Re: Replace XP Pro with XP Home
From: Gary R. (roberthouse_at_geocities.com)
Date: 10/09/04
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 22:36:52 -0700
You should be able to go to hp's support site and download the drivers for
the laptop components. I've done this on Compaqs and others with success,
and in fact it's generally a big improvement over all the garbage they
install by default.
You should be able to type in your machine's serial number at the website
and get a list of all drivers and updates. There also may be some buried on
a driver disk...you may have to prowl through some oddly named folders, but
should be able to find everything. There also may be some on your hard
drive in named folders. Make sure you get video, sound, touchpad or ?,
display, network, wireless, modem, chipset if needed, and whatever else is
included. You don't necessarily need to install everything, some may be
unnecessary, so read what they're for. Put them all in one place, such as a
CD.
Then format and install XP and updates, and install only what you need and
want, and you should be a lot better off than with the original junk. I
like to do this on any mass-produced machine, Dells, emachine, Gateway,
whatever. One snag I can think of which is probably not on laptops, is that
Compaq at one time put a hidden partition with tools etc, and the
motherboard bios was designed so that it would only work configured that
way; not sure it was ever done on HP, but I've never seen a laptop
configured that way anyhow, so it seems unlikely.
Gary
"Bob Williams" <rewjr_80@speed.info.com.ph> wrote in message
news:0ed601c4adbd$d5225e00$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> On January 15th I bought a HP/Compaq nx9010 Notebook and a
> HP psc 1350 all-in-one printer, scanner, copier. It came
> with XP Pro (SP1) now SP2. I then installed MS Works and
> Money. No problem with hardware or MS software.
>
> The HP software however, has been a nightmare. System had
> a fatal crash on February 8th due to HP Memories Disc
> software and the problems have never stopped. HP software
> is not even compatible with HP software, and so I had to
> re-install the all-in-one software many, many times before
> I got that straight. The HP software update system fails
> on an update but considers it completed and therefore the
> update is no longer available, etc., etc.
>
> Is it possible for me to: 1)Remove XP Pro (SP2) which
> includes HP software, and then 2) Install XP Home
> purchased from Microsoft which does not have any HP code.
>
> Will the notebook still function, or does it require the
> HP code for notebooks in the O/S?
>
> Bob W.
>
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