How many People here are using Windows 7 Right now - Page 4

griffonwing · 08-04-2009, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

OUCH! Yes, try the Vista drivers.

That's just the point. I cannot find any Vista drivers. If you, or anyone else, know of where they can be gotten, I'd greatly appreciate a link.

bbusybookworm · 08-04-2009, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by griffonwing

I just installed Win7 RC1 on my laptop!

However, I have a 40yr old Dell Latitude 100L, and there are no Vista-compatible drivers for it on Dell's website. Right now I am stuck in 640x480 resolution.

Does anyone know how I can fix this? It says I have a Generic PnP Monitor on Standard VGA Graphics Adapter. Maybe a simple generic Vista video driver will work?

Dunno. Can't worry about that too much right now. Brain is on fire, mouth is electric. I have a dental appointment in 2 hours.

Well, I;ve not been able to find original drivers it as well, but it might be wort trying to find drivers from some other manufacturer, for a similar system

The Specs i've found for your laptop list it as having the following :

Processor - Intel P4 or Celron
Chipset - Intel 852GMV
Video - Intel UMA integrated Graphics

I'm still looking and it might be possible to find comparable drivers from somewhere, but i'm a little doubtfull due to the age.

Specs found via Retrevo

Good luck

griffonwing · 08-04-2009, 02:18 PM

I need to upgrade my laptop anyway. Oh well, time to reinstall winXp on this beast.

I don't really need win7 on here anyway.

now.. where did i put my xp cd at....

wodin · 08-04-2009, 08:34 PM

40 year old? What, it's got a Hercules graphics card? Oh yeah, they didn't come out until 1973!

carlobee · 08-04-2009, 10:50 PM

thank you for all the inputs. i still am using XP. i have decided to change to Windows 7 when it is not in beta. lots of helpful thoughts here by the way. thanks for this post.

Ervserver · 08-04-2009, 11:09 PM

my HP printer, I tried a couple other drivers and coldn't get it to work. Emailed HP and they told me to wait until late Sept

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbusybookworm

Can I ask which drivers you had trouble with? I've found that while for most devices Win7 can find Drivers, It has trouble finding Drivers for Accessories like Webcam's, Audio Cards, etc forwhich the Manufactures did not bother releasing Vista Drivers.

For Others, The Vista Drivers have usually worked.

I'm curious to Know which Manufactures are behind in releasing Drivers.

ilovejedd · 08-05-2009, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by wodin

40 year old? What, it's got a Hercules graphics card? Oh yeah, they didn't come out until 1973!

There were laptops 40 years ago? And it can run Windows 7? Color me impressed.

sherman · 08-05-2009, 06:24 AM

Have been running Win 7 RC (32 bit) on both my main desktop and my server/HTPC.

Runs perfectly, feels faster than Vista, and those of us in NZ can FINALLY use Windows Media Center to watch DVB-T/S TV (due to support for H.264 and HE-AAC LATM codecs).

daffy4u · 08-05-2009, 03:56 PM

I made the switch. I've been using XP just because one piece of hardware I use on my work laptop would not work in Vista. With Windows 7's XP mode, the hardware works flawlessly. Now I'm running the same OS on all my machines (which can all still dual book into XP should something go horribly wrong).

Ea · 08-06-2009, 07:08 AM

Still no Windows 7 RTM...

Do we have to wait until they get out of bed in California??

Sweetpea · 08-06-2009, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

Still no Windows 7 RTM...

Do we have to wait until they get out of bed in California??

No, in Washington State... Granted, it is the same timezone as California...

Ea · 08-06-2009, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

No, in Washington State... Granted, it is the same timezone as California...

Ah, okay

Well, I have a couple of collegues who ought to have known better then

Sweetpea · 08-06-2009, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

Ah, okay

Well, I have a couple of collegues who ought to have known better then

Well, a lot of people don't realize there's more to the US west coast than California...

Ea · 08-06-2009, 08:25 AM

Heh - I've been thinking for a while that I'd like to visit that part of USA next year

SF, Seattle, and mountains.

Sweetpea · 08-06-2009, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

Heh - I've been thinking for a while that I'd like to visit that part of USA next year

SF, Seattle, and mountains.

Yes, me too. I've only been to the South-West. They have actually temperate rain forests up north!

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Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	Heh - I've been thinking for a while that I'd like to visit that part of USA next year SF, Seattle, and mountains.