Solve : Vista works, XP doesnt? HELP!?

1.	Solve : Vista works, XP doesnt? HELP!?
Answer» Ok, I just bought a new computer. it happened to come with vista basic home. Since vista sucks in my opinion because of its many issues, i was going to try dual booting with vista and xp home. I sucessfully have INSTALLED and running both os's, but some of the drivers dont work in xp, but it works on vista. Basically When i run vista, all drivers work fine, but in xp they dont. heres a screenshot of the drivers not properly working. Can someone tell me how to fix this please! Computer Specs: Dell Dimension C521 AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3800+, Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Basic Dimension C521 AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3800+ Memory 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs Video Cards 256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro Hard Drives 80GB SERIAL ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ Where's the screenshot?sorry, fixed screenshot (i think)Download the appropriate rivers from the Dell website for that operating system (if they are available).This guy is pulling your strings, he knows enough to hide the PC name and to create a dual boot but he's not smart enough to figure out he needs proper drivers? Yeah, right. umm i assure you, im not pulling any strings. I cant download anything, cause the ethernet driver doesnt work (aka no internet) on xp. --------. if i did know what to do, then i wouldnt be asking, duh??? Quote from: fallenangell666 on APRIL 18, 2007, 07:54:07 AM umm i assure you, im not pulling any strings. I cant download anything, cause the ethernet driver doesnt work (aka no internet) on xp. -----------. if i didnt know, then i wouldnt be asking, duh??? Hey, you edited your post.. What? Had to vent first? I appreciate that. That's why I'll offer you my handy advise! Obtain the network drivers using Vista then open them from within Windows XP. yeah i edited because i wrote "didnt" instead of "did" omg big whoop?? thanks for the advise, but try being a censored Quote from: fallenangell666 on April 18, 2007, 08:08:25 AM yeah i edited because i wrote "didnt" instead of "did" omg big whoop?? thanks for the advise, but try being a dk** You edited and ADDED the whole flame section, don't be timid! I thought that was what I succeeded as. I will try harder! Anyhow, let know if that works. Some POSTING has been revised... if you dont like it, feel free to change it back. Chances are, since the devices in this new computer are, well, new, you need to use a new OS. Stick with Vista. If you dont like its non-fisherprice look, change the theme back. Unless you can find the drivers on the Dell site for XP. Face it, its the future, 4-5 years ago, XP was big, and now its Vista. (Support is ending! Update before its too late!) Your obviously able to use the internet with Vista. If you can't find or use the ethernet driver from Vista in XP you will need to download it. Dell site is a good bet if you know the model number. If not check out your device manager for the model. once you have an ethernet driver your home free. Good thing to do if your playing with drivers a lot is to subscribe to www.driveragent.com. Very usefull site. Don't listen to what people tell you about Vista Home Basic. It is very inadequate for your average PC user lacking many of the basic features Windows XP offers.

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Ok, I just bought a new computer. it happened to come with vista basic home. Since vista sucks in my opinion because of its many issues, i was going to try dual booting with vista and xp home. I sucessfully have INSTALLED and running both os's, but some of the drivers dont work in xp, but it works on vista. Basically When i run vista, all drivers work fine, but in xp they dont.
heres a screenshot of the drivers not properly working.

Can someone tell me how to fix this please!

Computer Specs:
Dell Dimension C521
AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3800+, Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Basic
Dimension C521 AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3800+
Memory 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs
Video Cards 256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro
Hard Drives 80GB SERIAL ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Where's the screenshot?sorry, fixed screenshot (i think)Download the appropriate rivers from the Dell website for that operating system (if they are available).This guy is pulling your strings, he knows enough to hide the PC name and to create a dual boot but he's not smart enough to figure out he needs proper drivers? Yeah, right. umm i assure you, im not pulling any strings. I cant download anything, cause the ethernet driver doesnt work (aka no internet) on xp.
--------. if i did know what to do, then i wouldnt be asking, duh??? Quote from: fallenangell666 on APRIL 18, 2007, 07:54:07 AM

umm i assure you, im not pulling any strings. I cant download anything, cause the ethernet driver doesnt work (aka no internet) on xp.
-----------. if i didnt know, then i wouldnt be asking, duh???

Hey, you edited your post.. What? Had to vent first? I appreciate that. That's why I'll offer you my handy advise!

Obtain the network drivers using Vista then open them from within Windows XP. yeah i edited because i wrote "didnt" instead of "did" omg big whoop??
thanks for the advise, but try being a *censored* Quote from: fallenangell666 on April 18, 2007, 08:08:25 AM

yeah i edited because i wrote "didnt" instead of "did" omg big whoop??
thanks for the advise, but try being a d**k

You edited and ADDED the whole flame section, don't be timid!

I thought that was what I succeeded as. I will try harder!

Anyhow, let know if that works. Some POSTING has been revised... if you dont like it, feel free to change it back.

Chances are, since the devices in this new computer are, well, new, you need to use a new OS.

Stick with Vista.
If you dont like its non-fisherprice look, change the theme back.

Unless you can find the drivers on the Dell site for XP.

Face it, its the future, 4-5 years ago, XP was big, and now its Vista. (Support is ending! Update before its too late!) Your obviously able to use the internet with Vista. If you can't find or use the ethernet driver from Vista in XP you will need to download it. Dell site is a good bet if you know the model number. If not check out your device manager for the model.
once you have an ethernet driver your home free. Good thing to do if your playing with drivers a lot is to subscribe to www.driveragent.com. Very usefull site.
Don't listen to what people tell you about Vista Home Basic. It is very inadequate for your average PC user lacking many of the basic features Windows XP offers.

Solve : Vista works, XP doesnt? HELP!?

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