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Or read our to learn how to use this site. I recently installed windows 7 as my main OS. However, when i installed the Driver for ESS Allegro (Sound Card), it acts like it installs just fine, but as soon as windows trys to do anything involving sound, WHAM!!!!!!!, BSOD.
This then results in me having to go through safe mode to uninstall the driver. I have now downgraded to XP Again. Otis Redding Live In Europe Rar here. Every driver i tried resulted in the same thing. Does anyone know of a WORKING driver for my sound card?
I would also appreciate it if anyone could vouch for said driver Thanks in Advance! How To Install Windows Over The Network. Netgear Wnda3100 Driver Windows Xp there. System Model: Compaq Evo N600c •. Yeah, either you buy Win7 compatible hardware or have your existing hardware compatible with the same No offense, but that is not at all true. Your hardware doesn't care, or even know, what OS is running the drivers. As long as you can get the drivers to work, then the hardware will work.
One of the biggest mistakes I see people making when they upgrade is in thinking that they need to install drivers for all of their hardware, when in reality, Windows 7 is very good at finding the correct drivers all by itself. I have Window 7 Ultimate running on an ancient system cobbled together from spare parts. Everything installed fine. Windows 7 was not around when the hardware was made, so in no way can the hardware be called Windows 7 compatible, which IMHO is just a marketing term anyway. The first thing I would do is to go into my device manager, remove the soundcard, and then reboot the system and see if Windows is able to find a driver that works.
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There may well be a generic driver that works just fine. Windows 7 was not around when the hardware was made, so in no way can the hardware be called Windows 7 compatible, which IMHO is just a marketing term anyway. Well, maybe you were lucky enough to have your hardware devices fully supported by Win7 but it's not always the case. Some PC hardware like GPUs, mobo chipsets etc.
Still need traditional OS specific drivers to function effectively with the OS being used. In some cases, Win7 might be able to better utilize certain hardware components compared to, say WinXP so that calls for a driver specifically written for the newer OS to do the same. However, I do agree on the notion you are trying to put across. Don't you hate it when you accidentally close the browser before you are finished typing a post? Some PC hardware like GPUs, mobo chipsets etc.
Still need traditional OS specific drivers to function effectively with the OS being used.That is what I said: As long as you can get the drivers to work, then the hardware will work. There are three compatibility contexts. One, is my system compatible with Windows 7, meaning does my system have enough RAM, disk space, and a fast enough processor to run it? Two, is my hardware Win 7 compatible, meaning that it has met specific testing requirements provided by Microsoft? Three, is my hardware Win 7 compatible, meaning can I get it to run under Windows 7? My (poorly stated) objection to your comment was that implied (at least to me) that specific hardware was needed in order to work with Windows 7.
The Windows Compatibility Assistant, Windows Compatibility Wizard, and the XP Compatibility Mode are all designed to make the various drivers 'think' they are running on legacy systems, whether that be XP, XP SP1, or Windows 98. On my Frankensteined box, as soon as I booted it up, it went online and found all of the proper drivers. I have helped tons of people get their hardware up and going, and it has been my experience that as long as it worked on with XP, it will work under Windows 7 also. I haven't tried any hardware designed for older systems than XP, so I can't comment. I will admit that sometimes it is difficult to make things work, but I think that the fact that ability to fool drivers and software into thinking it is on a different operating system is rather remarkable.