TSGL: Acer Tecra A2 laptop Resolutions reversed

[Lexi]

Don,

I no longer have the original posts so cannot back reference. Do you 
have the original install disk for WinXP? Since you have most 
(hopefully) of the machine driver files installed now, the next thing I 
would try is to install windows over itself.

Start the install from the CD and ignore the first offer of repair using 
repair console. Shortly thereafter, a second offer of repair will pop up 
(Do you want to install, upgrade or repair install? Press R for repair). 
The repair install will check all files, install missing or bad files, 
and generally repair but not alter the existing install.

If you do not have the original install disk, right click My Computer to 
find out what version of windows has been installed (whether OEM, or 
retail- my guess oem from Acer). Make note of the install key on the 
computer itself and you can use any other OEM install  disk to do the 
repair,  just use the key from the computer when asked.

This must be an older unit, and during the original install, windows was 
not able to 'read' the computer and thus did not install some of the 
eventually needed files. Wow, you have your hands full with this one!

Lex

Don Penlington wrote: