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• Satellite P200: Screensaver does not start on Vista Home Premium

  Hi people!

  I tried to apply the option on my laptop screen saver (Satellite P200), equipped with Vista Home Premium, but it does not; the laptop everything continues to run after the game of elapsed time. Is this a known problem with Vista? All suggestions received with gratitude, thank you!

  ChrisB

  Hello

  Can I ask you if you use the Microsoft wireless mouse?
  I discovered that this may affect the functionality of the screensaver on Vista OS.

  Strange!

  Then maybe you should check out this MS article:

  + The screen saver does not work when you use a pointing device on a Windows Vista-based computer Microsoft wireless +.
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/911895

  Feedback would be appreciated.

• Vista Home Premium VS. Vista Ultimate - what differences

  I bought a laptop with Vista Home Premium O.S. and I experianced with GFgo7900GS graphics issue.

  Now I have the opportunity to buy Vista Ultimate two times cheaper than in stores, so here's my question:
  What will be the difference in performance of games when I'm going to change this system?

  I heard that it is the only version of Vista, where can I play games without problems.

  Hello

  Sorry, I have to disappoint you, but on your overall performance of the system, nothing will change. It will probably cause less performance, because Vista Ultimate is so
  overloaded with graphic additional stuff (like animations, aero, blablabla.) and this guy who tells you that the games should run faster, no. CLUE bat, on operating systems or at least
  Windows Vista.

  If you want to learn more about the different versions of Vista, then type the words "vista ultimate performance" in a big searchengine like google and try to find out and get a
  unfamiliar with the system how Vista handles existing resources.

  You will find that the only system to play games at the moment is Windows XP.
  THE only ONE, because XP needs about 50% less system resources, there are more drivers and drivers for XP give you much more performance as vista drivers.

  So, I hope that I could give you some good information on this topic of 'Vista '. It s a little more complicated than you think, so I wanted to give you a BRIEF description. :)

  Welcome them

• System recovery fails on the new HARD drive (HP - DVD, Vista Home Premium 64 - bit, DV4-1225dx)

  I have a Pavilion DV4-1225dx who had a hard drive failure. VISTA Home Premium 64-bit.

  Went to buy the oem HDD @ Tiger Direct (0A 56415 Hitachi Travelstar 5 K 320 Mobile Hard drive - 2.5 ", 5400 RPM, SATA 3 G, 250GB, 8MB Cache) but it was out of stock. I bought the proposed replacement (WD Blue 320 Mobile Hard Drive - designed for the calculation of daily - 2.5 "SATA 3 Gb/s, 5400 RPM, 8 MB c...)

  The HP system recovery DVDs work for more than 12 hours and fails. CTOERROR.flg

  ChkErrBB.CMD: Detect an error in the PININST_BBV

  ChkErrBB.CMD: Check C:\system.sav\logs\BurnBootWarn.log

  In addition to a video driver not install, I found:

  C:windows\system32\Drivers\enecir.sys not found

  Recovering the system formats the HARD disk properly. After that the failure of the HARD drive recovery shows that:

  C: 38.8 GB free of 58.0 GB

  E: 2.02 GB free of 12.9 GB

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  xv886 Millennium WIN / WIN XP Pro
  HP deskjet 6980xi
  HP pavilion xt236 / ze4200 WIN XP Media Edition

  found an another Hitachi 0A 56415 and was able to install with recovery disks. Have used the new and more great as a backup USB drive with in a disk caddy.

• Should I reinstall Vista Home Premium?

  My problem started when I downloaded a few new files for a game, I run on my Vista Home Premium.  The game is Left 4 Dead 2, I've been looking for a good map editor for game cards included with the game, and in my research on the web, I found a few new cards that are in zip (compressed) format, and after reading the instructions I have to use my 'open with... " command through Vista and the value of Left 4 Dead 2 as well as the program to open these files with..., now on my system, I have a lot of space (500 GB HDD with about 75% of free space), I have a quad-processor, 2.40 GHz Pentium 4, 4 GB of RAM.  Now for the problem; When I select Left 4 Dead 2 as the program to use in the "Open with...» " window and click OK, nothing happens, Left 4 Dead 2 does not appear in the"Open with... " list of programs and it happens with all types of file/program type on my system.  So I ask, can I reinstall Vista once more?  It has been replaced once before, and honestly, I didn't like the process of resettlement.

