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Just installed Windows XP Home Edition, but what now!!

by juultjek50 Nov 26, 2013 5:18AM PST

Hello!

I have just installed Windows XP Home edition, but the problem is that i have NO drivers installed, nothing at all.

If i go to my intalled programs, i see a empty list.
So the problem is that i cant use my computer, i need a driver for the network station, for the sound, for the disk drive, for everything.

and i cant find any on the internet, i just need a package with all the drivers so i can install them all and use my computer!

can anyone please help me?

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Unlikely.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 26, 2013 5:21AM PST

Look at the details you offered as to make and model so let's consider this is not a project that folk are ready for.

Why not try a Linux OS that most of the time finds the drivers for us?

You may be asking how Microsoft has for decades got away with an incomplete OS.
Bob

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Go to your mfg's web site & d/l the drivers.

by wpgwpg Nov 26, 2013 5:27AM PST

I guess you know MS is pulling the plug on the last remnants of XP support in April, so be prepared to change to a more current OS.

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