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March 24th, 2007 01:00

Vista upgrade for m1710?

I have the m1710 and am sitting here trying to decide if I should put my vista upgrade in or not yet. Just wondering if someone with the same notebook can tell me how there vista upgrade from dell went. thnxs.
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    currysteph

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    Posted March 24th, 2007 07:00

    First NEVER do an Upgrade....do a clean install. You can search for "Clean Install with Vista Upgrade" on google and find out how to do it.. As for what to expect. 1. Vista OS: I have the same laptop as you and Vista works fine..once i FINALLY got all the correct drivers etc....the ONLY problem i am having is that my Dualview (2nd monitor) isnt working using the vista driver for the 7950 GTX....Also if you bought the Audigy Advanced MB sound enhancement software and you have the XP version of it...it wont work with Vista...you'll need to get an update of that software. 2. Software: Expect that there will be software that you might want to use that may or may not work with Vista. I have some older XP software and it works fine on Vista but its a hit and miss proposition. 3. Hardware: This is basically a driver issue so make sure your printer, scanner, camera, etc...has vista drivers available for you.
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    querry1

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    Posted March 25th, 2007 14:00

    I did the upgrade ... I needed some of my xp stuff loaded and it upgraded fine. But I have e1505. My isp is att/yahoo and this browser would not load in vista. Also my scanner would not load in vista. My norton systemworks 2003 would not load in vista. I just loaded everything in XP ran the dvd assistant and now I have an excellent running laptop...
     
    Also Dell computers with Vista Loaded come with quick restore installed....upgrade customers do not. We have the Dell Symantic Quick Restore which is disabled upon upgrade. The program is there . To fix you have to download the Goodell Quick Restore Fix and burn the image file to disk. Be sure to scroll down to the iso part and skip the rest. It works great. I have been back to xp a couple of times tweeking Vista.... Here is the link...
     
     
     
    Inspiron E1505 T5500 Core 2 Duo

    2gb 667 mhz 5400 DD2

    Intel 950 Graphics

    Windows XP Media Center 2005 - Express Vista Home Premium Upgrade
     

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