driver

    Do not uninstall camara driver + Launch Manager :D
     
  11. flashlight27

    flashlight27 Notebook Consultant

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    thank you very much but for you help i gonna download it

    but i did two weeks before i erased launch manager oepssssssss

    shall i then do first acer erecovery do restore everything to factory setting?
     
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    flashlight27 Notebook Consultant

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    does erecovery works without acer empower technology software installed?

    because i have only the acer erecovery management of all the other acer enet epower.etc.....
     
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    Do you have recovery DVDs? or you use Alt+F10.

    BTW always create recover DVDs otherwise you will lost everything if something happens to your HDD
     
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    thank you very much your are the man may you have a lot of free sotware and hardware for free.

    i gonna make a back up cd for my acer when i restored it.

    i tryed before to make one but it was only completed 99% it completed 4 dvd and the last dvd or making a back up. i get a error its said use a other disc

    but i couldt change disc becaus the cd player wouldn;t open

    and the light was off of the cd player on acer laptop , so i only have 99 % back up .yeah i know , i did this when i first buyed acer . i thougt first make a back up in the beginning but it failed evertime at the last moment. ****ty isn't

    no problem i just gonna do it how you told me to and copie your way.

    i hope that my laptop does it, otherwise i have to go back to holland and i gonna give this laptop to my brother so he can put windows xp on it
    with no errors on it. he is a programmor but he dont have a acer laptop
    but thanks for al your help man thanks a lot!!!
     
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    lappyforphotoshop Notebook Deity

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    Google it Acer Vista or Microsoft and Acer or HP VS Acer, you will know all about the company.

    And in Thailand and Malaysia , as far as I know , all Acer models come with Linux BE, or just simply without Windows of any kind.

    Lenovo is a better brand with much better build and customer service for its customers, this is why almost all corporate users buy Thinkpad or Lenovo 3000 series, not TR from Acer.

    I dont know anything about South Asia ,so sorry for that, I said Asia meant was like SE-Asia and China .............
     
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    000022 Notebook Consultant

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    Wow, You're from Thailand right? Either you must be a fanboi or you really like shoving bull**** into other ppl's mind. The Acer 5920g comes with Vista, most low spec acer laptops come with XP though, but it's logical, since vista's such a performance hog. The Acer 7720g comes with vista too,btw.

    How I know? Dam right I know cause I'm from Malaysia
     
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    Well said ;)
     
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    hello everbody i am back . bigspin a question, just in case i do something wrong.

    i was checking on my acer aspire 5920g if i had uninstalled the drivers
    but i think i didn't erase the drviers before only acers empower technolog,edata,esettings,eaudio,epresetation,enet,epower,acer tour(141),acer vcm,acer launch manager.

    these software i uninstalled two weeks before. so i dont now if i uninstalled these software above that i also erase the drives software

    well bigspin, i gonna tell you what i downloaded yesterday from acer

    1.acer empower technology
    2.acer erecovery management
    3.acer launch manager.

    when i opend acer Erecovery management i saw that my acer system back up file still was at the ercovery management.

    it was my old system back up file that i made at the beginning when i first used my acer aspire 5920g, its said 2007 .etc...

    so i pressed at restore then it restarted my acer

    but i didn't restored my orginally files like i always did before to restore my acer , it did not restore my file back to 2007.

    so i use restore to factory settings it also restart my acer normal

    normally if i do a restore to factory setting with acer

    its take like 2 hours to restore and it restore also vista ,like the first time i opend the acer laptop.

    and a question of this hidden partion ,i pressed alt+f10
    but i didn't get a restore option.

    did i do it the good way

    do you how to restore my old back up file from 2007
     
  20. flashlight27

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    he i found something of how to recover but how can i do this?

    Before you perform the upgrade to Windows Vista it is recommended that you create a CD/DVD backup of either the Acer Recovery CDs which are preinstalled in the hidden partition of your Notebook or a self created user backup which can exist on partition D: of your harddrive and will be shown only by the eRecovery utility. With these backup CD/DVD you will able to go back to your old configuration if you decide to do so.

    There are 2 different versions of the eRecovery utility, please find the detailed procedures below:

    Version 1.x of eRecovery:

    (You must have a D: partition on your hard drive which is default setting by Acer Factory preload. This D: partition must be big enough for your user backup and it must be FAT32 formatted. If these requirements are not met eRecovery will not work)
     
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    oh yeah also when i pressed restore to factory or restore back up system files.

    i then get a message of details ( hitachi ,86 gb) press accept or cancel)
     
  22. bigspin

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    Restore your system to factory default .I mean full system restore not a backup restore
     
  23. flashlight27

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    bigspin can you tell me in steps how to begin with the acer erecovery

    so that i choose and pres the right button for full system factory default.

    thank you very much
     
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    Press Alt+F10 when you boot (BIOS Screen)