http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Please Help Guys en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:40:42 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2762 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:39:20 +0000 michael 2762@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Indeed. Also we do not endorse illegal activites. Please stop discussing downloading it. Go online to Microsoft, buy a new licence, find someone who has a Home Basic disc and use your licence with it. Perfectly legit.</p> <p>--<br /> Mike</p> <p>Edit: Perhaps this HP came where you had to make your own recovery discs, like Dell sometimes do. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2745 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:49:01 +0000 taybay 2745@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I'm pretty sure it's illegal for you to be sold a computer without the OS installation disks. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2744 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:48:25 +0000 Ram3L 2744@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Well i dont have any discs with my new laptop</p> <p>I'd just have to download it xD </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2743 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:31:40 +0000 michael 2743@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Well - if you bought a laptop with Vista preinstalled, use the Recovery Discs.</p> <p>--<br /> Mike </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2738 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:50:29 +0000 Ram3L 2738@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Does This Mean I Gotta Download Vista LOL ? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2713 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:48:21 +0000 michael 2713@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Perhaps your video card / drivers are not compatible with XP. You bought a Vista laptop :P for Vista hardware.</p> <p>--<br /> Mike </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2707 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:49:41 +0000 Ram3L 2707@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Please Post Here &#38; Help Guys... Ive Been Waiting 2 Weeks Now :( </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2636 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:12:36 +0000 Ram3L 2636@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Didn't Work Says</p> <p>( The NVIDIA Setup programe could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit )</p> <p>When That nVidia Black Screen Comes Up.</p> <p>***EDIT***</p> <p>I Have Nothing Installed On My Laptop Its Just Windows XP Home Edition Sp2 </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2634 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:08:32 +0000 Ram3L 2634@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>They Don't Give You Driver CDS With Laptop Not Even 1<br /> Even If I Download Them From The Original Compaq Site It Will Not Work<br /> Because Its For 'Windows Vista' You Can Go On XP Catogrey On Compaq Site For Your Laptop Model, Still You Wont See The Graphic Card Driver For Windows XP</p> <p>Anyways Im Downloading What Scott Told Me To Download Right Now 55% </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2631 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:50:07 +0000 taybay 2631@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Don't your pinkies hurt from hitting shift so much? XD</p> <p>Usually when you get a brand new laptop it comes with a cd to install drivers, should you reformat your computer. It doesn't necessarily say drivers, it might say 'software' or something similar. Did you get one of those? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2630 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:38:50 +0000 Ram3L 2630@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Ill Try That Now, If It Works You Get A High Five xD </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2629 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:24:36 +0000 Scott 2629@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>What Exactly Is The Problem With This One, Bro?</p> <p><a rel=nofollow href='http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_163.71.html'>http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_163.71.html</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2627 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:11:30 +0000 Ram3L 2627@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Please Help Bro?</p> <p>Im Asking Politely </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2626 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:05:55 +0000 Scott 2626@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>***You (Are) Kidding, right?*** </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-help-guys#post-2625 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:54:20 +0000 Ram3L 2625@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hey Guys, I Just Bought A Brand New Laptop Last Week It Had Windows Vista Home Basic<br /> &#38; Because Im A Gamer I Reformated It &#38; Installed Windows XP Home Edition Sp2<br /> Ive Installed Everything &#38; Everythings Coming Out Good! But Just 1 Problem<br /> Thats Really Really Bugging Me &#38; No one Seems To Help Me With, First Of All Let Me<br /> Tell You My Laptop Specs.</p> <p>Compaq Presario F500</p> <p>- 1GB RAM<br /> - 80GB HDD<br /> - 1.81Ghz<br /> - 128MB nVidia GeForce Go 6150 &lt;&lt;&lt; Need Help Downloading The Driver For It :[</p> <p>My Laptop Is A ( AMD Turion 64x2 Mobile Technology )</p> <p>I Only Need Help With The Graphic Card I Cant Find It No Where To Download The Graphic Card<br /> Driver When I Right Click On My Desktop &#38; Go On Settings It Has No Graphic Card Installed,<br /> Ive Tried Downloading Some Drivers From Here &#38; It Didnt Work :[<br /> It Always Comes Up With This Error Saying<br /> ( The NVIDIA Setup programe could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit )</p> <p>I Can't Play On Counter-Strike On OpenGL Anymore Because Of My Graphic Card Id Have To Play On Software Which Spikes A Lil.</p> <p>*** Please Read Before Posting ***<br /> *** Please Do (NOT) Talk Stupid ***<br /> *** Cheers Guys *** </p>