  Resettlement took my old Windows subfolder and placed in another directory on the operating system reinstalled.  I can see why he does it, but honestly, it's a royal pain in the neck to find out what to do with the new directory, I ended up just removing all together.  So I ask you, should I reinstall or not to solve this problem with 'open with... '. »?

  Hello

  Thank you for using Microsoft answers.

  It is not necessary to reinstall your operating system to Vista.

  Using third-party software, including hardware drivers can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the use of third-party software can be solved. Software using third party is at your own risk.

  Try the instructions below that may help you resolve the issue.

  Method 1:

  Follow the instructions below to restore your computer to a previous state.

  1. Click Start, type system restore in the search box, and then click System Restore in the list programs.
  2. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type your password, or click on continue.
  3. In the System Restore dialog box, click Next.
  4. In the list of restore points, click a restore point created at least a week before the current date, and then click Next.

     Note: If you do not find a restore point that is aged for at least a week, select the first point of restoration that is available.

  5. Click Finish.
  6. The computer restarts. The system files and settings are returned to the State they were when the restore point was created.

  Check whether the problem is resolved.

  Method 2:

  Follow the instructions below that may help you.

  1. right click on the file.

  2. select open with

  3. click on choose program.

  4. Select the game.

  Check whether the problem is resolved.

  Method 3:

  Try to uninstall and reinstall the game and see if the problem is resolved.

  Please post back and let us know if it helped to solve your problem.

  Kind regards

  KarthiK TP

• Not to say could not upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional

  I pre-ordered Windows 7 months with no indication that I couldn't switch from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional without performing a new installation.  Now I learn that I have to re - install all THE programs, once I have perform this upgrade / 'clean install '.  All the criticism of Windows Vista pales in comparison to my irritation at says this news AFTER the purchase, and not before.  Failure of the installation of the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to note any problem.  All previous Windows upgrades went flawless.  Needless to say I am extremely disappointed by this turn events and we hope that Microsoft will improve its pre-purchase counseling in the future.

  I guess I have no choice now but to do a clean install of Windows 7 and then reinstall on my computer that will put me out of use for a long period of time?  I backed up the entire hard drive before trying to install, but I doubt I can get by simply restoring this backup.  Is this correct?

  Hi pwcushman,

  Thank you for visiting Microsoft Answers.

  Windows Live OneCare Backup works in stages. You start by setting up how you want Backup to run and save the configuration. The backup will then run according to schedule and backup your files according to the saved configuration. You can make changes to this list or add other files and folders.

  You can restore all files and folders, but you will have to reinstall all the programs.

  Check this link for more information:

  http://OneCare.live.com/standard/en-us/prodinfo/backuprestoredetails.htm

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• Sequence of patches after reinstallation of Vista Home Premium.

  I have an OEM copy of Vista Home Premium that doesn't have SP1 or SP2 on it (bought Vista before they came out).

  I just did a reinstall of Vista Home Premium (formatted hard drive).

  I started doing the update of Windows and got offered LOADS of updates, then after this I gave myself SP1. Then after that still more updates to update, then finally SP2. It took FOREVER.

  How can I shorten this process?

  Is this OK to put on SP1 (from CD) RIGHT AFTER the VISTA installed (before downloading updates), and then put on SP2 (from CD) after this (once again without any other updates)?
   
  Or Vista does expect some fixes to install before the SP1 or SP2 installed?

  Hello, Guilbert

  You can download the standalone versions and just install them immediately.

  There are a few prerequisite updates that must be installed first, which must be installed very well.

  Service Pack 1: Download the stand-alone update: 32 bit | 64-bit
  Service Pack 2: Download the stand-alone update: 32 bit | 64-bit

  Condition sine qua non for SP1:
  Download the update for Windows Vista (KB937287) package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5639710d-dfbf-4527-806e-9a1634d0cc8e)
  Collapse this includes this imagedownload the update for Windows Vista for x 64-based systems (KB937287) package now.

