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Re: Trouble finding drivers from Acer

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micky wrote on 3/9/2025 10:41 AM:
> 
> As I said, an Acer Aspire E5-573
> 
> This is their driver page,
> https://www.acer.com/us-en/support/product-support/E5-573/downloads?suggest=E5-573;2
> 
> And it has only one OS, win10 64 bit, when it was built
> for win 8 or earlier and runs win10 very well, if it has drivers. I'm
> sure I got the drivers from Acer about 5 years ago. So isn't it sleazy
> that they've taken them down from their website?

No. it's been Acer practice for quite some time to remove drivers for 
models that have not been supported for some time.
  Typically a grace period once support ends, then eventual removal.

> 
> They have a customer service phone number, but I want to know how
> outraged I should be when I call.  Also, my model has an SNID and a
> serial number, and their utility finds them, but neither is in their own
> list because the computer is too old to have the numbers saved by them.
> 
Calling isn't going to help. Other's have asked similar questions in Acer 
forums and third party sites (i.e. drivers no longer present to download 
for old, no longer supported devices)...the answer is the same(as noted 
above).

In the event the Win10 or Win11 on that device(or even installing Win8 if 
desired) Windows will still provide all the drivers necessary for the 
device to function.
- In the event you wish to obtain specific drivers archived by third 
party sites(e.g. Acer's last drivers or drivers from the device's 
hardware manufacturer - the latter not always applicable to OEM pre-built 
as-shipped device like the E5-573) you can follow that path - but highly 
unlikely that route will be more beneficial than the Windows provided 
drivers(included for a Win10/11/8x or available via Windows Update 
'Optional updates'

Lastly, the disappearnce of the 'yellow exclamation mark' when 
using/installing the Windows Update Optional update proved that Windows 
itself was capable of resolving the issue without any need whatsoever to 
obtain a file(or driver) from Acer.



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