Compaq C751NR

Has anyone here upgraded their Compaq C751NR from Vista to XP? I'm on
the verge of doing so, and am interested to know whether you
encountered any particular problems with locating drivers or whatever.

When I bought the machine several months ago HP told me not to worry,
XP would run on it. But I'd like to know if anyone has done it
smoothly.

Thanks...

Bill

That is considered a downgrade, not an upgrade. HP doesn't seem to have a
full list of XP drivers for that model
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...646600&lang=en
so you may have hunting to do to find them.

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"Bill Martin" <martin_spamtrap@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Has anyone here upgraded their Compaq C751NR from Vista to XP? I'm on
> the verge of doing so, and am interested to know whether you
> encountered any particular problems with locating drivers or whatever.
>
> When I bought the machine several months ago HP told me not to worry,
> XP would run on it. But I'd like to know if anyone has done it
> smoothly.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Bill

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:36:50 -0400, "David B." <mail@nomail.net>
wrote:

>That is considered a downgrade, not an upgrade. HP doesn't seem to have a
>full list of XP drivers for that model
>http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...646600&lang=en
>so you may have hunting to do to find them.
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I understand Microsoft thinks it's a downgrade. Many of their users
disagree. In particular those with low end machines where the vendor
was forced to install Vista despite it being a terrible dog on the
machine.

Anyhow, I'll track the drivers down elsewhere if necessary.

Thanks.

Bill

This may or may not help.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Compa...x=&startPage=1

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"Bill Martin" <martin_spamtrap@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:36:50 -0400, "David B." <mail@nomail.net>
> wrote:
>
>>That is considered a downgrade, not an upgrade. HP doesn't seem to have a
>>full list of XP drivers for that model
>>http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...646600&lang=en
>>so you may have hunting to do to find them.
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> I understand Microsoft thinks it's a downgrade. Many of their users
> disagree. In particular those with low end machines where the vendor
> was forced to install Vista despite it being a terrible dog on the
> machine.
>
> Anyhow, I'll track the drivers down elsewhere if necessary.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill
>

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:26:43 -0400, Bill Martin
<martin_spamtrap@verizon.net> wrote:

> Has anyone here upgraded their Compaq C751NR from Vista to XP? I'm on
> the verge of doing so, and am interested to know whether you
> encountered any particular problems with locating drivers or whatever.
>
> When I bought the machine several months ago HP told me not to worry,
> XP would run on it. But I'd like to know if anyone has done it
> smoothly.


You may think going from Vista to XP is an upgrade, but it's
considered a downgrade. Downgrades are never supported. The only way
to go from Vista to XP is by clean installing XP.

Sorry, I know nothing about the driver situation on that particular
computer.

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