  Condition sine qua non for SP2:
  32-bit: download the 955430 package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b1746a64-2bb5-4058-b133-d8264a0122cb)
  64-bit: collapse this includes this imagedownload the 955430 package now.

  Let us know if that helps.

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  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• I have Windows Vista Home Premium and I lost my product key!

  I have Windows Vista Home Premium and I lost my case with the product key to this topic! I really need help! Can someone help me?

  If the operating system is running - use Belarc Advisor to retrieve the key. www.Belarc.com

  If the OS is always installed, but inaccessible, you can still be able to recover, depending on what is causing the problem - come back with details.

  If you have reformatted, about maybe possible get the key - but unlikely.

  If the HD is dead, or you have crushed the old installation, then you are out of luck.

• Try to configure Windows XP Pro and Vista Home Premium to connect wireless to a field internal.

  Hello. I recently graduated from a COMPUTER course that was very intense, but I don't think that it covered all the basics for me quite challenge the MCSA exams. In order for me to do, I bought a bunch of MS Press books covering ISA Server, Server 2003, Exchange, etc. My journey made us buy copies of Server 2003 and XP Professional, so that we can continue to practice at home.

  One of the things I wanted to do has been implemented a network in my home, using the software I have (not about to try 2008, although I think that one of the books I ordered comes with a version of a test - but it is in a game for the MSITP exams).

  This is how I currently have my network configuration. Currently, everything is wireless. I have 1 spare computer that I use as DC with active driectory.

  Currently I have a router D-Link DIR 655 (located in the basement) which acts as a gateway to the internet server and dhcp on my network and WPA2-PSK encryption use.

  I have a laptop with Windows XP Pro top (that I gave to my wife - old laptop I have baught strictly for the course, I took), and it is completely wireless. It is located on the ground floor.

  I have an office (located on the 2nd floor) using Vista Home Premium 64-bit. It's wireless.

  There is also a network of printers laser color next to the router in the basement, connected via an ethernet cable.

  On the main floor is also my Wii, which connects wireless.

  So, as you can see, it's a mixture of differnet devices connected through my router.  I have the Wii or the printer to connect to the domain specifically. The printer must be accessible to computers on the domain, but the wii should just be able to connect to the internet via the router.

  The spare box I have kicking around, I put 2003 on server and install active directory. I will also implement via this network storage server. I would like to put up to control the accounts of users of my wife and myself and that it uses roaming profiles.

  This works very well when it connects directly through, but how to configure something like this works wirelessly? I read something on another forum in which is setting up a wireless bootstrap, to authenticate against a Radius Server, and then log in to the domain. However I don't have the money to spend to get ISA Server.  The server will be basically be there just to provide roaming profiles and to store things out of our systems, incase we have problems with one of our computers. We could set up something for our own internal e-mail in the future, but since we live in the same House, it seems rather useless at the moment lol maybe set something in the future to let the other note or purchase or to do list. But for now, just want to configure what initially appears to be a single domain with roaming profiles.

  Everyone has tried to do that? Connection of the wireless networks in a field, with a router provides the address and gateway?

  Carlo

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• Can I upgrade to windows vista home Premium 32 bit on 64-bit operating system

  Im running windows 7 Home premium on opus 64-bit system.  Can I upgrade to windows vista Home premium 32-bit...

  Hello

  This is not an upgrade from Windows 7 to Vista.

  It is a downgrade that Vista is the previous operating system before Windows 7 came out and you would have to BUY a COMPLETE of Vista version and do a fresh install of Vista; but before you buy Vista, check first that your computer manufacturer provides the Vista drivers for your model computer.

  Microsoft sells more Vista; Try Amazon.com.

  See you soon.

• Recent problem with very slow internet browsing on all browsers Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit

  Separated from this thread.

