Hi,

Drivers are bits of software written so that the operating system can
address the system hardware. Drivers are always specific to the operating
system (usually singular, but sometimes 2 or 3) in question, meaning they
are always only for use with a designated OS. In the case of HP systems,
like many manufacturers, the hardware is proprietary and requires drivers
written specifically for it. Quite often these are not found in the general
OS-provided driver library (each version of Windows comes with thousands,
but this does not cover every concievable hardware configuration and some
are designed only to provide basic, not full, functionality), so you have to
get them from HP. If there are non available, or if they don't work well,
there is not much you can do about it other than complain to the
manufacturer.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"walter deodiaus" wrote in message
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I did look on the HP & NVidia site and found some drivers. They did not
work well..
I really wanted alternate locations. The reason I posted to msnews was
that I was hoping for more insight on drivers, especially on how they work
differently under Vista as opposed to XP.
I would hope that the technical issue of drivers which worked under XP but
not under Vista would be well discussed here.

I had a scanner which did not have Vista drivers but I was able to get it
operational by installing the scaner's XP drivers in XP compatibility mode
and also running the scanner from XP compatibility mode. Due to major
changes in the security design of the OS kernel between XP and Vista all/or
almost all hardware vendors had to rewrite their drivers for Vista.
When you say you had trouble with Vista drivers from both HP and Nvidia what
do you meant? Did you confirm that these drivers did get installed and that
they were the ones being used by Vista using Device Manager?

"walter deodiaus" wrote in message
...
I did look on the HP & NVidia site and found some drivers. They did not
work well..
I really wanted alternate locations. The reason I posted to msnews was
that I was hoping for more insight on drivers, especially on how they work
differently under Vista as opposed to XP.
I would hope that the technical issue of drivers which worked under XP but
not under Vista would be well discussed here.

I had a scanner which did not have Vista drivers but I was able to get it
operational by installing the scaner's XP drivers in XP compatibility mode
and also running the scanner from XP compatibility mode. Due to major
changes in the security design of the OS kernel between XP and Vista all/or
almost all hardware vendors had to rewrite their drivers for Vista.
When you say you had trouble with Vista drivers from both HP and Nvidia what
do you meant? Did you confirm that these drivers did get installed and that
they were the ones being used by Vista using Device Manager?

"walter deodiaus" wrote in message
...
I did look on the HP & NVidia site and found some drivers. They did not
work well..
I really wanted alternate locations. The reason I posted to msnews was
that I was hoping for more insight on drivers, especially on how they work
differently under Vista as opposed to XP.
I would hope that the technical issue of drivers which worked under XP but
not under Vista would be well discussed here.

I went to my neighborhood small computer store and bought a DLink DFE-530TX+
10/100 pci network adaptor which had an MS Vista compatibility logo on it.
It cost about $18, so I bought it. The merchant told me that it would not
work either, but for $44, would make my existing one work. If that were
all, I might consider that, but who knows what other devices might not work
once I get going. Any suggestions on the secret? Are there any websites
which might be a better avenue than this one.
The new adaptor did not work either.
I am unemployed, so spending money is tough. For $30+, I can get XP from HP
with all the drivers on it. I think this is what I am going to do.
BTW, 20 years ago, I use to write DSP integration modules for PC, so I am
not completely unknowledgeable.

I went to my neighborhood small computer store and bought a DLink DFE-530TX+
10/100 pci network adaptor which had an MS Vista compatibility logo on it.
It cost about $18, so I bought it. The merchant told me that it would not
work either, but for $44, would make my existing one work. If that were
all, I might consider that, but who knows what other devices might not work
once I get going. Any suggestions on the secret? Are there any websites
which might be a better avenue than this one.
The new adaptor did not work either.
I am unemployed, so spending money is tough. For $30+, I can get XP from HP
with all the drivers on it. I think this is what I am going to do.
BTW, 20 years ago, I use to write DSP integration modules for PC, so I am
not completely unknowledgeable.

It said it was installed and running, but it keeps disconnecting and
reconnecting from the network. The cable is seated firmly and the computer
is still, so its not a louse connection.

"Curious" wrote in message
...
I had a scanner which did not have Vista drivers but I was able to get it
operational by installing the scaner's XP drivers in XP compatibility mode
and also running the scanner from XP compatibility mode. Due to major
changes in the security design of the OS kernel between XP and Vista all/or
almost all hardware vendors had to rewrite their drivers for Vista.
When you say you had trouble with Vista drivers from both HP and Nvidia
what do you meant? Did you confirm that these drivers did get installed
and that they were the ones being used by Vista using Device Manager?

"walter deodiaus" wrote in message
...
I did look on the HP & NVidia site and found some drivers. They did not
work well..
I really wanted alternate locations. The reason I posted to msnews was
that I was hoping for more insight on drivers, especially on how they
work differently under Vista as opposed to XP.
I would hope that the technical issue of drivers which worked under XP
but not under Vista would be well discussed here.

It said it was installed and running, but it keeps disconnecting and
reconnecting from the network. The cable is seated firmly and the computer
is still, so its not a louse connection.

"Curious" wrote in message
...
I had a scanner which did not have Vista drivers but I was able to get it
operational by installing the scaner's XP drivers in XP compatibility mode
and also running the scanner from XP compatibility mode. Due to major
changes in the security design of the OS kernel between XP and Vista all/or
almost all hardware vendors had to rewrite their drivers for Vista.
When you say you had trouble with Vista drivers from both HP and Nvidia
what do you meant? Did you confirm that these drivers did get installed
and that they were the ones being used by Vista using Device Manager?

"walter deodiaus" wrote in message
...
I did look on the HP & NVidia site and found some drivers. They did not
work well..
I really wanted alternate locations. The reason I posted to msnews was
that I was hoping for more insight on drivers, especially on how they
work differently under Vista as opposed to XP.
I would hope that the technical issue of drivers which worked under XP
but not under Vista would be well discussed here.

BTW this all worked under XP before virus hit.
Also, the network connector works under Ubanto Linux

BTW this all worked under XP before virus hit.
Also, the network connector works under Ubanto Linux

Why were you unable to recover/reinstall the original XP OS? Didn't the
system come with a recovery partition and instructions on how to reinstall
the OS and on how to back up the recovery partition?

"walter deodiaus" wrote in message
...
BTW this all worked under XP before virus hit.
Also, the network connector works under Ubanto Linux