Hi there,

I've got an Acer Aspire with Vista Basic and the motherboard died due to a power surge.

It's easier for me to replace the motherboard with a new Asus unit and re-install Vista.

Is this Acer installed Vista going to let me do a re-install on a different motherboard and will the keycode license labelled on the tower work with this?

Thanks,

Gordon

The Vista installation or recovery disk you have is probably BIOS-locked
to a motherboard with an Acer BIOS.

If you can get a Microsoft installation disk - for any, presumably
32-bit, version of Vista - the key would work although you might need to
phone for activation.


On 20/11/2009 19:27, Gordon J. Rattray wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi there,
> I've got an Acer Aspire with Vista Basic and the motherboard died due to
> a power surge.
> It's easier for me to replace the motherboard with a new Asus unit and
> re-install Vista.
> Is this Acer installed Vista going to let me do a re-install on a
> different motherboard and will the keycode license labelled on the tower
> work with this?
> Thanks,
> Gordon[/color]

On Nov 20, 7:27*pm, "Gordon J. Rattray" <go...@shaw.ca> wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi there,
>
> I've got an Acer Aspire with Vista Basic and the motherboard died due to a power surge.
>
> It's easier for me to replace the motherboard with a new Asus unit and re-install Vista.
>
> Is this Acer installed Vista going to let me do a re-install on a different motherboard and will the keycode license labelled on the tower work withthis?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gordon[/color]

If not BIOS locked, the motherboard will no longer be an Acer so you
will be breaking the "spirit" of the OEM EULA (end-user license
agreement.) The only way is to try it out. Be advised, you may need
to use the telephone activation option instead of the on-line
activation.

Acer is a cheap, taiwanese C*AP.
If you insist on destroying American jobs and wish to send money China, at
least try Asus or Lenovo.
But better - HP.

Stan Starinski wrote:[color=blue]
> Acer is a cheap, taiwanese C*AP.
> If you insist on destroying American jobs and wish to send money China,
> at least try Asus or Lenovo.
> But better - HP.[/color]

And you think that HP computers aren't made in China?

Alias

Alias wrote this, with guidance from inner voices:
[color=blue]
> Stan Starinski wrote:[color=green]
>> Acer is a cheap, taiwanese C*AP.
>> If you insist on destroying American jobs and wish to send money China,
>> at least try Asus or Lenovo.
>> But better - HP.[/color]
>
> And you think that HP computers aren't made in China?
>[/color]

Hehehe.
The box and label for the box was made in the USA.

--
Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.

This was explained more than once.
1) A company registered as a tax-payer in USA & manufactures in USA
2) A company registered as a tax-payer in USA but manufactures in Asia
(usually China/Thailand).
3) A company registered as a tax-payer in Asia and manufactures in China.

Please educate yourself regarding differences.
HP is in 2nd category. Which means it creates white-collar/engineering jobs
in USA and much money flows into US treasury.
As opposed to Acer.
But the point if someone's last name is "Cheng" and he likes to support
native country, at least buy quality.
Acer's reputation hasn't gone out of bottom in a decade.
It's like Hyundai for cars, it's improving - but so are other Asian
competitors - Asus, Lenovo.
Lenovo by the way is a spin-off if my formerly favorite US-based IBM, but
now Chinse.
So is Cisco - a formerly American company which only retains Sales facade in
North America, but essentially a Chinese co.

This won't stop for as long as American Union retards & fat **** down South
demand 20x more money than global competition, along with benefits & such.
Instead of tightening belts & moderation they still hope to make $25/hour
for uneducated/blue-collar assembly work, whereas Chinese ENGINEER or
DESIGNER will make several times less for far more sophisticated work!!!

Aside from this, which is not the subject of posting, HP is an AMerican
company.
It pays taxes to US Treasury, period. OK?

Hellow Moron,

This was explained more than once.
1) A company registered as a tax-payer in USA & manufactures in USA
2) A company registered as a tax-payer in USA but manufactures in Asia
(usually China/Thailand).
3) A company registered as a tax-payer in Asia and manufactures in China.

Please educate yourself regarding differences.
HP is in 2nd category. Which means it creates white-collar/engineering jobs
in USA and much money flows into US treasury.
As opposed to Acer.
But the point if someone's last name is "Cheng" and he likes to support
native country, at least buy quality.
Acer's reputation hasn't gone out of bottom in a decade.
It's like Hyundai for cars, it's improving - but so are other Asian
competitors - Asus, Lenovo.
Lenovo by the way is a spin-off if my formerly favorite US-based IBM, but
now Chinse.
So is Cisco - a formerly American company which only retains Sales facade in
North America, but essentially a Chinese co.