  Hi all I'm having the same issues as Theresa in the thread above split. I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit service Pack 2 with all the installed updates (automatically done!).  Within 3 months, this PC at home that was formerly an excellent navigation device became very slow when you browse using IE, Firefox or Chrome. It takes 30 to 50 seconds to load any web page (Yahoo, eBay, etc.). I followed all the instructions suggested to Theresa in SafeMode by Bill Smithers. Resulted in nothing other than a few cookies and Wetherbug I killed. I also run McAfee total protection and Spybot S & D every 3 days with nothing found.

  I have reset my browsers to the specifications of the factory without change.

  Comcast is my internet provider high speed and my speedtest returns 65 - 75 MB/s download and 11 Mbit/s upload very regularly. I connect directly to the bridge. I had Comcast out and they swapped unity Arris of a unit of Cisco beefier but that changes nothing. Other devices on my network domestic perform very well and do not have this problem.

  When I browse a site the CPU spikes up to 88% use in 45 seconds and is stable at 50% usage 1.7 GB memory.

  The only thing I can infer is at this time that something happened to the operating system during automatic updates or some other setting has been changed.  I could use any help or suggestions you may have! Otherwise, I love this OS and have not had any problems. Thanks, Dhoffa

  Tune Up

  Internet Explorer

   

  To improve performance for IE, you can reset internet Explorer to the factory settings. This will disable memory addons chewing and bar tools, etc. that you've installed over time.

  In Internet Explorer click on Tools in the bar and then Internet Optionscommand. Go to the Advanced tab, and then click the Reset button.
   
   
  Or disable/remove specific ones, in Internet Explorer click on Tools for button on the command bar - Manage the Addons - enable or disable Addons - select the addin - Remove or disable the button.
   
   
  There's a Fixit
   

  Troubleshoot Internet Explorer to IE quick, safe and stable

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/ie_performance_and_safety/en-us

   

  For the visit of the list the most comprehensive

  http://support.Microsoft.com/FixIt/en-us

  When you choose to download, choose the option to run on another computer. You can then save it to a folder on your hard drive. Open the folder, open the folder fix this laptop and run Run Fix It. It will contain all 27 FixIt.

   
  Other memory hogs
   
   
  You probably many useless auto startup programs. You can disable these programs.
   
   
  Click Start - all programs - Accessories - run and type
   

  msconfig
  

   
  Then go to the Startup tab uncheck the things you don't need.
   
  Use the command line column to find info on the file, if it does not use display menu - Select the columnsdisplay. Use the name of the folder that contains the file and right click - Properties - Details tab to see what it is.
   

  Explorer

  Explorer (explorer.exe) is the program that is the start menu and taskbar, windows folder and the office (which is a folder window).

  The Explorer is built on addin programs called Extensions of Shell. The standard is provided by Microsoft, but programs add their own.

   
  • Download Autoruns http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
  • Close the windows explore
  • Start Autoruns by right-clicking and choose Run as administrator
  • Click on the Options menu - entries and Filter Options to hide Microsoft tick and clear to understand empty slots
  • Go to the explore tab and uncheck everything to the left.
  • Reset
   

  Difficulty of the Windows system to the performance issues on Windows computers slow Fixit

  Automatically troubleshoot and fix problems of Windows performance. Enhance, optimize and speed up Windows computers and make slow PC faster.

   

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/slow_windows_performance/en-us

  For the visit of the list the most comprehensive

  http://support.Microsoft.com/FixIt/en-us

  When you choose to download, choose the option to run on another computer. You can then save it to a folder on your hard drive. Open the folder, open the folder fix this laptop and run Run Fix It. It will contain all 27 FixIt.

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• Windows cannot find any networks, but Ubuntu can! (X 32 Vista Home Premium)

  I recently replaced a faulty laptop computer mother board with an identical model (only difference is a newer version of the BIOS). After restarting Windows (Vista Home Premium 32 bit) I can't find the networks wireless where I can see usually eight networks at least an unsecured connection, but now I get nothing.

  I replaced the wireless card Atheros with an Intel Pro 3945ABG driver and installed the latest version and that I still get the same error "Windows cannot find any networks", I can get access to the internet via an Ethernet cable but I am unable to connect wirelessly. If I try to manually configure the wireless connection, I get "unexpected error occurred".

