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    Missing Screen Symbols

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by willum08, Feb 2, 2010.

  1. willum08

    willum08 Newbie

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    I have an Acer Aspire 5536 which is running Windows 7. Recently, I have noticed that two of the On-Screen Symbols have gone missing.
    Previously, when I pressed the Volume '+' or '-' buttons, a small Icon like symbol would appear on the screen showing a speaker graphic and a moving '|||||||' bar.
    Also, if I pressed the button to disable the Touchpad, a symbol would appear momentarily showing that the pad had been disabled/enabled.
    Can someone please advise me how I can restore these symbols?

    Thanks
     
    willum08, Feb 2, 2010
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  2. Padmé

    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    Did you run Acer Upgrade Adviser before installing Windows 7? Sounds like that you are missing certain Acer applications.

    Moved to Acer.
     
    Padmé, Feb 2, 2010
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  3. willum08

    willum08 Newbie

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    Hi and thanks for your quick reply. It's a shame more websites don't have such a pretty moderator :)

    I did run the Upgrade Adviser as detailed within the upgrading instructions. The symbols appeared OK since the upgrade about 6 weeks ago, until yesterday when they stopped appearing. The 'Volume and 'Pad disable' buttons do actually work as normal. I've tried to find a way to re-enable the symbols but have been unsuccessful........
     
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  4. powerfull499

    powerfull499 Notebook Evangelist

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    It's the "Launch Manager" driver. Download it from Acer's website, and you are good to go! I use Windows 7 too, but the odd thing is, the Windows 7 driver doesen't seem work. Download the one for Vista, and then it works :)

    I hope I could help. :)
     
    powerfull499, Feb 2, 2010
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    willum08 Newbie

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    That Did it!! Thanks so much :) Obviously something got corrupted in my system. I had some spyware on my laptop and cleared it out using Spybot S&D so that may have caused the problem ??

    Thanks Again!
     
    willum08, Feb 2, 2010
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