How To Reset, Remove, Clear or Reveal CMOS BIOS Security Password
There are times that we need to reset the computer’s BIOS security password. Yesterday I was at the local government technical school facility and the person who is in charge of the computer told me that they are not able to reinstall Windows because they are not able to get in the BIOS to set the boot order as it is password protected. The lecturers do not know the password as it is not set by them, but by some unknown student.
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Acer Ferrari 5000 Pictures
Today Acer announced the Ferrari 5000 and 1000 notebooks. The Ferrari 1000 is a 12.1" screen notebook featuring the Turion X2 dual-core 64-bit processor while the Ferrari 5000 is a 15.4-inch desktop replacement style notebook with the Turion X2.
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3.6.2006 Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista
Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the Financial Times Deutschland on Monday
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24.7.2007 Restore and Reset File Association in Windows Vista
Windows Vista allows user to change and set default program association for most kind of file extension type via Control Panel’s “Set Associations” or “Set Default Programs” under “Default Programs” link.
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21.6.2008 HP and Acer Start Netbook Price War
Hewlett-Packard and Acer have lowered prices of their netbooks as the back-to-school sales season kicks into gear in the U.S., offering bargains for users.
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26.8.2008 AMI Bios Tool by Gkend
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this article on his blog. Steve Jobs wrote: That’s another great tool by Gkend, created to easily add a SLIC table to an existing AMI Bios.
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25.5.2007 Vista Loader 2.2.0 OEM BIOS Crack Emulator
This is New version of Vista Loader 2.2.0 from Chinese hackers. With this you can force a bios emulation and let Vista think it's installed on a OEM machine.
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20.5.2007 Microsoft Confirms Windows Vista OEM BIOS Crack
Microsoft confirmed the fact that hackers have developed a valid Windows Vista crack designed to exploit the operating system's OEM BIOS activation.
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11.4.2007 Windows Vista Genuine Validation Fails Due to Incorrect BIOS Data
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this post in his blog. Even if the operating system was activated properly.
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27.6.2007 Microsoft to Kill the Grace Timer and OEM BIOS Windows Vista Cracks with Vista SP1
With the advent of Windows Vista, cracks also became available being designed to bypass the activation process of the operating system.
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4.12.2007Gateway Acquisition Gives Acer More to Fight HP With
Setting up more guns on its side in its all out brawl against global #1 PC seller Hewlett-Packard, global #3 Acer - now with Gateway under its belt -
filed amendments to its countersuit on Tuesday, alleging HP infringed on patents held by Acer. It's a serious battle, as Acer fights to prevent a
federal judge from imposing an injunction against the importation of Acer PCs from Taiwan into the US...
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01.11.2007Acer eyes future desktop systems, including game machine
Over the next year, Taiwan-based notebook PC maker Acer will start to produce desktop units under the Acer brand...and a senior Acer official told
BetaNews yesterday that a PC-based game machine is one of the ideas being bandied about...
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13.03.2008HP Seeks to Block Acer PC Sales in US
Perhaps sensing an oncoming
attack from the world's new
#4 PC manufacturer, Acer, HP
reached deep into its patent
portfolio yesterday and filed
a lawsuit accusing Acer of
utilizing HP technologies. The
suit seeks unspecified
monetary damages, but more
importantly, it requests that
a judge block the sale of Acer
computers utilizing those
technologies...
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28.03.2007Yahoo Search to Power Acer
Systems
Yahoo said it had signed a
multi-year agreement with Acer
to develop a co-branded
toolbar and start page for all
Acer systems. In addition,
Yahoo would become the default
search engine on all shipped
PCs...
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14.09.2006Dell unlikely to be purchasing Acer in their buying spree
Dell's been on a bit of a buying spree recently; according to the head honcho, Michael Dell, they have a 'portfolio of acquisitions' that
they're looking at to help boost earnings, but according to Bloomberg, this is unlikely to include the company Acer. As you may be aware, Acer is
the third largest maker of personal computers, so it would certainly be a valuable purchase, but Brian Gladden (Chief Financial Officer for Dell) says
that, "It would be very low on our list of opportunities." It's expected that Acer may surpass Dell in shipments, but Gladden brushed it off by
stating, "That doesn't bother me at all. Selling netbooks that have zero margin, I'm not excited about.
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17.07.2009Dell cures some Nvidia GPU woes with BIOS update
Dell has issued a BIOS update to prevent its notebooks equipped with faulty Nvidia graphics cards from overheating...
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29.07.2008Acer says that Windows 7 will be available October 23, 2009
According to Pocket Lint, Acer has confirmed that Windows 7 will be available on October 23 on their new all-in-one Z5600 PC. Acer has also confirmed
that any Vista based PC purchased 30 days prior will receive a free upgrade to Windows 7. While we still don't have an official release date
from Microsoft yet, and even though there has been an internal release date of January 30, 2010 set, rumors have been flying around saying that
Windows 7 may be released sometime later this year. With the public release of the release candidate right around the corner, and development towards
the RTM already on track, it's possible that Acer's release date could be true.