  I started the system from a CD of Ubuntu to check that it was not a hardware problem. Wireless card perfectly, sees all the networks, connects and works very well.

  It seems that something inside Vista has failed since even change the wireless adapter for a different manufacturer and the results of the modeling in the same error, pointers?

  Kind regards

  Jason.

  SOLVED

  It turns out that Kaspersky Internet Security is at fault and he was very happy to work via ethernet it had mutilated all WLAN connections.

  Removal of Kaspersky and all of a sudden all the wireless networks have re-emerged.

  Kind regards
  Jason.

• Windows Mail Server errors 0x800ccc67, 0x800ccc90 & 0x800ccc19 running Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, Windows Mail v.6.0.6000.16386 and Avast v 7.0.1466 the two sending & receiving

  Hello and thank you for taking the time to review my problems and for any help you can offer.

  I am running Vista Home Premium, Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386 and free AVAST version 7.0.1466 program v.  When searching for error codes that I receive, I can see this is perhaps a problem with the anti-virus software, but no one says how to solve problems.

  First error: your (or SMTP/POP3) server has not responded in 90 seconds.  You want to wait 90 seconds for the server to respond?   It doesn't matter if I have a bit of waiting time or even increase the time-out threshold.

  Error number: 0x800ccc19, 0x800ccc67 & 0x800ccc90

  Limit of simultaneous connections in outdated Avast.  (Col: 0, process;) WinMail.exe [50]); port 25, Server (SSL): no, Server error 421

  I posted this same message on the Forums of Avast at: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=104561.0, but have not received the answers.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.  Thank you in advance for any help that you may be able to provide.

  Thank you
  M8TriX

  Glad to hear it's fixed. This is probably the feature analysis of Avast and most of the other AV e-mail programs. Keep the following in mind that if this happens again.

  It is safe to turn off the analysis of e-mail messages. See:

  Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email:
  http://thundercloud.NET/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

  Disable the email option in your antivirus scanning software:
  http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

  And it is from Symantec, but applies to all anti-virus programs.

  From:
  http://snipurl.com/bmf6

  My computer is always protected against viruses if I disable e-mail analysis?

  Disable e-mail analysis won't let you without protection against viruses that are distributed as attachments to email. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans incoming files as they are saved on your hard drive, email and attachments to emails. Scan to email is just another layer on top of that. To make sure that Auto-Protect provides maximum protection, keep active Auto-Protect and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have the most recent virus definitions.

• Vista Home Premium: Startup time and office flaws often requiring the log off / log on to Correct

  At all to being able to help solve these problems successfully:

  When I bought my office, it came preloaded with Win XP (a FANATASTIC/s o!) with an installation disc free for Vista Home Premium. I have installed Vista until recently due to support XP being more available.

  Problems currently on a regular basis (every reboot) are:

  (1) long startup (sometimes nearly 10 minutes)

  (2) the "Blacktop" (AERO) Vista appears generally "gray" (like Win Classic) but with VERY little
  Services (icons missing, unable to run diagnostic programs, etc.).

  In this situation, I usually 'Log Off' and 'Connect' again and it fixes the problem-"bitumen".
  is back with the functions of the al. Despite this, I'll restart desktop using Services.msc. for all the functions

  are available.

  System information:

  (A) AMD 64 Athlon 3500 + (2.20 GHz)
  (B) 3.00 GB RAM
  (C) Vista 32 Bit (SP1 and SP2 installed (all updates current)
  (D) ATI Radeon XPress 200 Series (current driver)
  (E) all drivers are current (no changes required)
  (F) update BIOS (not not required)

  Note:

  (1) I am the user ONLY if the 'Default' options are regularly 'Log In' (as admin) - no guest accounts, etc.

  (2) I reduced some Desktop effects, which are not necessary (Menu Fade in and out, etc.) according to

  instructions of MSFT community on how to do this and what is safe to disable. This helped a little
  and I don't miss these features.

  (2) I deleted the "Windows.old" folder (as there was nothing to add to the Vista o/s).

