I would try installing on the first before wasting any money

Originally posted by Risto:The first should run without problems. The second one will install i think, but I dont think that is worth the money.
I would try installing on the first before wasting any money
Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]
So it's an OEM laptop with the pre-installed Vista on it (never bought a proper computer system before except this one) and that should be fine? It won't matter about recovery partitions or should I check with Acer before doing it?
Originally posted by Risto:[..]
I dont know about that, if you keep the recovery partition you should be good though.
Originally posted by Risto:[..]
I'd advice creating a backup of your documents and do a clean install. Because upgrading isnt as good as a clean install. Also an upgrade is only possible from the same Vista edition. Upgrading from XP is not possible (It will remove all data then).
Originally posted by drewhiggins:I have another question.
I recently opened a PayPal account. Is it safe to order something from the US - this on PayPal as it's the cheapest I've ever seen it anywhere? If it gets lost in transit or delivery, will PayPal reimburse me for the cost sans delivery?
Looking at their record they've done 6000+ items at 99.3% positivity so they should be safe but just wondering about that above.
Also, they don't get my bank details do they, like so some shop in the US has them on their record - only PayPal knows my details of bank and that stuff? Just my PayPal name and address to send it to is all they'll get?
Originally posted by germcevoy:anybody really good with routers?
I'm sure I can see the problem but not sure whether a change is needed with the router or with the phone itself. My router is setup to run as a DHCP server as is normal and has an IP range of 192.168.1.xx to 192.168.1.yy but the phone keeps obtaining an IP of 84.164.244.xxx for some reason. That has to be the problem. I have added the phones MAC address to the routers device list etc but it keeps hooking up to that same random IP address. I'm stuck.
Tried disabling encryption, wpa/wep etc etc but still it goes for the random IP address