Downgrading to XP, cant find drivers

If Gateway doesn't have them, the best way might be to go forward, not backword. That is, add RAM to 1 or 2 Gb and try to get accustomed to Vista (with Aero and UAC turned off, at least).

Kees

Another model of Gateway's notebooks was discussed on this forum and a link to those XP drivers were given.. You'll need to be careful to check out the specific device for each item, but if they match, they might be useful.. Use at your own risk.

Here's the link:

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-12546_102-0.html?forumID=133&threadID=259200&messageID=2601357#2601357

Hope this helps.

Grif

Hey bud, I have noticed a trend in the vista forums. I blame microsoft for the confusion and problems with Vista. Vista is a totally different animal than XP. You cannot run vista on the minimum requirements and expect to have a useful machine.

I am running a machine with 4 gigs of ram and a quad core processor and Vista uses about a gig of ram just sitting there. This is normal with vista. The operating system runs differently than any previous version of windows.

Microsoft released some minimum specs that are way too low. Yes the OS will run, but you WILL run into issues, especially once you try to run antivirus or firewall software. Just some food for thought. Vista is the beginning of a new era in operating systems and things will be rough at first.

Consumers need to keep in mind that the recommended requirements for smooth operation are about 4 times higher than the minimums.