legacy support

I have and old WinFast A250 and there are no supported drivers for it on win7, on vista I could just go update the drivers manually from the device manager and use the old ones, but on win7 it says: "The best driver software for your device is already installed" It's the "Standard VGA...

I have a Garmin GPS connected to a USB port. In XP I was able to see the USB ports under PORTS in the device manager and figure out which port it was connected to. I cannot see that in W7, I can't figure out which com port the usb port represents and my mapping software only sees COM1 (a...

I've had Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, XP, Vista (32 & later 64bit) and now just installed Windows 7 (64bit). I've also tried Macs, which are overpiced trash. So far, 7 seems to start up and load various items a bit faster than Vista and I also think the transparent or "glass" visual feature looks...

Hi, I'm doing some work trying to convert older .hlp files to be compatible with Windows 7. What format are Windows 7 help files in and how can I convert .hlp files to it? They still need to interact with the software as well. Any help is much appreciated, Thanks! J

Is there any way to create comm ports in windows 7? I have a PCI card that requires a communications port. I don't see anything in hardware device that has com ports.... Hope this is the appropriate place for this thread. :(

I have installed Windows 7 Home Premium (64Bit) as a clean install. Everything works but my Logitech wingman formula force driving wheel. I have previously used this with Windows 95/98/XP and Vista. It is automatically detected when plugged into a USB port and installed without extra software. I...

Iv been using windows 7 x64 for around 3 months now and it has been great, but now my keyboard & mouse dont work anymore, i turned it off at night and in the morning when i switched it on had no keyboard/mouse. Im having to use a ubuntu live cd because i have no control in windows 7, havnt got...

Hi guys, Today I installed windows 7 on one of my old machines I had knocking about, its a HP Pavilion Ze5700, yeah, seriously old. System spec: Intel Celeron R, CPU 2.80Ghz, 1024 mb RAM, x86. I can't connect to the internet or hear sound. I think if i figure out the network adapter, i can...

Cant Instal O.S to HD Hi does anyone know how to solve this error. windows/system32/winload.exe status 0x00000e9 unexpected I/O error I tried to install windows 7 on a older Asrock 775Dual-VSTA Board, however it keeps failing to instal. After i get past the part...

I'm having an issue with the audio options found with Windows 7. I am using the on board audio sound chip for my PC, after ditching my Creative card due to there many driver issues. Anyway the issue is as follows, I allow the default Windows 7 HD Audio Driver to download, when clicking on...

I have a comp that is able to run 64 bit as I have had vista 64 on it before. I have 3 hd's two are blank 250 and 500 gb and a 1.5t I have nothing plugged into comp as in printers and such as I thought that might be the problem not it. I can open 32 bit in windows xp and run it but not 64 and am...

I'm trying to install either the 32bit and 64bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium via DVD onto my system. I am booting from the DVD and setup automicatically runs. The Windows 7 setup GUI loads and it allows me to choose the language settings and then I get a prompt for, LOAD DRIVER "A...

I am using a lexmark x1200 printer, attached to a dell optiplex desktop. I used this printer with xp no problem. I installed 7, and it says no printer attached. I downloaded the newest driver from lexmark (for vista), tried to install, the install program from lexmark can't find the printer...

I tried to install Windows 7 RC x86 several times. Every time I tried to do it, my computer froze at the very beginning of the process, still running from the DVD like here: Link Removed The moment of freezing is the same, however the stop errors (BSODs) are not. I get IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL...

Hi, all. I have a peculiar problem here. I am using Windows 7 64-bit build 7100 and a Orange Micro 1394 Firewire + USB 2.0 card. This has an NEC 1394 chipset and an NEC USB 2.0 chipset. The card is found by the OS and shows up in the Device Manager. :cool: However, the very first time I...

So I've been using Windows XP for years now and I decided to try out Windows 7. Ugh, what a headache. Everything is working great aside from Catalyst not wanting to install correctly. This is a known issue as my card is a legacy card now although I'm determined to get it working. My main issue...

Hi gang Has any one had any success installing Flash player 9. I like to look at the movie previews at IMDB, and this requires you having Flash Player installed. Thanx....Gunny

Hi, just to start these are my specs: Windows 7 64 bit Build 7100 AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Asus AV8-XE 2gb DDR pc3200 HDD 1- 40gb IDE HDD 2- 300gb SATA Memorex 16x DVD ROM Drive ATI Radeon x1300 pro Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer I noticed that my card falls under legacy software support from ATI...

I installed Windows 7 four days ago in addition to an already existing Windows XP installation. After trying hibernation on my windows 7 system, I could not reboot any longer for 'ntldr is missing'. Recovery within Windows 7 repair options failed, so I used EasyBCD in order to be able to boot...

Hi guys The same guy who bought you the VISTA TRANSFORMATION PACK (Makes XP look like VISTA) is still working on making XP look like W7 with a Windows 7 Transformation Pack. Not quite ready yet but if you like the idea of the project, and want to have the look and feel of W7 whilst still using...