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30.04.2009Gateway's notebook lineup under Acer starts to gel
In the interest of keeping the individual identities of the whole family of Acer properties alive, Gateway has announced an expansion of its notebook
lines...
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12.04.2008Acer bets big on Linux
Acer has stated that it will be pushing Linux aggressively on its laptops and netbooks. The company is already heavily promoting Linux for its low
cost ultra-portable netbook range out later this year, but senior staff have said that Acer will also push Linux on its laptops.
Acer has
already started selling Linux in its Media PC business but this should now spread, according to Gianpiero Morbello, vice president of marketing and
brand at Acer. "We have shifted towards Linux because of Microsoft," he said. "Microsoft has a lot of power and it is going to be difficult, but we
will be working hard to develop the Linux market."
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04.06.2008Acer aces out Lenovo as world's third-largest PC maker
Of the 62 million PCs shipped
in the first quarter of 2007,
the biggest story is a company
that shipped a little over 4
million units. Taiwan-based
Acer has taken hold of 6.8
percent of the global PC
market, good enough for third
place, according to market
research firm iSuppli.
After taking the No. 3
slot in worldwide notebook
sales from Toshiba in the
fourth quarter of 2006, Acer
has taken even more ground,
this time from Lenovo. The
Chinese computer maker is now
0.4 percent points behind Acer
in worldwide computer market
share.
Acer also
turned in the best growth
performance of all the top
five PC suppliers, according
to the iSuppli report. Its
shipments grew 45.8 percent to
4.2 million units, up from 2.9
million in the same quarter a
year ago. ..
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06.06.2007The new branding strategy for Acer, Packard Bell, and Gateway
In Budapest, Hungary on Friday, the Acer group unveiled its strategy for marketing and identity-branding for all of its consumer computer labels...
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22.09.2008Acer launching its smartphone at the Mobile World Congress
Acer confirmed the launch of its smartphone on Wednesday in an invite to Pocketlint, an U.K based gadget news and reviews site. Since Acer acquired
smartphone maker E-Ten (a.k.a) Glofiish last year there had been rumors that the company will be launching its "Microsoft based" smartphone early
this year. Now Acer has confirmed its smartphone launch on February 16th at the big Mobile World Congress cellphone event in Barcelona. President and
CEO Gianfranco Lanci and the head of Handheld Business Unit will be present at the event. No mention was made about the model of smartphone to be
launched. Image Courtesy: Pocketlint
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29.01.2009HP and Acer end their patent litigation
Engaged in patent-infringement lawsuits in three federal courts, and under two US International Trade Commission investigations for well over a year,
HP and Acer summarily ended their battle on Sunday...
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09.06.2008Acer ships updated Aspire One, with Windows but no Linux
About a week ahead of schedule, Acer has started US shipments of its second generation Aspire One netbook, a Windows XP-only device with a larger
10.1-inch screen...
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10.02.2009Acer eclipses Lenovo, takes aim at Dell
Acer has passed Lenovo Group as the world's third largest PC vendor with its purchase of Gateway, and now it's gunning for U.S. giant Dell.
Next year, Acer could take up to a 12 percent share of the global PC market, putting it in the position to challenge Dell, said J.T. Wang,
chairman of Acer, at the company's third-quarter investors' conference in Taipei on Friday.
Shipments by Acer have been growing
fast this year due in part to a focus on laptop PCs, the hottest segment of the PC market, and the company's strategy of working closely with
distributors.
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26.10.2007New Acer notebooks feature NVidia 9-series, Blu-ray options
On the heels of its completed acquisition of the Gateway, eMachines, and Packard Bell brands, Acer celebrated its first US-based gala unveiling this
afternoon with two new widescreen multimedia notebooks and a fresh marketing strategy...
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13.03.2008Acer Takes Third in Global PC Rankings
Acer is showing strength in
the global PC industry,
becoming the world's third
largest PC maker in the first
quarter of 2007, according to
data from research firm
iSuppli...
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06.06.2007Atom-based Acer Aspire One makes its American debut
Acer today officially launched US sales for the Aspire One, its stylish, ultra-lightweight notebook with Intel's newest Atom processor built-in, and
whose hard drive...is optional...
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17.07.2008New Acer Gemstone notebooks feature NVidia 9-series, Blu-ray options
UPDATED On the heels of its completed acquisition of the Gateway, eMachines, and Packard Bell brands, Acer celebrated its first US-based gala
unveiling this afternoon with two new widescreen multimedia notebooks and a fresh marketing strategy...
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13.03.2008Researchers Demo BIOS Attack That Survives Disk Wipes
A pair of Argentinian researchers have found a way to perform
a BIOS level malware attack capable of surviving even a
hard-disk wipe.
Alfredo Ortega and Anibal Sacco from Core Security Technologies — used the stage at last week's CanSecWest
conference to
demonstrate methods for infecting the BIOS with persistent code that will survive
reboots and re-flashing attempts. The technique includes patching the BIOS with a small bit of code that gave them complete control of the machine.
The demo ran smoothly on a Windows machine, a PC running OpenBSD and another running VMware Player.
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