This won't stop for as long as American Union retards & fat **** down South
demand 20x more money than global competition, along with benefits & such.
Instead of tightening belts & moderation they still hope to make $25/hour
for uneducated/blue-collar assembly work, whereas Chinese ENGINEER or
DESIGNER will make several times less for far more sophisticated work!!!

Aside from this, which is not the subject of posting, HP is an AMerican
company.
It pays taxes to US Treasury, period. OK?

Stan Starinski wrote:[color=blue]
> Hellow Moron,
>
> This was explained more than once.
> 1) A company registered as a tax-payer in USA & manufactures in USA
> 2) A company registered as a tax-payer in USA but manufactures in Asia
> (usually China/Thailand).
> 3) A company registered as a tax-payer in Asia and manufactures in China.
>
> Please educate yourself regarding differences.
> HP is in 2nd category. Which means it creates white-collar/engineering
> jobs
> in USA and much money flows into US treasury.
> As opposed to Acer.
> But the point if someone's last name is "Cheng" and he likes to support
> native country, at least buy quality.
> Acer's reputation hasn't gone out of bottom in a decade.
> It's like Hyundai for cars, it's improving - but so are other Asian
> competitors - Asus, Lenovo.
> Lenovo by the way is a spin-off if my formerly favorite US-based IBM, but
> now Chinse.
> So is Cisco - a formerly American company which only retains Sales
> facade in
> North America, but essentially a Chinese co.
>
> This won't stop for as long as American Union retards & fat **** down South
> demand 20x more money than global competition, along with benefits & such.
> Instead of tightening belts & moderation they still hope to make $25/hour
> for uneducated/blue-collar assembly work, whereas Chinese ENGINEER or
> DESIGNER will make several times less for far more sophisticated work!!!
>
> Aside from this, which is not the subject of posting, HP is an AMerican
> company.
> It pays taxes to US Treasury, period. OK?
>[/color]

The computers are made in China. The Chinese get paid for making them.
You're an idiot.

Alias

Stan Starinski wrote this, with guidance from inner voices:
[color=blue]
> Hellow Moron,
>
> This was explained more than once.
> 1) A company registered as a tax-payer in USA & manufactures in USA
> 2) A company registered as a tax-payer in USA but manufactures in Asia
> (usually China/Thailand).
> 3) A company registered as a tax-payer in Asia and manufactures in China.
>
> Please educate yourself regarding differences.
> HP is in 2nd category. Which means it creates white-collar/engineering
> jobs in USA and much money flows into US treasury.[/color]

HP, like most companies and people, avoids paying as much taxes as humanly
possible.

So what about a few white collar jobs.

And, Dell is little different, moving all their manufacturing jobs to Asia
and East Europe.
[color=blue]
> As opposed to Acer.
> But the point if someone's last name is "Cheng" and he likes to support
> native country, at least buy quality.
> Acer's reputation hasn't gone out of bottom in a decade.
> It's like Hyundai for cars, it's improving - but so are other Asian
> competitors - Asus, Lenovo.
> Lenovo by the way is a spin-off if my formerly favorite US-based IBM, but
> now Chinse.
> So is Cisco - a formerly American company which only retains Sales facade
> in North America, but essentially a Chinese co.
>
> This won't stop for as long as American Union retards & fat **** down
> South demand 20x more money than global competition, along with benefits &
> such. Instead of tightening belts & moderation they still hope to make
> $25/hour for uneducated/blue-collar assembly work, whereas Chinese
> ENGINEER or DESIGNER will make several times less for far more
> sophisticated work!!!
>[/color]

How much should uneducated workers make?
Pick a number.
Remember though, in the US, a worker would be hard pressed to eek a living
out of the $1.75/hr these billionaire executives are willing to part with.

How many PCs you think they are gonna sell to people making $80/week?
[color=blue]
> Aside from this, which is not the subject of posting, HP is an AMerican
> company.
> It pays taxes to US Treasury, period. OK?[/color]

Your an idiot.

--
Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.

"Stan Starinski" <China@stealsUSJobsPatentsSoftwareMusicVideo> wrote in
message news:uL3qeFsaKHA.1640@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> This was explained more than once.[/color]

Yes Stan, it was explained more than once. You are an IDIOT.