I downgraded from Vista and now no drivers

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Okay i have a Compaq-Presario GS341AA-ABU SG3100UK
i have vista home
and i downgraded to windows xp
i now have no drivers. i tryed updating but no luck
i cant go back to vista its makes me go mental

I have got temporary internet
i have wireless its my brothers so he wants it back
please can someone help even if they only tell me about the ports for ethernet cables!


please tell me what i can do any help would be good (Y)
 
Hi
is there anything else i can do
cos i updated my system specs.
most my things didnt show up cause of the downgrade i really dont want to go back to vista :(
 
It could be nice if you tell us your system specification from Belarc, Belarc will tell you everything, and you can tell us everything regarding what Belarc says.
 
It might be eaiser to wipe the drive and start over with XP. I'm pretty sure there will be XP drivers for your machine because HP/Compaq didn't make the chipset, but you'd have a real expensive problem getting XP versions of all the software that came preinstalled on your machine, but the extra expense would all depend on if you even used any of the preinstalled software. If your machine had Office on it and you wanted to continue using that program you'd probably need to buy the XP version of Office. The simple truth is I don't know what software you had on the machine, and if you'd have to get a new version of Office to continue using Office.

I do know that most of the software that comes preinstalled on a computer can be easily replaced with freeware. Open Office is an excellent alternative to Office and is freeware.
 
bushwhacker said:
Hello Kimmy, and welcome to Techspot!

I hope this is very helpful for a start. You will have to get Belarc to find the rest drivers, such as Network drivers.

These links contains the live downloads. Unfortunately, I'm unable to help you further, due to insufficient information to your request.
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Hi,
I am also having the same problem with my mums computer, i downgraded to Xp from vista but cannot connect up to the internet, I installed the above drivers and they helped, thanks :approve:
I have run the Belarc scan on the computer and these are the results:

Operating System
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)

Processor
3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium D
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Drives
160.04 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
151.33 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GSA-H60L [CD-ROM drive]

Generic USB CF Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
GENERIC USB DISK DEVICE USB Device (123 MB) -- drive 5
Generic USB MS Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4
Generic USB SD Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 1
Generic USB xD/SM Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
ST3160815AS [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0

Controllers
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 27DF
Intel(R) 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C0
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)

Bus Adapters
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CA
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC

Communications
None detected
Network Card MAC Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00

System Model
Compaq-Presario GS341AA-ABU SG3100UK
System Serial Number: CNX73900LC
Enclosure Type: Desktop

Main Circuit Board
Board: ECS Livermore8 1.0
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 5.18 08/24/2007

Memory Modules
504 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 512 MB (serial number Ser0)
Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty

Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 152.83 GB 150.37 GB free
h: (NTFS on drive 0) 7.21 GB 954 MB free

Network Drives
None detected

Printers
None detected

Display
Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family [Display adapter]
Default Monitor

Multimedia
Realtek High Definition Audio

Other Devices
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
USB Mass Storage Device (2x)
USB Root Hub (5x)


Any help you could give me would be most appreciated.
 
Two Approaches
1. You could download a list of all the software and drivers for your machine from the hp support web site. Only problem, these are for the original Vista machine. But at least you now have a list of items to be addressed. For each, find the XP version from the mfr or hp would offer the driver download on one of their XP machines.

2. Use this info I found on HP web site: Changing the Operating System from Windows Vista to Windows XP
 
Thanks for the help, think I have found the Ethernet driver now,
Hopefully when this is installed I'll just be able to update the remaining drivers through via the internet on the other machine.
 
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