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Installed Win7 Pro 32-bit on my Dell Dimension 8300
So yeah. I thought it'd be a good idea to upgrade my desktop from XP to Win7. I installed Professional 32-bit on it since I got a free copy from MSDN because of my college. The install went smoothly and everything was fine. The only problem I had was that it had no sound and the sound drivers wouldn't install because they were for only Windows XP. However, I was perfectly fine with that since I don't really need sound for it. I'm using it more for hosting vent/teamspeak 2 servers for friends.
The problem I had this morning when I turned it back on was that it wasn't recognizing the ethernet connection anymore. And I don't know why. Win7 installed Intel PRO/100 VE by default for my network adapter and it's still there but it's not recognizing any internet connection. I read somewhere that your computer won't recognize a lot of your hardware if the chipset driver isn't installed. I didn't know what chipset I had so I tried using Intel's Chipset Identification utility thing which I transferred over from my laptop by means of an external but it said that it couldn't even recognize what chipset was on my Dell 8300. I tried installing the only chipset driver for the 8300 from dell's site but it's not supported by any OS after XP. So I'm at a loss on what to do. I've read stories from other people online about having success upgrading their old 2003/2004 Dell 8300 to Windows 7.
Any help? =[
I just want to get my desktop back on the internet. I don't really care about the sound not working.