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hasnain721

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July 19th, 2007 20:00

vista drivers??

Hi,
I have a dell dimension 1100 and i have bought vista ultimate 32 bit edition. However, i was quite shocked and surprised to find out that dell does not have any video drivers for this system. Can any 1 suggest me what to do plz because  i hav activated the windows and i dont know what to do.
 
Plz reply
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Hasnain.
  • Mary G

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    Posted July 19th, 2007 21:00

    Video Drivers are not keyed to the system. It's the video card that needs the drivers. You should have run the Windows Upgrade Advisor first and you would have been told that the Dim 1100 is not a good candidate for Vista Ultimate, especially if you have integrated video. Integrated video cannot run anything but the Basic version. And does that poorly. Consider returning to XP.
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    Posted July 19th, 2007 22:00

    Mary, Instead of shutting the door on the OP you could at least give them their options before chalking-up another post. BTW: video drivers can be found other places besides Dell if you didn't get the card from Dell.
     
    hasnain721,
    If you have an available PCI slot you could use a PCI video card. Not the greatest, but better than you have. Here's a link to some:
     
     






    Message Edited by kpo127 on 07-19-2007 08:05 PM
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    Posted July 19th, 2007 23:00

    kpo suggestion is really good, but In my opinion you may get a poor Vista experience...
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    Posted July 20th, 2007 09:00

    so basically ur advice is to upgrade right as there is no other alternative.
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    Posted July 20th, 2007 13:00

    I mean, a new computer, with the Ultimate requirements will be better, than upgrade that system...