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Some of the newer laptops no longer come with XP drivers. So I was
wondering if anyone has tried using the MS ACT to try and get Win XP
to run on a laptop with driver issues. This might work, but I believe
ACT is designed primarily for upgrade issues.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: rshimizu
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Using any app compatibility mode on drivers is a bad idea. It isn't made to
work on them and the results will be unpredictable at best and catastrophic
at worst.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Richard G. Harper
It might be worth testing for those who need XP drivers on a Vista
laptop where none is available.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: rshimizu
Nope, not even remotely. Unless the good possibility of system crashes
and/or data loss are something you enjoy. There's a reason that Vista
rejects incompatible drivers and it's the same reason that XP rejected them,
and Windows 2000, and every other version of Windows. Drivers interact with
the system on a very low and highly privileged level and as a result must --
MUST -- be compatible with the OS. Look at the problems a "buggy" driver
can cause in Vista, or XP, or any other system.
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