  (3) I have NOT deleted the Partition which was part of the Win XP System Restore feature as)
  "I don't know if I should as well as to think that I should keep this system offline and running XP).

  (4) I use a security program that securely wipes deleted data, cache password, etc..
  Under Win XP, there was the possibility of "Protect Restore Points" (not required for Vista).
  I do NOT use the option "delete shadow copies".

  My questions are:

  (A) what is the cause of the boot extended both office and how to tackle it successfully?

  (B) what is the problem with the desktop computer? I don't mind the Log in and out a lot but would like to get rid
  me of this disadvantage.  I would like TO have the Vista boot WITHOUT having to Log in and out to

  ensure that the AERO desktop is available and functional.

  (C) should I delete the files and restore Partition in Win XP? Is this the cause may be a conflict with
  Vista? Also, please let know us if you think it would be better to keep these files available if no
  conflicts are possible or probable.

  (D) what is the path, the file name or folder (path if necessary) which governs the entire desktop
  (startup, appearance, services, etc.). so I can enter my security software to exclude it from
  be affected?

  Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.

  Incidentally - for all owners of Scanner Epson 1200U running Vista Service Pack 2:

  YES! Successfully, you CAN install and run this scanner on Vista with the EPSON Twain 5.53 driver without twisting your registry, etc.

  Steps to follow:

  (1) download the file of v5.53 (10245.exe) driver TWAIN Epson

  2) extract to the folder (default location or a location of choice) and open the folder

  (3) right click on the "Setup.exe" file, go to properties and set the compatibility to Win XP SP-2

  (4) run the configuration file and wait for Windows Vista to give up the search on the web, ignore the 'warning' when he

  comes to the top and connect the scanner to complete installation as you did under Win XP (or earlier versions)

  NOTE: You will have to wait a long TIME for the next window appears once complete Vista

  research on the web. It seems that the reason why a lot of Vista with the Epson 1200U Scanner users are

  running out of patience, that it was my problem-so, the Eureka moment happened!

  My camera works great! The only loss is you open TWAIN in the application, is not
  automatically start more. This may be fixable, but I'm glad it works and I don't know enough to make the necessary changes in the registry, etc.

  Thanks again for your help!

  try to use MS-FIXIT

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/slow_windows_performance/

  If that didn't help, then maybe you would not survive the installation completely, and you will have to reinstall vista with updates it's still once, don't worry, it happens to all peoples.

• Vista Home Premium upgrade

  I want to go from Vista home premium running on HP Pavilion dv5 series Entertainment Notebook PC to a later model program-can anyone out there advise program that would best suit this situation without making a major change to the PC, maybe Windows8 or later? At soon Billmac

  Original title: www.hp.com/upgradeassistant

  Hello

  Before purchasing Windows 7, follow these steps:

  Go to your computer / computer laptop manufacturer Web site and see if Windows 7 drivers are available for your make and model computer / laptop.

  Select your exact model number in the list here (there are 228 matches for HP Pavilion dv5 series Entertainment Notebook):

  http://WWW8.HP.com/us/en/support-search.HTML?tab=1#/qryterm=Pavilion%20dv5%20Series%20Entertainment%20Notebook&SearchType=s-002

  If this is not available, Windows 7 will not properly work for you.

  Run the "Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-US/Download/details.aspx?ID=20

  Check if your specifications are compatible for Windows 7:

  "Windows 7 system requirements"

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/products/system-requirements

  "Windows 7 Compatibility Center" for software and hardware:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/Windows-7/en-us/default.aspx

  Windows 7 upgrade paths:

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579 (v = ws.10) .aspx

  «Installation and reinstallation of Windows 7»

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/installing-and-reinstalling-Windows-7

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  Follow these steps before you buy Windows 8.

  Check if the manufacturer of your computer/laptop has Windows 8 drivers available for your model (using HP link already given).

  If this is not available, Windows 8 do not install and work properly for you.

  Download and run the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant of to see if your machine is compatible Windows 8:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/upgrade-to-Windows-8

  "System requirements" Windows 8 ".

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/system-requirements

  See you soon.