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Kylep1990

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i had just installed windows xp home editon, i had just bought it new. onto my presario SR2173WM and it wouldent connect to the internet. so i tried to see if i could upsate the driver but i dont know what driver to update or even how to do so, i figured network adapters but the only on there is

1394 net adapter.

and on other devices there is

"other PCI Bridge device"
"PCI device"
"PCI simple communication controller"
"sim Bus controller"

can somone help me?
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Hi Kylep :welcome:

Is the Windows XP the original Operating System installed on the machine?
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My guess is that it wasn't Sleep Dude and you have obviously researched this as all there is available for XP is a scabby LiteScribe download.

Kylep, we need to know if the original operating system was Vista or Windows 7 and what the bit was, example Vista 32 bit or Windows 7 64 bit etc.
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It was windows vista 32 bit, the harddrive stopped working so i had bought XP

Edited by Kylep1990, 04 January 2013 - 01:36 PM.

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It was windows vista 32 bit, the harddrive stopped working so i had bought XP

i bought xp and replaced the hardrive is what i ment
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Didn't you make any back to factory Vista Recovery disks when Vista was on the machine?

When the hard drive died all you would have needed to do is get a new drive and reinstall Vista.

This is presuming that you never got any disks when you first got the machine.

Edited by Wolfeymole, 05 January 2013 - 03:40 AM.

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no unfortunately. i do not have any org disc or back up of vista. poor planning on my part i know.

Edited by Kylep1990, 05 January 2013 - 04:48 PM.

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personally i like xp better. so how can i get this working?
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personally i like xp better. so how can i get this working?


XP is almost history... for some hardware more or less recent there are no drivers for Windows XP. How much memory the computer have?
Its your choice but prepare your self to search the net for the different drivers needed.

Lets start with the Network card...
  • Open Device Manager (Start > Run > devmgmt.msc)
  • right click the PCI Device on the other devices section
  • click Properties > Tab Details > On the Property box select Device Instance Id
  • Copy & Paste the values on the box to your Reply

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yeah well its all i could afford, and i wanted genuine not some rip off. :/ i have a few more years right? lol
and it has 3 gigs of ram

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_026C&SUBSYS_2A34103C&REV_A2\3&2411E6FE&0&81

Edited by Kylep1990, 05 January 2013 - 05:18 PM.

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yeah well its all i could afford, and i wanted genuine not some rip off...


Does the machine have the COA sticker with the Windows Vista key on it?
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omg yeah >.< i never noticed that sticker before!
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how do i go about downloading vista?
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omg yeah >.< i never noticed that sticker before!


Ok, then you can install Windows Vista legally on the machine you don't need a XP license.
Check on the sticker the exact Windows Vista edition, Home Premium, Professional, etc.

Edit: Never mind you can use Windows Vista Ultimate, when you insert your key it will install only the correct version you can legally use.

Edited by SleepyDude, 05 January 2013 - 05:39 PM.

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home premium. "OEMAct" and a easy to read product key
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