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    Windows 7 fiasco on CF-29

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by bigtrey37, Aug 17, 2010.

  1. bigtrey37

    bigtrey37 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well I decided to take the step today and load Windows 7. Well It has been a fiasco. I guess my Intel wlan 2915 card is not supported by 7. My version of Norton can't be loaded, and my thumbdrive that would work on Vista for speed boost wont work on 7.
     
    bigtrey37, Aug 17, 2010
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    You must be trying it on the 1.4 CF-29HTM50BM ? I first tried it on my 1.4 but to many problems so I put it on my 1.6 MK5. It was ok but just did not have the speed and media player would not play a movie (or VLC) without freezing up so I went back to XP.
     
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    bigtrey37 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah I have finally got all the drivers working on everything but the touchscreen..got my ready boost working too...it's only taken me 12 hours haha
     
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    To get the Intel 2915ABG to work, go to the Intel site and download the last Vista drivers for the 2915ABG.

    Extract the folder in the Zip file to a temp folder on the desktop.

    Go the Device Manager, right click the network device and choose Update Driver Software.

    Then choose Browse my computer for driver software.

    In the search location, enter the path to the folder you extracted from the Intel Zip file. Be sure to check the Include subfolders checkbox.

    Click Next and it will find the and install the driver.
     
    Azrial, Aug 18, 2010
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    I recently installed Windows 7 on a CF-29HTM50BM. It was a clean install from a USB drive and presented few problems. The video drivers were the most difficult part - I ended up importing them using Drivermax 4.5 (the most recent version 5.5 does not work for this BTW) and opening the .exe file with 7zip.
     
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    Well I got the intel driver loaded fine for the video now im all good to go other than the hot keys
     
    bigtrey37, Aug 20, 2010
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    Use the Panasonic XP Hotkey driver/utility.
     
    Azrial, Aug 20, 2010
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