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He just needs to install a certificate, there is no need for him to re-install.

 

Ok then, thats simple. Only extract the certificate to c:\ and type this two lines in CMD as Administrator:

Change dell with whatever certificate he need.... strange why he not getting this...you have told him about this before...

 

Daz, urie, timesurfer, MasterDisaster, and those who participated in offering solutions are good guys. They deserve some respect from the original poster for their continuous effort.

 

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I read the OP's first post and browsed thru the succeeding posts. I might have missed some but it seems he should have a slic 2.1 if the laptop initially came with win7 pre-installed. If the mother board was replaced, why would they put in a replacement motherboard without slic 2.1?

Anyway, it seems a lot have already been tried except Acer eRecovery. If the laptop did not come with a recovery dvd, it should have a recovery partition, provided it was not reformatted by the user. He can probably try using that option if the laptop was configured with the recovery option (*note to OP, this is not the same as restore). On boot up, press ALT + F10 or press ALT and keep tapping on F10 key, if it has eRecovery then a screen will pop up giving you the option to recover back to factory install.

*Try Urie's solution first.

 

@ bluealien, Thanks for the info on acer recovery i had mentioned before to Elliot about recovery partition went straight over his head he ran windows system restore. Hopefully he can get it sorted i would be getting back to the Techs that replaced motherboard if they did replace it with older version with SLIC 2.0. The problem here is after all this bother if he ever needs to format were back to square one

I don't understand how he managed to install Levono SLIC on Acer machine with loader.

 

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Ok I did exactly what MD said and I'm activated so this method with Smartmarks worked for me on a Compaq V3000

 

I think the above suggestion will also fail for him. Just went through his MGADiag report and it displays the same error message for the slmgr /dlv method. Lets get started with another method.

Open Command Prompt as Administrator and type the following commands followed by an Enter

Code:

net stop sppsvc
cd %windir%ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform
rename tokens.dat tokens.bar 
net start sppsvc

Restart your system twice

• Open Command Prompt as Administrator
• Type: slmgr -rearm
• Restart your system

Run the Key Cert Branding Tool and click on Install Cert

Open Computer Properties and check if "Windows is activated",

 

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I find it unusual that you don't have slic 2.1 but weird things happen. Maybe Acer can clear things up for you. Anyway, the Acer eRecovery is all I can contribute here. Good luck to you.

BTW, these guys that are helping you out... urie, daz, masterdisaster, timesurfer, sam, etc... these are the most helpful and patient guys you'll ever find. If they can't solve your problem, I am afraid your only option is to call Acer and request for a Recovery DVD, just not sure how much they charge or download the win7 rtm iso, reformat, reinstall and activate...) Hope things work out for you.


*note Acer Aspire 5532 has an updated Bios on its website. Version 1.10 dated 3/15/2010 That might have slic 2.1

 

Yes, you should contact Acer.