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    Could drivers for Vista work for XP, too?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by freelyfly, Aug 22, 2007.

  1. freelyfly

    freelyfly Newbie

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    I'm planing to "upgrade" back to XP, will the drivers in swsetup work?

    Model: Compaq Presario F572US

    System: Windows Vista Home Premium
     
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Nope...though you might be able to find most of the drivers online. The driver model is different for the new OS. Check HP's website for help on that one!
     
    Greg, Aug 22, 2007
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Some of the Vista drivers will work in XP as well. But the F572 is pretty similar to the Compaq V6000z series which has XP drivers available on HP support site. You could try those. For the graphics card get the drivers from laptopvideo2go along with the modded inf file.
     
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