Re: win xp pro on laptops

You install a generic version of XP Pro itself, but after you install it the laptop will work like crap (it may barely work at all, but it will work) until you install all of the drivers for all of the various components of the laptop. It's similar to a desktop, basically, in that after you install generic windows, your screen and sound and network, etc., don't work until you install the respective drivers for those devices (and yes, drivers for some of those devices may be "built-in" to Windows .... but not many of them). The difference is that there are usually a LOT more drivers for a laptop than for a desktop. It's not unusual, for a laptop to need more than a dozen drivers, there are a lot more "devices" in a typical laptop than in a typical desktop (many are for power management and special I/O functions). The necessary drivers should be available from the web site of the laptop manufacturer. You know you are [mostly] done when everything works AND there are no "splates" or unidentified devices in device manager.



the hotshot wrote:

hi, i just bought a new laptop on fri with win xp home and need win xp
pro for work. can i install any version of win xp pro on this laptop or
is there a special laptop version of win xp pro i should be looking
for? i think some features can be installed via drivers, but generally
speaking, can any version of win xp pro work on my laptop? model is hp
dv2000t.

Thanks!

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