BucephalusBB
ABACABB
In the mean while you could look for stickers on your computer with the modelname of your compaq, that would help the rest who is dying to help as well a lot..
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In the mean while you could look for stickers on your computer with the modelname of your compaq, that would help the rest who is dying to help as well a lot..
In the mean while you could look for stickers on your computer with the modelname of your compaq, that would help the rest who is dying to help as well a lot..
It's a Dell. The monitor is a Compaq.I'll look when I get home.
ChrisP
Veteran Member
If you can let us know this that would be great as it will allow the identification of the motherboard and specs to see if there are any known issues.
I'll look when I get home.
Sorry I didn't get back to you last night, Christmas is coming doncha know
ChrisP
Veteran Member
That was faster than I thought...
See here for Dell's instructions RE: Windows 7 drivers. I don't see any windows 7 drivers available for your model of Dell box.
I'll break down what components dell use to make up this box and see how many Windows 7 drivers can be found.
EDIT: Components
EDIT2: saw this. Suggest turning "Aero" off and going back to the Win Classic theme then seeing how you go. Appears your mobo is too old to support this...
Only other thing you can do is buy an after market (read: Additional) graphics card which would need to be AGP form factor (DO NOT BUY PCI or PCI Express or PCI-E or PCI-E 4x/16x OR ANYTHING ELSE). This must be an AGP graphics card. AGP is an old style of graphics card and will probably be hard to find cheap unless it's a second hand one.
The issue is that your PC is old (relative to how fast computing tech moves) and drivers for Win 7 will not work well for your integrated video adapter.
See here for Dell's instructions RE: Windows 7 drivers. I don't see any windows 7 drivers available for your model of Dell box.
I'll break down what components dell use to make up this box and see how many Windows 7 drivers can be found.
EDIT: Components
EDIT2: saw this. Suggest turning "Aero" off and going back to the Win Classic theme then seeing how you go. Appears your mobo is too old to support this...
Only other thing you can do is buy an after market (read: Additional) graphics card which would need to be AGP form factor (DO NOT BUY PCI or PCI Express or PCI-E or PCI-E 4x/16x OR ANYTHING ELSE). This must be an AGP graphics card. AGP is an old style of graphics card and will probably be hard to find cheap unless it's a second hand one.
The issue is that your PC is old (relative to how fast computing tech moves) and drivers for Win 7 will not work well for your integrated video adapter.
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ChrisP
Veteran Member
LOL.Maybe you should just point me to where I can buy a Mac?
I reccomend you get a new computer. Mac, PC or Cray super computer... it's all about your budget.
Recheck my reply. I've edited it recently.
Would suggest either rolling back to Win XP or switching to Ubuntu as your easiest options. If you know anyone under 30 who doesn't sniff too much hairspray or spend all their time brooding over their My Chemical Romance records they're probably able to help
Short version is they don't make the software you need to make it work properly.
Right click on your desktop and set theme to Windows classic. If that doesn't work, roll back or switch out to Linux
(or buy a Mac, they're so much cheaper over your way).
gnomon
Well-Known Member
I feel like I'm in the Stone Age.
Messing around with my old Gateway computer I just dug out of the closet I'm trying to replace the Windows XP Home OS with Windows 98.
Problems ensue. After two days of this old 400Mhz CPU reformatting the two hard drives to FAT32 (20Gb & 10 Gb) I am just now attempting to install Windows 98 to dual boot.
I don't even have a cell phone.
I'm also 36. Which probably puts me out of the range of understanding all this. I was stoked when I successfully installed a GeForce 9800GT on my Dell last month. Who knew Fallout 3 had color as opposed to everything being green.
Anyway, I'm wondering with Windows 7 if the upgrade is worth it for someone like me. My computer is solely used for using the internet, playing some games and managing some digital photos. That's it.
What does Windows 7 offer. I know I could easily upgrade from XP Media Center to Windows 7 on this Dell XPS Gen 5. But why? Beyond the graphics card enhancements I've seen over the last few years the only options I've seen in computers are the new multi-processor motherboards that appear to be overkill for basic home computing or gamers who must have the latest and greatest. What does Windows 7 offer?
Messing around with my old Gateway computer I just dug out of the closet I'm trying to replace the Windows XP Home OS with Windows 98.
Problems ensue. After two days of this old 400Mhz CPU reformatting the two hard drives to FAT32 (20Gb & 10 Gb) I am just now attempting to install Windows 98 to dual boot.
I don't even have a cell phone.
I'm also 36. Which probably puts me out of the range of understanding all this. I was stoked when I successfully installed a GeForce 9800GT on my Dell last month. Who knew Fallout 3 had color as opposed to everything being green.
Anyway, I'm wondering with Windows 7 if the upgrade is worth it for someone like me. My computer is solely used for using the internet, playing some games and managing some digital photos. That's it.
What does Windows 7 offer. I know I could easily upgrade from XP Media Center to Windows 7 on this Dell XPS Gen 5. But why? Beyond the graphics card enhancements I've seen over the last few years the only options I've seen in computers are the new multi-processor motherboards that appear to be overkill for basic home computing or gamers who must have the latest and greatest. What does Windows 7 offer?
ChrisP
Veteran Member
If you're currently running XP on your gaming box not much (assuming if you're using a 9800GT you play something?). I find Win 7 is faster and I get higher FPS than Win XP on my newer rig but it depends on RAM blah blah blah...
BucephalusBB
ABACABB
Well for one thing, your videocard loves DirectX 10. Xp however, does not.
Personally I got a few more FPS in fallout 3 on high resolutions, but your card is allready pretty decent for that game.
About internet.. The companies are busy trying to let the videocard do your rendering instead of your processor wich will make internet a lot faster, specially when pictures need to be loaded. This function will allready be available in internet explorer 9 and probably also in the next versions of the other browsers. EDIT: Movie
However, this function will only be available in vista and 7..
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BucephalusBB
ABACABB
Got the real deal yesterday.
Nothing really new since the RC, but I went from 32bits to 64 ofcourse. At least I can use all my RAM now
I do not really need the ultimate version, but because I want to keep the option open to emulate XP I went for the professional one.
I also bought a new 300GB Velociraptor to place my new OS on
Nothing really new since the RC, but I went from 32bits to 64 ofcourse. At least I can use all my RAM now
I do not really need the ultimate version, but because I want to keep the option open to emulate XP I went for the professional one.
I also bought a new 300GB Velociraptor to place my new OS on
Hey, I bought a new computer. It's being shipped, will arrive next week. It's a Compaq Presario.
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B002RWKMDO/ref=ox_ya_oh_product
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B002RWKMDO/ref=ox_ya_oh_product
BucephalusBB
ABACABB
64bit browser supports no flash?
ChrisP
Veteran Member
It's not that it's not supported. It's that Adobe haven't packaged their software for 64bit Operating Systems. Has been like that a Long Long time. In linux there's a way around it by recompiling it yourself into 64 bit but I've no idea how to do that in windows.64bit browser supports no flash?
Apex
Somewhere Around Nothing
What are you guys talking about? I am running 64 bit Win 7 with no problems with flash.
BucephalusBB
ABACABB
Windows 64bit version running the 32bit browser has no trouble at all. I was talking about the 64-bit browser only.
Dirty Penguin
Master Of Ceremony
Viva la Linux......
unk:.....(Ubuntu 9.10)I work for a school system in the IT Dept. and we received Win7 RC as well as the full release. It's a decent OS.