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Question posted by dollydoodle1969 on August 15th, 2014

After Updating I Got An Failure Configuring Windows Update... It Will Not Reboo

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Answer #1: Posted by TheWiz on August 16th, 2014 7:30 AM

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Press and hold the power button until it shuts off. Turn it back on and it should retry the updates.

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 2

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 3

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 5

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 9

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 19

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 20

... Key Combinations Description Opens or closes the Start menu. + Opens the Run dialog box. + Minimizes all windows. + + Undo immunize all windows. + Shows the help window. + Opens Windows Explorer. + Searches for Windows XP only). 1-13 Hardware Specifications and Configurations Searches for computers (if you are not connected to items on a network). Use the right and...

Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 26

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 33

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 54

... may be performed by one of system programs • New features or options • Restore a BIOS when it becomes corrupted. Use the Flash utility to update the system BIOS Flash ROM. Prepare a bootable USB HDD/FDD. 2. BIOS Flash Utilities BIOS Flash memory...

Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 56

... ROM Blocks (2 of 2) Figure 2:17. is complete when the message Flash complete! Execute the batch file. 6. At the command prompt, type UPDATE.bat and press Enter to update BIOS. Updating Flash ROM Blocks (1 of 2) Flash is shown.The system restarts automatically when finished. 2-15 System Utilities Figure 2:16. Figure 2:15. Booting into DOS...

Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 59

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 60

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 61

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 63

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 70

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 86

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 90

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 92

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Acer Aspire E1-521 Notebook Service Guide - Page 224

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