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Hi there, I'm hoping to pick up some sage advice from you folks out there. I lack very basic knowledge about computers and this problem is driving me up the wall! Thanks to anyone who is patient enough to answer the querie:
I have just bought an Acer 9301 notebook and cannot connect to wireless internet although the computer recognises the signal from my router. Whenever I try to connect, it says immediately that it is impossible and that I should contact my system administrator. Friends have told me to try and sort out the router/notebook configuration (WEP?) but the two systems seem to coincide. I have also tried every other troublshooting option on the help page but, to tell you the truth, I don't really understand what the final objectives are. What do you think could be wrong with my set up? Is there anything obvious I am missing?

I recently purchased a new Acer Aspire laptop that came with Vista pre-installed. It appears as though I am not the system administrator on the system, this is my first time using Vista. I wanted to reformat and make my user the system admin, but...

You can use the password hint feature. If that does not remind you of the password, then you can have a system administrator reset it.

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I'm having various problems with Vista that I can't figure out how to resolve.

1. When clicking on a hyperlink in any office product it gives me the error "The operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator". Obviously I am the system administrator..... Anyway I thought it may have something to do with the UAC so turned it off which did not help. Then I thought it may be a restriction in a policy but couldn't find any with this restirction (there are a lot to look through so I may have missed it) but still having this problem. I had it when first using Vista then it stopped doing it and I could click any link and it would allow me to go to it but now its back and I have no idea what i changed to stop it in the first place nor why it is back! This also happens if I click a hyperlink in a Word document i.e. clicking a link to take you somewhere else in the document also brings up the same restriction.

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