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Thread ID: 120696	2011-09-21 07:39:00	Forcing an XP driver into windows 7	milkster1976 (16554)	Press F1

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1232766	2011-09-21 07:39:00	I was playing around with loading win 7 on old hardware and ran into a problem with lack of drivers when I mean old hardware I mean really old 1000mhz processor 500Mb ram 32Mb onboard video etc anyway I worked out a way of forcing xp drivers into seven this has worked for me 75 percent of the time on win7 and server 2008. so I thought of sharing the technique with my fellow hobbyist and students. I only force the three main required drivers sound, video, ethernet WARNING this is for recreational use only there is no substitute for new hardware and sometimes old hardware just stops working or is incompatible. Anyway here it is. First you need windows xp running on the target machine with the drivers installed and operating properly download a free copy of Double driver from http://double-driver.en.softonic.com/ I used the alternative download located at the bottom of the download page now extract the files and run the program select backup scan current system now what will happen is all third party drivers will have a green tick what we have to do is create single, single file self extracting executables for this demo i am just going to do my video driver go through the list and uncheck every driver except your video driver now select back up now choose a location and select the output option single file self extract ( executable ) select ok now repeat this until you have copies of the drivers you are missing. Now load windows seven onto target machine ( how ever you normally do this ) now to force the driver you do the following as it is written otherwise it wont work Right click the executable select properties select compatibility tick the box run this program in compatibility mode for (windows xp service pack 3) select apply then ok now double click the executable and away you go ( do not forget to restart your computer )	milkster1976 (16554)
1232767	2011-09-21 08:08:00	I would be careful, with doing that. What exactly was it that had no drivers?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1232768	2011-09-21 08:31:00	:spam	GameJunkie (72)
1232769	2011-09-21 08:48:00	On some occasions that can give problems and everything turns pear shaped and things really screw up. Running software & drivers in compatibility mode has been going on for quite a while, thats nothing new,it's always a risk though as anything can happen. What sometimes can be a challenge, is if the PC/Laptop has Windows Vista or 7 originally and you want to install XP when there are no drivers. Had to do that a few weeks back on a customers Laptop, had Vista, and the manufacture (HP/Compaq) didn't have XP drivers. The "trick" was actually quite simple to get them to install - download the Vista Drivers, and run the exe as per normal, it would error with a message along the lines of "not compatible with this version of windows". They would unpack to their normal location C:/HP/Drivers, then all you had to do was go in Via device manager, update driver and point at the appropriate folder and they installed. One thing is curious though -- the title of this thread & saying installed windows 7 ???, 1000mhz processor 500Mb ram 32Mb onboard video etc I'd be very surprised if windows 7 would even install on those spec's let alone run, as the RAM alone is half of the minimum.	wainuitech (129)
1232770	2011-09-21 10:11:00	Sorry I have left something out the original story is like this I download the XP driver, loaded 7 on to the machine attempted to install the driver using compatibility mode, got the usual this driver isn't compatible with this os reply. I have reloaded xp on to machine and installed the xp video driver, I have then used the for-mentioned technique to repackage the driver into a package that windows seven can except.. ( so the title of this post should have been how to re package a driver to work on seven. ) I have tried the technique to re-package a vista driver to work on xp but I have only had a 25 percent success rate .so I wouldn't recommend it for that ( sorry for not being clearer ).	milkster1976 (16554)
1232771	2011-09-21 10:17:00	That makes it clearer. One thing I like about the HP/Compaq drivers they unpack all the files in one folder on the C: drive, in their own separate folders - folder for Audio, folder for Video, Chip set etc. Then if the not compatible with OS messages pops up, at least you know where they are to install other ways.	wainuitech (129)
1232772	2011-09-21 10:18:00	"One thing is curious though -- the title of this thread & saying installed windows 7" My mistake i shall take that on board and try to be more professional in future post thank you very much for your creative criticism i find it very helpful and informative	milkster1976 (16554)
1232773	2011-09-21 10:20:00	"One thing I like about the HP/Compaq drivers they unpack all the files in one folder on the C: drive," I second that :)	milkster1976 (16554)
1232774	2011-09-21 10:22:00	Try putting in at least a 1 gig + of RAM as long as the slots are available and the board will take it, even running on 1 GB W7 is a pig or runs like a car with flat tyres and the hand brake on :D I've once run W7 on 1 GB as a trial :sleep-- lets say it didn't take long to add more RAM	wainuitech (129)
1232775	2011-09-21 10:32:00	lol this machine was just lying around i was bored and curious, it was an old dell there is no way on this planet i was actually going to spend money on it, i think right at this minute its out in my shed propping up one of my work benches someone gave it to me so that they didn't have to pay to dump it i am almost tempted to reboot it up for a laugh and see what the windows seven performance score is, it will probably read 0.0000001 or error lol	milkster1976 (16554)
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