So I just put Windows XP Professional on my computer.
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And I can't get the drivers installed for my video card. It's an NVIDIA card, and when I downloaded the drivers from the Acer website it tells me that it's only compatible with Windows Vista which is bullshit because I had it working just fine with Windows 7. How the fuck can I fix this!?
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Download the drivers from the Nvidia website instead, and select the correct OS.
What kind of graphics card do you have?
C) Select Operating System [Windows XP 32bit]
Download and install.
This. FYI Tid Bit: When downloading drives try to go to the SOURCE ie. the hardware manufacturers website when downloading, installing, and updating drivers or any kind if you can. Microsoft tends to give you the "basic" or "general" drivers for the device which can be highly inefficient if it is a dedicated hardware piece such as a non-built in Video Card (Nvidia/AMD).
This goes for add-in NIC cards, Video cards, Sound Cards, RAID cards, etc. Usually on-board built into the MOBO hardware doesn't require you to search out the manufacturer because they don't come with a lot of options that can be affected by a general driver.
/end of Captain Obvious moment.
Try this: http://www.hwinfo.com/
You're the shit Dfg. I'll run this once I finish Windows Update.
I am now attempting to update this driver from the Intel website.
There you go: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19412&ProdId=2991&lang=eng
It's possible the card isn't showing because the drivers aren't installed, so you're running off your integrated graphics chipset.
Surely you know which GPU you have in your computer?
fix'd, yw
You caught me...
Vista picked up my 260 GTX as a "display card" some year ago.
Well so far I'm noticing a large increase in performance with XP rather than 7.
Well I had 7, but a nasty nasty virus got a hold of it the other day and pretty much killed it. Then someone told me about how less harsh XP is on a system than 7 (I'm on a laptop that isn't all that fantastic) so I figured why not try it since I was going to need a new OS anyways. So far I'm loving it.
No fucking idea where it came from man. A whole year+ without virus protection (I would do a scan every month or so) and be completely clean. Out of nowhere a virus from hell finally gets me.
Leave an AV program like Avira open to passively scan all the time.
If you don't do this shit, you might get hit out of the blue. I haven't had a virus in years, and it's because I don't visit shady sites, don't download from questionable sources, and I keep an AV program on my comp. If your comp can't handle an AV program, it's time to get a job, save money, and buy new gear.
I don't visit any shady sites, and I only do my downloading from Demonoid. I probably will end up putting an AV on here though. Oh, and I use Mozilla if that helps any.
Install Linux I guess?
No, Dfg WHAT WOULD YOU FUCKING DO?
Chill man, I will check my specs.
If RAM >= 2 GB && Processor Pentium 4 3.0Ghz > && GPU 128MB than Install Windows 7.
If RAM <= 1 GB && Processor Pentium 4 2.4Ghz < && GPU 64MB than Install Windows Xp.
I will always go with Windows 7 when it comes to Laptops. It has more features and it supports newer hardware but if my hardware is old and I don't really use newer softwares I will stick with Windows Xp SP3 and svae some money for an upgrade.
But seriously: Do what DFG said. And install Avast!
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I really, really, really hate Ubuntu. It tries to make linux as easy as windows, but fails, and while doing that it ruins the best properties of linux. Updates often break essential stuff (you try fixing a remote server when a security update kills all internet access), it's slow, it's bloated. Ubuntu often puts a lot of non-standard code in configuration files to make things "easier" or "end-user friendly", making it a bitch to tweak your system / change parts of your system if you don't know scripting languages.
OpenSuse is clearly aimed at both the novice and the experienced user, and tries to teach it's users about linux instead of dumding linux down (and thus removing functionality). It's my favorite plug-and-play distro.
I'll have a look.
It's probably not regulating the fans correctly.
Yeah but most of the time when you first install Windows it will give you nothing but Generic driver support for your hardware even with the Windows Updates it just updates those Generic ones. I don't know these days, Microsoft is getting better lending out their hand to 3rd Parties (Windows 7 for instance was developed almost hand-in-hand with hardware/software companies) so every now and then I've seen nVidia drivers in those Windows updates, but usually even when I see those they are many many many months old driver versions.