Please im begging for help!

eriick · 18 Nov 2009

Ok so stupidly i got windows 7 at a retail store thinking oh wow how cool it is, it turns out to be that my hp pavilion dv6500 drivers are not compatible and now i cant change the windows taskbar color and cant use my finger sensor because hp has no drivers for it anymore, i know this is all my fault because i didnt find out first if there were new drivers for my netbook and my main problem is that since this hp does not have a vista installation cd i cant go back to vista! it has an in built vista cd i guess and now it wont let me go back.

Please please i really want to go back since my computer looks all messed up.
I really trully appreciate it.

skippyhdog · 18 Nov 2009

have you tried looking for the drivers online

blackroseMD1 · 18 Nov 2009

Also, have you tried running the drivers in compatibility mode for Vista? Are you running 32 bit or 64 bit?

Here is a link to drivers for your onboard graphics. Try these and report back on the results.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/noteboo...6.81_whql.html

garysgold · 18 Nov 2009

Hello eriick,

Welcome to 7 Forums.

Most of the Vista drivers will work in 7. Have you tried them yet? If you go to User CP and fill in your system specs, we may be able to help you get up and running.

I believe you can contact HP and have them send you a reinstall disk. Might have to pay few bucks. Shipping and such.

Hope this helps.

Gary

Zidane24 · 18 Nov 2009

Alright...the Driver master is at your service...

x86 drivers for your fingerprint reader are at this link
x64 drivers for your fingerprint reader are at this link

Run the driver in Compatibility Mode for Windows Vista : Compatibility Mode

Now...tell me if you have a NVIDA graphics card or an Intel graphics card and I will help you fix your video

eriick · 18 Nov 2009

Thank you so much all of you, i am a super newbie and kind of a computer dumbtard but ill do my best.
Yes i have nvidia graphics and x64 and yes well i tried to look for th drivers online but since it said unknown i basically had no idea which ones i was supposed to download so i went to hps site and looked for hp dv6500 drives are they were from 2007, ill do what im told!

Zidane24 · 18 Nov 2009

eriick said:

Thank you so much all of you, i am a super newbie and kind of a computer dumbtard but ill do my best.
Yes i have nvidia graphics and x64 and yes well i tried to look for th drivers online but since it said unknown i basically had no idea which ones i was supposed to download so i went to hps site and looked for hp dv6500 drives are they were from 2007, ill do what im told!

Download the ones for x64 in my post above and follow the compatibility mode...

That should get your fingerprint working...

Now for the NVIDIA...

NVIDIA DRIVERS 179.48 BETA

This should get your GFX up and running

blackroseMD1 · 18 Nov 2009

OK...here is the link for your x64 video drivers.

NVIDIA DRIVERS 186.81 WHQL

Zidane24 · 18 Nov 2009

blackroseMD1 said:

OK...here is the link for your x64 video drivers.

NVIDIA DRIVERS 186.81 WHQL

Are you sure he doesn't have a 7 series GPU in that notebook?

I am going to play it safe and tell him to go for the lower driver

Frostmourne · 18 Nov 2009

You can also use an app at Halfdone Development to find out what those unknown devices are.