Downgrade Win 7 to XP, sound not working

[abrafman]

I have a Del inspiron 1440, came with Windows 7 OEM. Downgraded to windows XP
i keep trying to install the driver and uninstalling it but i keep getting the same message. "There was a problem installing this hardware: IDT high definition audio CODEC. This device cannot start. (Code 10)"

I also get "device object not present, restart and try again"

 

[mailpup]

Where are you getting your Windows XP drivers? Dell does not support this laptop for Windows XP, only Vista and Windows 7.

 

[abrafman]

im aware that dell doesnt offer this computer in an XP version, if it did, i would not be having these problems. Windows 7 sucks, and vista is an abomination lol. I got it working finally.
Most of the drivers (ethernet, video, etc.) were easy enough to find a windows version of. I dont remember where exactly i found the driver for the audio codecs but after 3 hours of searching the web and trying different versions of the driver one of them finally worked. If you would like to know where i found the driver ill try and do some back tracking to find the one that worked.