While installing Win 7 can't find DVD drivers on Vista

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       #21

    Never heard of that. They usually activate online without any difficulty, in exactly the same way as the system builder keys.

    Try it and you will find out.
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       #22

    Thanks for your help. Here goes after I run out for food.
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    win 8 32 bit
       #23

    On the old install putting the 7 DVD in and telling it to search there for drivers should have worked
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       #24

    Tried that and it failed. ??
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    7 X64
       #25

    jak834 said:
    Tried that and it failed. ??
    Who are you talking to?

    Have you completed the installation yet?
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  6. Posts : 28
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       #26

    To Samurai, he said "On the old install putting the 7 DVD in and telling it to search there for drivers should have worked"

    I had tried that and it didn't work.

    Just got home so I'll have to go to it tomorrow. Appreciate the input!
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  7. Posts : 28
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       #27

    Looks like it loaded just fine. It won't do Win update. Stuck on a loop there. Least of the worries now that it's at least booted to Win 7.
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  8. Posts : 16,130
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       #28

    go to windows update>change settings. Change it to never. Reboot

    got to windows update again >change settings. Change it to Check for updates but let me choose. Then check for updates.

    If that doesn't work, use dism++ to d/l and install the updates.
    http://cdn.chuyu.me/Dism++10.1.1000....f64b25091d.zip

    Dism++ is self explanatory - an 8yr old can do it.
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  9. Posts : 28
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       #29

    Doing both "change settings" options worked. Wow, downloading 179 updates.
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  10. Posts : 28
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       #30

    All loaded up. Thow the install disk he bought was bad, the new iso install accepted the Product Key from MS.
    Thanks for your help.
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