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No IP for Win XP after dual boot
Name: najitech Date: January 13, 2008 at 18:40:41 Pacific OS: Vista/XP CPU/Ram: 512 MB Product: Toshiba
Comment:
I was able to set up a friend's Toshiba Satellite laptop to dual boot to XP Pro (it came with Vista Home Premium installed). Even though it can now boot into XP Pro, there is no sound, and it cannot get on the network. When I originally checked for an IP address in cmd prompt window, there was no IP info whatsoever. I tried adding a static IP address, but am still having these problems. Boot back into Vista, and everything works fine. Could this be a driver issue? The installation of XP Pro to its new partition seemed to go fine. Both hard drive partitions (Vista on C: and XP Pro on D:) appear in My Computer. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
Name: WebsWonder Date: January 13, 2008 at 23:37:55 Pacific
Reply:
Did you actually Check Device Manager that drivers are installed ??
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Response Number 2
Name: najitech Date: January 14, 2008 at 03:07:06 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, I checked in Device Mgr, and a number of items were there (Audio Codecs, Legacy Audio Drivers, etc.). When I booted back into Vista, I noticed that there was no sound, but that was because the sound level had been turned down to zero. Once I cranked it back up, everything was fine. In XP Pro, there was no way to turn sound back up because the Volume feature was unavailable.
Name: XpUser Date: January 14, 2008 at 06:14:26 Pacific
Reply:
As far as I know:
1. None of the OEM system builders like Toshiba, Sony, HP & Dell will make available XP compatible drivers for Vista machines.
2. Windows XP Installation CD do not include drivers for devices proprietary to OEM system builders.
The only thing you can do is download System Information for Windows from Gtopala site HERE. You will then have to identify the type & make of each devices then search the Net for compatible drivers.
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