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Comment by David Slater 1 day ago

Cheers Michael & Jim.
Got the response I expected from Gateway. CLEAN install! SO I DID. Just a pain having to set everything back up again!
Noticed I'm not alone with the problem of the UPGRADE from Gateway. Hope they don't have much info on the local drive. Learned to keep my data on external drives, makes for a cleaner deal all the way.
NOW back to putting everything back where I can find it! ;-)

Comment by irishe - aka: Jim 1 day ago

@ David Slater,

i suggest Downloading and Installing Driver Magician.

Then Back-up all the Drivers to a flash drive or CD... but at the very least all drivers related to your nertwork cards. Then if you DO a clean install and have issues with getting online you have those drivers to try and use.
i once had issue with a beta version on a desktop and that worked for me.
just a thought that might help a fellow man.

Good luck!!

Comment by Michael Farinha 1 day ago

I've never owned a Dell but I imagine doing a clean install or upgrade shouldn't cuase a BSOD. I imagine doing a clean install should be fine. After installing visit Dell's website to update your drivers.

An upgrade would probably be your simplest course of action. Vista drivers should work fine with Windows 7 for the most part.

Also if you have an external Hard Drive you should do a full system backup before proceeding.

Comment by David Slater 1 day ago

NEED some GEEK help! Anyone using a GATEWAY DX4820?
Finally got my Windows7 Upgrade disks, and they don't work? Figured it would be an EASY deal going from Vista64 to '7', but the supplied DISKS only list LAPTOP models for upgrade, with DESKTOPS grayed out. E-mail is in to GATEWAY, but that will take months.
Beginning to think a CLEAN install is in my future. BUT it also looks like GATEWAY uses non standard drivers, THAT is the scary part! Had the same deal at work with a DELL, updated drivers BLUE SCREEN! Not looking forward to this.
Any HINTS appreciated!

Comment by roving cowboy /keith hall on November 27, 2009 at 11:51pm

thanks i'll give up on it now. when i get the wireless working agian i'll try then .

Comment by Anthony Perlas on November 27, 2009 at 8:14am

@roving cowboy

Try CTRL+ click url or CTRL +shift + click url. Else try Firefox.

Comment by Jonathan Fieldings on November 27, 2009 at 8:02am

Crossfire Now has Windows 7 32 Bit Support!!! (Finally!)

Comment by roving cowboy /keith hall on November 26, 2009 at 9:39pm

the windows 7 tips download link above does not work on my system xp pro. why cause this dang ie 8 won't allow redirect urls to work. its mucked up and i can't get it adjusted no matter what i put the settings too. so i'm after the tips cause i'm looking to buy a win 7 laptop around 5 am today so i'll need the tips shortly and i remember lockergnome tips from win 98 to win xp. when he stopped them so they got to be as good as those. how can i get that file.

Comment by Jonathan Fieldings on November 26, 2009 at 8:40pm

Nassmaster - Nice Choice bud :D

Comment by Nassmaster on November 24, 2009 at 12:48pm

I just installed Windows 7 on my laptop , i'm tring out this OS and it seems much lighter and faster than Vista ... i thing i'd say goodbye to Vista right now

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