Resetting to Factory Settings

I learned something new today, and I want to share this with you, my dear followers and regular readers. I had the challenge of resetting a friend's machine that was infested with spyware, malware etc, and it would take far too long to TRY to avoid a full reset to factory settings.

I anticipated that this should be done from the start up window, so I originally searched for the key to reset an Acer notebook. Pressing F10 proved useless. The solution that worked was so easy - yet new - that I simply have to share it with you.

Here's how you reset to factory settings on Acer notebooks: