I don't seem to be able to find Vista Drivers for my 1704FPV, I find that surprising since the monitor is just over 2 years old. Do Vista drivers exist? If not, why wouldn't Dell be supporting such a recent monitor?
I checked the Dell USA and UK site, no driver for that model and Vista, sorry.
Vista probably has the necessary driver installed.
Here is some good advice when installing programs in Vista, # 4 is good advice even if the program was designed for Vista.
Here is how to install software
or drivers on Vista that are for XP,2000,NT4,98,95
1. Right click on the setup.exe file for the software/driver you are trying to install and select the compatibility Tab
2. Tick the "run this file in compatibility mode" box and then select XP, or whatever OS the software was designed for, in the drop down box, Tick "run as Administrator" if it is available, hit OK
3. Now double click this setup.exe file to execute the install process, hopefully all will go well and install the drivers/Software you need.
4. If the exe installs software for the device, or you have installed software only, you need to navigate to the program folder where it installed, then do the compatibility thing (1 & 2) again for the program executable. If the program was designed for Vista skip compatibility mode, just tick "run as administrator"
I do not guarantee all drivers or software to work in Vista, but a large percentage do..
Good luck.
If the Software/ installer (exe file) is on CD, copy the entire contents of the CD to a folder in Vista, then start at #1
There is no compatibility mode for .msi installers
16 bit programs will not run on Vista
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Here is how to install software or drivers on Vista that are for XP,2000,NT4,98,95
1. Right click on the setup.exe file for the software/driver you are trying to install and select the compatibility Tab
2. Tick the "run this file in compatibility mode" box and then select XP, or whatever OS the software was designed for, in the drop down box, Tick "run as Administrator" if it is available, hit OK
3. Now double click this setup.exe file to execute the install process, hopefully all will go well and install the drivers/Software you need.
4. If the exe installs software for the device, or you have installed software only, you need to navigate to the program folder where it installed, then do the compatibility thing (1 & 2) again for the program executable. If the program was designed for Vista skip compatibility mode, just tick "run as administrator"
I do not guarantee all drivers or software to work in Vista, but a large percentage do..
Good luck.
If the Software/ installer (exe file) is on CD, copy the entire contents of the CD to a folder in Vista, then start at #1
There is no compatibility mode for .msi installers
16 bit programs will not run on Vista