I bought a acer aspire one from someone and there name is still on some files for example C:/Users/shelby maria but my name is josh. please help how to change.

Suggest go to Acer Support,

http://support.acer.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?tab=1&modelId=4097

Click on -
Generic User Guide (Windows 8)

A small window will come up -
Opening Generic UG_Acer_01.01.06_A_A.zip

Make SURE there is a Green dot in the small circle, to the left of -
Save File.
IF not; Left-click in the small circle to the left of Save File.
Now go below in the window, and click on OK.

A small download window will come up.
Allow the file to fully download, then DOUBLE-click right on the file name.

In the next small window go to the far left, and click on -
Extract all files

At the bottom of the next 3 small windows, click on -
Next, Next, and Finish.

(DO NOT change anything. Just click on Next, Next, and Finish)

In the last small window DOUBLE-click right on the file name.

There is your User Manual in PDF file form.


For additional questions please post in a Comment.
Regards,
joecoolvette

As stated it can be replaced. Might be the pits in finding the replacement fan, though.

Let's take a look at an Acer Aspire 5520 series laptop, as an example,

http://www.insidemylaptop.com/take-apart-acer-aspire-5520-laptop/

Scroll down until you come to the third photo.

Getting to the Cooling Fan in the Acer Aspire 5050 series Notebook PC's, requires a lot more disassembly, however.

The Acer Aspire 5050-3242 Notebook PC, in the category heading, is part of the Acer Aspire 5050 series of Notebook PC's.

This is the Service Manual for the Acer Aspire 5050 series of Notebook PC's,

http://www.tim.id.au/blog/tims-laptop-service-manuals/#toc-acer

Go to the second Aspire heading.
The one that begins with Aspire 1200.

Now go down to the 5th line, and scroll across to > 5050.
Left-click on 5050.

This is a PDF file.
The computer you are using now has Adobe Reader on it, which uses PDF files.

[ Although I would recommend upgrading to Adobe Reader 9, if it isn't on your computer ]

After you click on the file > 5050, you won't see anything happening for up to 30 seconds.

Most of the time the first page pops up within 10 seconds, and it requires additional time to fully download the file.

Suggest you let the file download all the way, before looking through it.
Watch the Download Progress bar.

You can save this file to your computer.
This way you can burn a copy to CD for safekeeping, and easy access anytime you wish.

You can also delete from your computer then, to save Harddrive space.
If you do not know how, and wish to, simply post in a Comment.

For further questions on this please post in a Comment.

Regards,
joecoolvette

• prior to the recovery... have someone pull your hard drive and recover the "precious" files & pics on the drive... It's expensive at Best Buy... so watch out!!!
• System recovery shouldn't have you loose all files.. if a recovery point is there... the trick is to only recover to the most recent point that you can. When Windows updates the software to Service Pack X for example, a recovery point would have been created automatically

Do you mean that, in system information the users name is name after your friend?

Goto control panel, goto system,goto advanced system,click computer name, put the name you like click change and then click ok.

Changing user name- goto control panel, goto user accounts select create a new user account or manage another account fill the blank except if you don't want to password it, set it as administrator if everything is done, log off then log to the created account backup the files from the other account. Then delete the account of your friend under User Accounts. The only thing left will be name to you. Except some other name he/she change in registry like registered name.

Hope it helps

hi im  josh  in cebu phils.may i help you? Friend you can download your Acer Aspire 4720 sound driver for free on this site:
http://notebooksdriver.com/acer/acer-aspire-4720/

good luck hope i helped you.

The best way to cure this problem is to install a new copy of windows xp. You have ntldr missing error, that means the problem is with the os loader. If you choose to reinstall os then please try to repartition and reformat your hdd.

You can find the drivers for your laptop at
http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/forms/portal20.cfm?website=AcerPanAm.com/au&siteid=8116&areaid=12&formid=3394#results

Acer Aspire 4315

This unit has no touch button volume control.

A touch button volume control is a feature most users fail to ask about before purchasing.

Acer removed the touch button volume control feature for power users who do not require a touch button volume control.

Consider yourself as of the elite power users of the world and a proud owner of the Acer Aspire 4315





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"Can someone tell me how to reboot my Acer Aspire..."
"I use Windows Vista".

Right! Thankyou for providing more information than most users do here, but in this case, Windows Vista will look and run the same on any computer. =-D

Click on the start-menu button (it's the Windows logo at the bottom-left of your screen)

Then aim for an icon that is red, with a white circle and a line in it. Click that, and then you'll be prompted for restart, shutdown, take over the world etc.

Done! =-]

If you have permission you can go into the control panel.

Go to administrative tools.

Select computer management.

Select Local Users and Groups.

Select users and find your name.

Assign you name as a member of administrators.

Are you talking about bios password or OS pasword?