1. appaso, not positive I follow you. If you press Ctrl+ the first letter of the program name desired, it should start. Is that what you mean? HTH Ed in Texas

    appaso, not positive I follow you. If you press Ctrl+ the first letter of the program name desired, it should start. Is that what you mean?
    HTH
    Ed in Texas

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  2. Reduce the display screen using the button in top right corner immediately to left of the red X . If the image still covers most/all of the desktop you can re-size by hovering mouse over a corner until you see diagonal double-ended arrow icon. then left-click and drag image smaller. Once you have thRead more

    Reduce the display screen using the button in top right corner immediately to left of the red X . If the image still covers most/all of the desktop you can re-size by hovering mouse over a corner until you see diagonal double-ended arrow icon. then left-click and drag image smaller.
    Once you have the image small enough you can then drag your desired item out of the folder to the desktop.

    I often have two reduced size explorer windows open to make easy use of drag-n-drop.

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  3. Hi Greeting of Days 1.We have found that there is only one patch that requires un-installation to resolve the blue screen issue. KB977165 is the patch in question, the other patches do not seem to cause the blue screen behaviour and do not need to be uninstalled.2.Inset Boot able Disk 3.Once you areRead more

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    Greeting of Days

    1.We have found that there is only one patch that requires un-installation to resolve the blue screen issue. KB977165 is the patch in question, the other patches do not seem to cause the blue screen behaviour and do not need to be uninstalled.
    2.Inset Boot able Disk
    3.Once you are in the Repair Screen..

    2nd Option

    1. Type this command: CHDIR $NtUninstallKB977165$\spuninst
    2. Type this command: BATCH spuninst.txt
    3. When complete, type this command: exit

    If you are able to uninstall the patch and get back into Windows, in order to stay protected you can use the following automated solution which secures your PC against the vulnerabilities that are resolved with KB977165 until you can successfully get the update installed without the blue screens.

    Please see the link below for the article describing the vulnerability that is fixed with KB977165 and how you can get protected without installing the actual KB update:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979682

    I also wanted to thank maxyimus for the great thread, and LThibx for their participation as well!

    Please Try It Now

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  4. Think your computer is trying to boot from the network card (PXE) try to disable network boot from the bios menu (f2 on bootup)

    Think your computer is trying to boot from the network card (PXE)
    try to disable network boot from the bios menu (f2 on bootup)

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  5. I have exactly the same issue with a Gateway LX-6810. After careful observation of this event many times, I think it is somewhat safe to rule out the video card that came stock with the system. I believe the problem is with the power supply. Having said that, there may be two possible causes. 1. TheRead more

    I have exactly the same issue with a Gateway LX-6810. After careful observation of this event many times, I think it is somewhat safe to rule out the video card that came stock with the system. I believe the problem is with the power supply. Having said that, there may be two possible causes. 1. The 3 and/or 5 volt sections of the power supply may be showing signs of age and in the early stages of failure. Most of the items that you can hear running are the 12 volt items. 2. The LX-6810 came with two software applications that affect operation of the power supply — Smart Copy and Smart Launcher. I think it was silly of Gateway to set up that arrangement, but it is what it is. If you have used a tune-up type utility to disable these, see if you can reenable both with the same utility. If you have not uninstalled these applications, you can also do this manually by placing a shortcut to the executable for both in the Start Up folder. I can offer additional directions on this manual procedure if you need them. If the LX 6810 power button blinks when the system is in sleep mode, then Smart Copy and Smart Launcher are most likely properly set up. If the power button goes black (off) when in sleep mode, reenable SC and SL to load at computer boot up by using the manual method I just suggested. Your feedback on these suggestions would be most appreciated. ***** One more thought— Have you added any additional controller cards to your system (for example, a USB 3.0 controller card)?? Many of these will tap into the power supply’s 5 volt line and randomly cause unusual losses of adequate voltage at other points in the system. BTW — the LX 6810 came with only a 400 watt power supply (not much horsepower to spare). Good Luck. Texas Big Ed.

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  6. You need to determine the motherboard, then search for the drivers. It appears your system has the "Corfu 2" board...here's the drivers list:http://support.gateway.com/support/...

    You need to determine the motherboard, then search for the drivers. It appears your system has the “Corfu 2” board…here’s the drivers list:

    http://support.gateway.com/support/…

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  7. The problem is probably due to the fact that Windows 8 is not officially supported for the N150 range. Samsung have not released any Windows 8 drivers for that model. Since the brightness control works fine on Windows 7 (which is officially supported), that has to be the reason. You have to rememberRead more

    The problem is probably due to the fact that Windows 8 is not officially supported for the N150 range.
    Samsung have not released any Windows 8 drivers for that model. Since the brightness control works fine on Windows 7 (which is officially supported), that has to be the reason.
    You have to remember that notebooks and netbooks require custom drivers from the notebook or netbook manufacturer to match the custom-made hardware. Samsung has no Windows 8 custom graphics driver or chipset driver for your netbook.

    You seem to have been lucky with the rest of the hardware if everything else works, but I can’t see how you are going to fix the fix the brightness problem if you insist on using an unsupported Windows version.

    You should have checked to see what Samsung drivers were available before upgrading to Windows 8.

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  8. http://server88-208-236-173.live-se...has them… But they appear to cost a few pennies…This article discusses the recovery in general: http://community.acer.com/t5/2013-A...and includes the link to the Acer Store - where they can be found:http://store.acer.com/store?Action=...click on the eRecovery lRead more

    http://server88-208-236-173.live-se…

    has them… But they appear to cost a few pennies…

    This article discusses the recovery in general:

    http://community.acer.com/t5/2013-A…

    and includes the link to the Acer Store – where they can be found:

    http://store.acer.com/store?Action=…

    click on the eRecovery link (just right of centre) and follow instructions…

    Again there is likely a wee charge… Nonetheless I’m inclined to favour this Acer source rather then first link I posted above.

    Save to hard drive; burn to a DVD… then use that DVD and follow whatever instructions appear?

    Also be very aware that any factory reset/restore routine will erase all your personal files, and anything you installed after receiving the Aspire… So wise to safeguard your files at least – as in copy them to external media (typically DVD at least). Check those copies are truly accessible too on at least one other working system too.

    If you can’t boot up and access your files even now, download a Ubuntu ISO file; save to a hard drive; burn it to a DVD. Boot your system with that… It’s a Linux OS and will allow you to access the hard drive and thus your files – and copy them to DVD. It does not instal itself to your hard drive.

    Ubuntu.com

    I would make safeguarding my files the first thing on my list of priorities…; above restoring the system, or otherwise resolving the problems…

    Incidentally how do you arrive at the conclusion about your drive?

    message edited by trvlr

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  9. Corrupt data in the spool/printing tray might be causing this service to stop. The other most probable reason for the printing error is the connection between your computer and the printer. ... This can be the printer drivers or the USB port drivers.

    Corrupt data in the spool/printing tray might be causing this service to stop. The other most probable reason for the printing error is the connection between your computer and the printer. … This can be the printer drivers or the USB port drivers.

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  10. Hey Gents, so I googled a few things, primarily "windows can't connect to hidden network" and then started to change a few protocols in the settings and it started working. Its unbelieveable but as you know it sometimes is a real problem. I wanted to say thanks for your kindness in suppoting me to gRead more

    Hey Gents, so I googled a few things, primarily “windows can’t connect to hidden network” and then started to change a few protocols in the settings and it started working. Its unbelieveable but as you know it sometimes is a real problem. I wanted to say thanks for your kindness in suppoting me to get this issue resolved.

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