Acer Aspire M3610 desktop with Win XP Home

Hi,

Now almost a year ago I bought an Acer Aspire M3610 desktop PC that came
with Vista Home Premium preloaded, but on which I installed Windows XP Home
instead.

While it has generally been working pretty much OK, there is an issue that
has arisen a couple of times.

Namely: I have a few external USB HD drives that I tend to connect to one of
the 4 USB ports at the top of the Aspire case. While this works fine most of
the time, after some time I tend to get problems, with the USB drive not
seeming to work anymore, or worse, the whole system freezing up. (OTOH, a
USB stick will still work OK.)

This problems only tends to go away by reinstalling XP, and then it works
fine - for a while anyway.

I was wondering if any of you have any feedback that might help. All info is
greatly appreciated!

"Lukas Mariman" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Now almost a year ago I bought an Acer Aspire M3610 desktop PC that came
> with Vista Home Premium preloaded, but on which I installed Windows XP
> Home instead.
>
> While it has generally been working pretty much OK, there is an issue that
> has arisen a couple of times.
>
> Namely: I have a few external USB HD drives that I tend to connect to one
> of the 4 USB ports at the top of the Aspire case. While this works fine
> most of the time, after some time I tend to get problems, with the USB
> drive not seeming to work anymore, or worse, the whole system freezing up.
> (OTOH, a USB stick will still work OK.)
>
> This problems only tends to go away by reinstalling XP, and then it works
> fine - for a while anyway.
>
> I was wondering if any of you have any feedback that might help. All info
> is greatly appreciated!
I may or may not be correct on this, but some computers are designed to work
with Vista, which many of us don't like. It's really not that bad, and I
dare say reinstalling Vista might resolve your problems.

"Sheldon" <> schreef in bericht
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> "Lukas Mariman" <> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Now almost a year ago I bought an Acer Aspire M3610 desktop PC that came
>> with Vista Home Premium preloaded, but on which I installed Windows XP
>> Home instead.
>>
>> While it has generally been working pretty much OK, there is an issue
>> that has arisen a couple of times.
>>
>> Namely: I have a few external USB HD drives that I tend to connect to one
>> of the 4 USB ports at the top of the Aspire case. While this works fine
>> most of the time, after some time I tend to get problems, with the USB
>> drive not seeming to work anymore, or worse, the whole system freezing
>> up. (OTOH, a USB stick will still work OK.)
>>
>> This problems only tends to go away by reinstalling XP, and then it works
>> fine - for a while anyway.
>>
>> I was wondering if any of you have any feedback that might help. All info
>> is greatly appreciated!
> I may or may not be correct on this, but some computers are designed to
> work with Vista, which many of us don't like. It's really not that bad,
> and I dare say reinstalling Vista might resolve your problems.

Thanks for responding!

My initial experience with Vista was mixed. I wanted to use it, but almost
immediately found that several apps and some of my favourite games wouldn't
work right - or wouldn't work at all. On top of that, HP never bothered
releasing Vista drivers for my existing printer & scanner. All this made me
somewhat reluctant to go Vista. :-/

But I'm afraid you may be right; maybe I should give Vista another chance
(and maybe save my sanity in the process)!

"Lukas Mariman" <> wrote in message
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> "Sheldon" <> schreef in bericht
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>>
>> "Lukas Mariman" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Now almost a year ago I bought an Acer Aspire M3610 desktop PC that came
>>> with Vista Home Premium preloaded, but on which I installed Windows XP
>>> Home instead.
>>>
>>> While it has generally been working pretty much OK, there is an issue
>>> that has arisen a couple of times.
>>>
>>> Namely: I have a few external USB HD drives that I tend to connect to
>>> one of the 4 USB ports at the top of the Aspire case. While this works
>>> fine most of the time, after some time I tend to get problems, with the
>>> USB drive not seeming to work anymore, or worse, the whole system
>>> freezing up. (OTOH, a USB stick will still work OK.)
>>>
>>> This problems only tends to go away by reinstalling XP, and then it
>>> works fine - for a while anyway.
>>>
>>> I was wondering if any of you have any feedback that might help. All
>>> info is greatly appreciated!
>> I may or may not be correct on this, but some computers are designed to
>> work with Vista, which many of us don't like. It's really not that bad,
>> and I dare say reinstalling Vista might resolve your problems.
>
> Thanks for responding!
>
> My initial experience with Vista was mixed. I wanted to use it, but almost
> immediately found that several apps and some of my favourite games
> wouldn't work right - or wouldn't work at all. On top of that, HP never
> bothered releasing Vista drivers for my existing printer & scanner. All
> this made me somewhat reluctant to go Vista. :-/
>
> But I'm afraid you may be right; maybe I should give Vista another chance
> (and maybe save my sanity in the process)!
I have 4 computers, and I hate Vista, too. However, my one computer that is
running Vista runs great and I wouldn't swap it out, assuming it will
probably cause more problems than it will solve. I think the problem with
operating systems that seem to be matched to certain computers is more
apparent with notebooks than desktop computers, what with the special
drivers and all. Fortunately my Acer came with XP.

On Mar 18, 4:06*am, "Sheldon" <shel...@XXXXXXXXsopris.net> wrote:
> "Lukas Mariman" <lukas.mari...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> > "Sheldon" <shel...@XXXXXXXXsopris.net> schreef in bericht
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> >> "Lukas Mariman" <lukas.mari...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> >>> Hi,
>
> >>> Now almost a year ago I bought an Acer Aspire M3610 desktop PC that came
> >>> with Vista Home Premium preloaded, but on which I installed Windows XP
> >>> Home instead.
>
> >>> While it has generally been working pretty much OK, there is an issue
> >>> that has arisen a couple of times.
>
> >>> Namely: I have a few external USB HD drives that I tend to connect to
> >>> one of the 4 USB ports at the top of the Aspire case. While this works
> >>> fine most of the time, after some time I tend to get problems, with the
> >>> USB drive not seeming to work anymore, or worse, the whole system
> >>> freezing up. (OTOH, a USB stick will still work OK.)
>
> >>> This problems only tends to go away by reinstalling XP, and then it
> >>> works fine - for a while anyway.
>
> >>> I was wondering if any of you have any feedback that might help. All
> >>> info is greatly appreciated!
> >> I may or may not be correct on this, but some computers are designed to
> >> work with Vista, which many of us don't like. *It's really not that bad,
> >> and I dare say reinstalling Vista might resolve your problems.
>
> > Thanks for responding!
>
> > My initial experience with Vista was mixed. I wanted to use it, but almost
> > immediately found that several apps and some of my favourite games
> > wouldn't work right - or wouldn't work at all. On top of that, HP never
> > bothered releasing Vista drivers for my existing printer & scanner. All
> > this made me somewhat reluctant to go Vista. :-/
>
> > But I'm afraid you may be right; maybe I should give Vista another chance
> > (and maybe save my sanity in the process)!
>
> I have 4 computers, and I hate Vista, too. *However, my one computer that is
> running Vista runs great and I wouldn't swap it out, assuming it will
> probably cause more problems than it will solve. *I think the problem with
> operating systems that seem to be matched to certain computers is more
> apparent with notebooks than desktop computers, what with the special
> drivers and all. *Fortunately my Acer came with XP.- Hide quoted text -

I see what you mean. Allright, I think I'll give Vista another chance.
It will probably save me some headaches. :-)