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    Jun 3, 2007, 12:51 PM
    Power management not working
    Hello. I have an Acer Aspire 5050 notebook, and recently I noticed that the power management function does not work any longer. It will not work through the Acer eMpowering technology program, or though the control panel. Nothing happens when I attempt to open the program. Had I not just moved to CA I would know where the CD's that came with the notebook were at. I struck out at the Acer website; all that was there was a utility guide for the empowering tech program. Hopefully an Acer expert is out there to assist. Thanks in advance.
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    Jun 5, 2007, 07:07 AM
    The program that you are trying to access might be deleted... Make sure that the program (acer empowering technology) is still installed on your hard drive...
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    Jun 5, 2007, 08:15 AM
    Thank you for the response. The program may be gone, but I cannot access the Windows powers options through the contorl panel, either.
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    Jun 5, 2007, 08:28 AM
    So you are saying that your power options icon is gone as well?
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    Jun 5, 2007, 09:16 AM
    The icon is present;however, it is non-functional.
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    Jun 6, 2007, 10:28 AM
    Good luck getting much of anything from the acer website except some old drivers.

    Make sure that powercfg.cpl is in c:\windows\system32.
    Also check your BIOS, I had an older acer laptop (travelmate I think) and I seem to recall some settings in there. I'm not sure but if APM is disabled in the BIOS it might impact what you can do in the control pannel.
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