An Apology and a solution for the OrbiCam Problem
- posted by Michael Walsh on June 12th, 2007
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If you’re here, you’re probably having the same problem hundreds if not thousands of Acer Orbicam users have had. You have two choices: 1. read the following article and ALL replies and see if one of the solutions fits your needs. 2. Delete all Acer Orbicam software (let Windows take care of the Driver – [...]
Acer Orbicam Fix
- posted by Michael Walsh on May 29th, 2007
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UPDATE 3: I have closed comments on this thread as the argument has moved on. The solution can be found by reading through the (long) thread below. UPDATE 2: I have had an explanation of this problem from the tech support guys at Acer and the solution below is only OK for the Aspire 9300 [...]
Windows Vista on The Acer Guy
- posted by Michael Walsh on April 23rd, 2007
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Here’s an interesting fact: Nearly half of the visitors to The Acer Guy are using Windows Vista. I am assuming these Vista visits have a lot to do with the surge in interest over the Orbicam problems under this same operating system. And, as these Orbicams “stopped working”, I’m assuming all these people upgraded from [...]
Orbicam driver for Windows Vista
- posted by Michael Walsh on April 14th, 2007
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More Vista worries here. I have noticed a HUGE demand for “Acer OrbiCam driver” in my swicki. We’re talking a LOT of people: 759 searches (number 1 spot) compared to 130 for the second-placed “customer support” request. I have found this link to DriverZone.com for the Acer OrbiCam driver. According to this page, the supported [...]
Empowering Pareto’s Principle
- posted by Michael Walsh on October 3rd, 2006
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It has been mentioned more than a few times that 80% of the components of competing PCs are all the same. Think about it: LCD screens, processors, hard disks, graphics cards (and dare I say it, batteries)… they’re all shipped in from one manufacturer or another and assembled in various combinations to offer optimum solutions [...]
