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    CF-53 Windows 8 Drivers

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by bnewport, Apr 12, 2015.

  1. bnewport

    bnewport Notebook Enthusiast

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    Has anyone been able to find / load CF-53 drivers for Windows 8?
     
    bnewport, Apr 12, 2015
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    Shawn, Apr 12, 2015
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    Thanks for the link- I checked that already, but the only driver that shows up for Windows 8 is the bluetooth driver. I need a few missing drivers Windows 8 did not find.
     
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    Click the tab "driver bundles"
     
    Shawn, Apr 12, 2015
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    I will check that out, thanks!
     
    bnewport, Apr 12, 2015
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    safn1949 I'm sure I'm on the wrong planet

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    make sure you run the bundle as admin or it will run but will not install anything.
     
    safn1949, Apr 12, 2015
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    What do you think of Windows 8 on the 53 ?
     
    toughasnails, Apr 12, 2015
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    Thanks to everyone for the help! I was able to get my drivers working now. I like Windows 8 on the CF-53. I am not a big fan of the "metro" desktop, but there are launchers to fix that. This thing screams on Win 8. I have 8GB of RAM and a Kingston HyperX SSD. Very fast boot times!
     
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    have you tried out "classic shell" ?
    this returns the laptop to a *real* working GUI that can be made to mimic XP , vista and W7 .
     
    CWB32, Apr 13, 2015
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    safn1949 I'm sure I'm on the wrong planet

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    That is a great little program.
     
    safn1949, Apr 13, 2015
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