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Microsoft xp disk

Discussion in 'Tech Support' started by Evran, Oct 24, 2008.

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  1. yak

    yak Moderator DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    Oct 29, 2008 #21
    Evran does want to be on XP, but unfortunately HP is fucking him and every other customer around. Sure, you can downgrade to XP for free, but HP is under no obligation to give you sound, video, or wifi Windows XP drivers.

    This article is 18 months old, but it still appears to be just as true today as it was then. HP driver dance: From Vista to XP, you're on your own.
     
  2. Randeemy

    Randeemy Headmaster DLP Supporter

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    Oct 29, 2008 #22
    What Jolly said. I've just taken the plunge into Linux Mint and so far its great, things load when I want them to, I'm not wasting RAM on gash processes Vista makes me use and I'm enjoying not being told to update Anti Virus protection every three days and Synaptic is a brilliant piece of software that will sort you out with anything you need.
     
  3. Evran

    Evran Dark Lord Grimwulf DLP Supporter

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    Oct 30, 2008 #23
    Well I'm on the laptop now, so everything seems to be going great so far, if things get shitty, I'll defect to ubuntu. Does anyone know how to fix a limited to no connectivity problem on a wired ethernet card?
     
  4. Jamven

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    Oct 30, 2008 #24
    Could be a driver problem

    Cable problem

    Firewall?
     
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  5. mjc

    mjc Seventh Year

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    Oct 30, 2008 #25
    Most likely driver or firewall...
     
  6. Hahukum Konn

    Hahukum Konn Fourth Year

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    Oct 30, 2008 #26
    One thing that's often overlooked is the cable itself. I've had issues which could be traced to a dodgy network cable. Swapped the cable, problem solved.
     
  7. Evran

    Evran Dark Lord Grimwulf DLP Supporter

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    Oct 30, 2008 #27
    Well, its probably a driver, but the device says its working properly, the cable works fine, using right now for my desktop, and I dont have a firewall. Its a cable modem hooked directly to my pc and it works, just not for my laptop. And I can't find another driver for a Nvidia nforce networking controller excpet from hp, which is currently on.
     
  8. yak

    yak Moderator DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    Seeing as we're talking about it, here's a lulzy Ubuntu distro.
     
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