Re: Compatability of drivers to XP

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From: don v (donvickers(nomoreharvestingplease)_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:12:22 -0000

"Richard" <richardpfrog@aol.com> wrote in message
news:b18201c4079d$019ec9e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Why is there a problem with drivers not being compatabile
> with Windows XP when the box will say compatabile with
> Windows XP? Every program which is attempted to be
> installed is rejected by XP. Have to use "Load it
> anyway". Drivers will not work, appear to be blocked by
> XP.

The product you buy may well say compatible and it may be so but it does not
necessarily mean that the drivers have been certified by Microsoft --hence
the warning.

You can change the nature of the warning etc in System
Properties--Hardware---Driver Signing

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