How do I go about obtaining drivers for Windows 7 if I update to Windows XP?

If I update to windows 7 I have to shell out $ 60 as I did when I reinstalled Windows XP for drivers, so I can connect to the internet? If so is there a better way to go about installing the drivers? Keep it simple with me please, I don't know I have no I know as much about computers, because I think I do.

original title: Xp to Question 7.

Short answer... No, you will be always be sure to get the right drivers for Windows 7.

Long answer...

As you may know that a 'pilot' is a computer program that allows computer programs to interact with a hardware device.

Device drivers are hardware-related and operating system specific.  What this means for you, is that you must have a driver for each hardware device on your computer AND each of these device drivers must be written for the operating system that you choose to use on your computer.

Microsoft has been trying to collect and integrate device drivers in its Windows operating systems, but it does not - and really can't - incorporate a device driver for each possible piece of computers that someone could incorporate into a personal computer.  In addition, although some device drivers included with a particular version of Windows might be able to do a given device of the work, the built-in drivers could not do all the features of the available hardware device.

For the reasons stated in the previous paragraph, when Windows is installed on a new computer (or re-installed following a disc format - the so-called 'clean install'), there are probably enough drivers added to the computer to the top and do work, but not all the features of the hardware will not work correctly and some peripheral hardware may not work at all.  Thus, whenever a Windows operating system is installed (if it is Windows XP or Windows 7), it is important to have in hand all necessary device drivers so that the computer can be used as intended.

When you perform an installation of Windows, in general we might want to have on hand for the drivers for the motherboard (also called the chipset driver), video card, sound card and maybe cards NIC (including wifi network cards), as well as, of course, for devices such as printers, scanners, external modems, etc.

If the computer is done by a 'direct' so-called OEM (brand computers are you'll probably recognize as Sony, Lenovo, Dell, HP, etc.), the computer manufacturer may have agreements with various manufacturers of components to provide custom device drivers.  This is particularly true for laptops.  For this reason, it is important to get the drivers for these computers to the web site of the manufacturer of the computer.  Fortunately, the manufacturer usually has a way to determine the specific hardware configuration to a specific computer (for example, Dell one uses ID he calls "Service Tag") and will be collected all the drivers for your computer in an easy to deal with the package.

If you have a custom computer, you will need to determine the manufacturer and the model number of the motherboard, video card, sound card, and the NICs (especially wifi network cards), included in the computer and get Windows 7 drivers from the manufacturers of different components.

See this article, especially the section "Download drivers"--> http://tweakhound.com/xp/installxp/installXP1.htm

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