EeePC Tips

If you have somehow messed up your EeePC but still have the factory OS loaded on it, you can restore it to the original, out-of-the-box settings in under 5 minutes.

First off, make sure you have all your important data backed up to an external drive or SD card and then reboot you EeePC. Please note that any additional software that was installed will also be erased.

When the EeePC reboots press the F9 key over and over under you get to a black screen that has an option to “Restore to Factory Settings”. Select that option and wait about a minute or so and the EeePC will reboot itself.

When the EeePC reboots it will ask you to enter a username and password just like it did when you took it out of the box, and then boot to the original “easy” desktop.

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You just un-boxed your shiny new Asus EeePC and completed the setup and are greeted with the tabbed interface known as “Easy Mode”.

After stumbling around and discovering all the new icons, you notice something is missing…

That’s right, there is no terminal, console, or whatever you prefer to call it!

Here’s how to get it to pop up to your command line enjoyment:

Press and hold the Ctrl and Alt key and then press “T” for terminal.

Wah-la! Instant command line goodness!

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