Upgrade Help please Acer aspire

[CrD]

i just upgraded and have a few issues.
alltogether windows 7 is fine but ...
my system:
acer aspire 5920G
T7700 (2.4ghz 2mb L2 Cache 800Mhz FSB)
2GB DDR2 Ram
Geforce 8600M GT
WIndows 7 ultimate x64

in devices and printers ive got CRD-PC with an exclamation Mark under devices and A310 under unspecified
i have installed all the drivers from the acer website

then i also have some usage related issue, i know probably the wrong forum but i dont know where to put them plus dont wanna make a 2nd thread

whenever i restart, i have to reselect VLC as default program to open avi's, it defaults to winamp. happens with all media files, but strangely not with nfo's (havnt tried any other files yet that i set to non default manually)

also, my toolbars disappear after evry restart. which is annoying cause i always move it so i have an XP style quickstart panel ...

i hope someone can help me out here, cause i quite like windows7 otherwise
thanks for reading
CrD

 

[FZ21Z]

Try a clean install instead, as upgrading seems to have a few issues for quite a few people.
sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

 

[theog]

I second that FZ21Z.

 

[CrD]

sorry i wasnt clear with that, it IS a clean install. i didnt like vista much and was running XP until a couple of weeks ago. now you say it ik that was ambivalent ^^ didnt remember the possibility to upgrade from vista

 

[FZ21Z]

Does it show any issues in your device manager?

 

[CrD]

i thought devices and printers WAS the new device manager Oo if there is any way to get back to the good old XP style PLEASE tell me.

sorry im very new to vista and 7 dont know much about it ... was good with XP but that seems to not be worth much ^^

 

[Orpheous]

Open control panel - in the top left corner - click view by, change to large/small icons
There you will see device manager

 

[Orpheous]

How did you go with the device manager? did you find any unknown devices?

 

[fireberd]

Device Manager can be accessed by holding the Windows key down and pressing the Pause/Break Key. In the panel that comes up Device Manager is listed in the upper left of the Panel. The Device Manager is the same as it was in XP and Vista.

BTW, I upgraded my Aspire 7720 from Vista 32 bit Home that came with the PC to Win 7 32 bit Home and other than removing a couple of Acer programs and several others that were not compatible (flagged by the Win 7 compatibility check that runs first) EVERYTHING works on the PC.

 

[CrD]

right have done that now.
firstly cheers i didnt see that, already makes windows7 much better
in device managers ive got:
Network adapters
- Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Other Devices
- A310
- Unknown Device
have an !
strange thing is other than the issues listed in the first post the laptop is working, no crashes no problems with inet (wireless or cable) no performance problems etc ...

edit: went shopping so sorry that it took a while, also didnt see hte last 2 posts. i'd prefer a straight installation tbh, all the acer programms just annoy me. but cheers for the hint firebird will try that if all else fails

 

[Orpheous]

Is there an exclamation mark next to Teredo Tunneling?
For the other & unknown devices, please right click each one, properties - details tab - hardware id's in the property drop down box. Copy and paste all of the info for each back here in a reply post and I'll see what I can find for you

 

[CrD]

just googled the teredo, thats fine dont need/want it. but yes it has an !
re the other 2


A310

Device Type: Other Devices
Manufacturer: Unknown
Location: Port_#0003.Hub_#0003

The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)
To find a driver for this device, click Update Driver.


Unknown Device

Device Type: Other Devices
Manufacturer: Unknown
Location: on Intel(R) ICH8M LPC Interface Controller - 2815

The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)
To find a driver for this device, click Update Driver.

Driver Details:
Hardware ID'S:
ACPI\WEC1020
*WEC1020

Resources
I/O Range 0600 - 0607
I/O Range 0620 - 063f
IRQ 0x00000004 (04)

 

[Orpheous]

The Acer website lists Windows 7 64 bit drivers for your laptop, so that's a good sign
If you go to the Windows Update, do you see any chipset drivers (ICH8M) available under XX optional updates are available?

If not, you can follow the provided link for your chipset:
Device Type: Other Devices
Manufacturer: Unknown
Location: on Intel(R) ICH8M LPC Interface Controller - 2815
You'll need to reboot afterwards.
If the A310 is still unknown after that, post back and we'll see if we can fix it

 

[Orpheous]

This should fix your TV Tuner (Avermedia A310)
TVtuner_AVermedia_V1.1.0.19.zip

 

[CrD]

cheers for the TV tuner. i think ill leave it though, dont wanna have to pay licensing fees good to know what it is though.
re the unknown driver: no theres nothing in the updates.

but my main problem really is the non saving of settings after a restart. where can i ask about that ? which subforum ?

cheers a LOT for the help btw, already helped me out a lot.

 

[Orpheous]

You're most welcome
Licensing fees? Your TV Tuner is for free to air digital I believe... no fees, just plug in the cable and fire up Windows Media Centre!
Did the ICH8M driver work ok for you? Right click the downloaded file, extract, go to device in dev man., update driver, browse, install.
The non saving of VLC settings may be fixed by opening up Control Panel - Default Program - Associate a file type with a specific program - select extension - change program

 

[Orpheous]

As for the toolbars & other settings etc. Have you installed any security programs like Windows Steady State, Deep Freeze, or anything else that does a similar job?

 

[CrD]

right, the TV tuner worked, and strangely the unknown is gone now htat i turned on windows updates ...
so thats solved.
re resetting the avi files, it has nothing to do with a restart i figured. tried your method and then kinda found out its whenever i start winamp that it resets to standard ... and found the box for that one, so thats solved aswell.
thx

whats left is the start menu reset 1 other thing ... not so much a bug as a feature ... in XP i got some big green bars when using the volume up/down control at my laptop, now i get nothing. anyway to restore that ?

 

[Orpheous]

Good question... That one I can't help you with, sorry!
I haven't seen it at all on any W7 installations, perhaps you could try posting the question in Sound and Audio?
Oh, in case you haven't already got it, this is the link to your manufacturers page for driver and application downloads for your lappy.

 

[CrD]

already got the link, made sure of that one before getting windows 7
i found another old thread on this forum about the very same problem, linking to another forum. ill search through that one.
wish i could give you more then one rep m8, helped me a ****load here.