Solve : New Windows 7 install, having a couple of problems (wireless a

1.	Solve : New Windows 7 install, having a couple of problems (wireless and mouse)?
Answer» OK, so I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to Windows 7 (32 bit), but due to some issues I've had in the past, I was hesitant to upgrade my main machine and instead did my kid's older computer first. I was able to complete the install fine, but afterwards a few problems have arisen... 1. The mouse they were using (older style ps/2) does not work. Does Win7 not recognize these? Not a huge problem, as the usb mouse from my PC does work on it, so I'll just need to pick up a new one for their computer if need be. 2. I cannot get the wireless card to work. I'm using a Linksys WMP54G and the green power light on the back of the PC where the card is installed won't come on. It worked fine prior to the Win7 install. I tried installing the Linksys Wireless G software, and it gets to the point where it tells me to turn off the PC and install the card, and then restart it. The card is already installed, so I power the PC back on and nothing. No power light and the software install doesn't restart as it said it would. So I think the problem is that the card was already installed, so I power down, REMOVE it, power back on and then try the install again. Once again it tells me to power down and install the card. Nothing again. Any suggestions?Your frustration is understandable. Most of the time Windows 7 will install quite easily.As yo have found out, sometimes you have to start with the minimal hardware profile and then go from there. As they say in the movies, cut to the chase.(Trying to fiddle around with your current installation is just going to consume your time and energy.) So, let's cut to the chase. Just go by herself a low-cost USB wireless adapter. Plug it in, install it, problem solved.Yeah, that fixes the mouse issue, and that's fine, because it doesn't hurt to have a new one anyway, but what about the wireless adaptor problem? Quote from: roccenstein on April 11, 2011, 10:24:22 AM Yeah, that fixes the mouse issue, and that's fine, because it doesn't hurt to have a new one anyway, but what about the wireless adaptor problem? I would be willing to be it will not happen again. And no, it is not your fault. It is just ... the innate perversity of inanimate objects. (references upon request.) Well, I've tried it three times now and having the same problem. The card will not power on. Quote from: roccenstein on April 11, 2011, 12:31:01 PM Well, I've tried it three times now and having the same problem. The card will not power on. OK, you got me on that one. But I would have tried five times with at least two different methods. Or just figure that Windows 7 can not do a correct install for that card. For what it's worth. On of the methods to to find another hard drive in my spares box. wipe it clean, stick it in the test PC and prepare the drive for Windows 7. Then reboot without any extra hardware, install Windows 7 on the clean spare drive by itself. Reboot as needed, connect by Ethernet, get updates, reboot as needed. Then after networking is established, power down, stick in trouble card and reboot to see have Windows does it this time. This procedure may take longer that player with register entries. But from my training they told me it has to be done this way. It is called 'duplicating an issue under controlled conditions.' Going back and trying to adjust something following a bad installation violates that principal. BTW, in the laboratory they would NEVER let you take a 'shortcut' by trying to use any media over again for a critical test. Unless the media itself was the object of the test. We had to be sure the media did not have any software remnants, even in the boot sectors or file location table. Sounds draconian, but that is how it awns done. I am retired now, but I still have my old HABITS learned of many years of failure and success Does the card show up in Device Manager?OK, weird.... I finally got the computer hooked up to my router with an ethernet CABLE and downloaded all sorts of updates (through Windows Update) and now the wireless card is on and detecting my wi-fi. Oh well, don't look a gift horse in the mouth, as they say...

Solve : New Windows 7 install, having a couple of problems (wireless and mouse)?

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OK, so I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to Windows 7 (32 bit), but due to some issues I've had in the past, I was hesitant to upgrade my main machine and instead did my kid's older computer first. I was able to complete the install fine, but afterwards a few problems have arisen...

1. The mouse they were using (older style ps/2) does not work. Does Win7 not recognize these? Not a huge problem, as the usb mouse from my PC does work on it, so I'll just need to pick up a new one for their computer if need be.

2. I cannot get the wireless card to work. I'm using a Linksys WMP54G and the green power light on the back of the PC where the card is installed won't come on. It worked fine prior to the Win7 install. I tried installing the Linksys Wireless G software, and it gets to the point where it tells me to turn off the PC and install the card, and then restart it. The card is already installed, so I power the PC back on and nothing. No power light and the software install doesn't restart as it said it would. So I think the problem is that the card was already installed, so I power down, REMOVE it, power back on and then try the install again. Once again it tells me to power down and install the card. Nothing again.

Any suggestions?Your frustration is understandable. Most of the time Windows 7 will install quite easily.As yo have found out, sometimes you have to start with the minimal hardware profile and then go from there.
As they say in the movies, cut to the chase.(Trying to fiddle around with your current installation is just going to consume your time and energy.) So, let's cut to the chase.
Just go by herself a low-cost USB wireless adapter. Plug it in, install it, problem solved.Yeah, that fixes the mouse issue, and that's fine, because it doesn't hurt to have a new one anyway, but what about the wireless adaptor problem? Quote from: roccenstein on April 11, 2011, 10:24:22 AM

Yeah, that fixes the mouse issue, and that's fine, because it doesn't hurt to have a new one anyway, but what about the wireless adaptor problem?

I would be willing to be it will not happen again.
And no, it is not your fault. It is just ...
the innate perversity of inanimate objects. (references upon request.)
Well, I've tried it three times now and having the same problem. The card will not power on. Quote from: roccenstein on April 11, 2011, 12:31:01 PM

Well, I've tried it three times now and having the same problem. The card will not power on.

OK, you got me on that one. But I would have tried five times with at least two different methods. Or just figure that Windows 7 can not do a correct install for that card.

For what it's worth. On of the methods to to find another hard drive in my spares box. wipe it clean, stick it in the test PC and prepare the drive for Windows 7. Then reboot without any extra hardware, install Windows 7 on the clean spare drive by itself. Reboot as needed, connect by Ethernet, get updates, reboot as needed. Then after networking is established, power down, stick in trouble card and reboot to see have Windows does it this time.

This procedure may take longer that player with register entries. But from my training they told me it has to be done this way. It is called 'duplicating an issue under controlled conditions.' Going back and trying to adjust something following a bad installation violates that principal.

BTW, in the laboratory they would NEVER let you take a 'shortcut' by trying to use any media over again for a critical test. Unless the media itself was the object of the test. We had to be sure the media did not have any software remnants, even in the boot sectors or file location table. Sounds draconian, but that is how it awns done. I am retired now, but I still have my old HABITS learned of many years of failure and success
Does the card show up in Device Manager?OK, weird.... I finally got the computer hooked up to my router with an ethernet CABLE and downloaded all sorts of updates (through Windows Update) and now the wireless card is on and detecting my wi-fi. Oh well, don't look a gift horse in the mouth, as they say...

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