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Well the graphics card driver is here:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Select 'Graphics Driver', then 'Geforce and TNT2', then 'Vista x86'
For the rest of them, you need to know your motherboard make and model. I'm assuming that the sound and network adaptor are on-board?
Oh yeah, and if you're using a USB connection for your NTL box, it'd be better to use ethernet port instead (once you've got the network driver installed). I'm not sure if NTL have released a USB driver for Vista yet, you see.
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Posted: 2006-11-22 11:02:46
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Well the graphics card driver is here:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Select 'Graphics Driver', then 'Geforce and TNT2', then 'Vista x86'
For the rest of them, you need to know your motherboard make and model. I'm assuming that the sound and network adaptor are on-board?
Oh yeah, and if you're using a USB connection for your NTL box, it'd be better to use ethernet port instead (once you've got the network driver installed). I'm not sure if NTL have released a USB driver for Vista yet, you see.
wicked mate
I have onboard ethernet yes, but i have a soundblaster audigy player.... not totally sure of the model number etc tho... but if i can just get enough to get teh net working now, then i can search for everything else at home.... So to get the net working all i need is my ethernet driver (mother board driver??) is that right mate?
i bought this mother board from ebuyer dec 2003 (omg that was ages ago lol) : Gigabyte GA-7N400PRO2 nForce 2 8xAGP Ultra400 400 FSB DDR400 IEEE 1394 Retail Box
Any ideas matey? ior is it as simple as searching for the drivers?
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Posted: 2006-11-22 11:11:54
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Hmmm...
According to
this, your Ethernet port should work already since Vista has native support for it. This figures actually, because my motherboard uses the Nforce 4 chipset and I didn't need an extra network driver either.
So in theory, if you plug the NTL Box in via ethernet it should work straight away
The sound card driver will be available via
http://www.creative.com
I had trouble installing the driver for my audigy 2 ZS card because the driver wasn't signed and Vista wouldn't let it install. They might have solved that bug now though.
If not, get the beta Nforce 2 driver from the link I posted at the top of the thread and use onboard sound for now (which is what I ended up doing
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[ This Message was edited by: Cycovision on 2006-11-22 10:22 ]
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Posted: 2006-11-22 11:20:07
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i see matey, the ethernet onboard may well have work, it may just have been NTL doin me a good un.... and blocking my internet access... .
anyway, i dopwnload that driver you have linked me to and fingers crossed most things will be sorted
Whats the drack with using office xp pro? will this work on vista? or will i need to download something like open office?
again cheers for all your help matey
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Posted: 2006-11-22 11:22:48
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Haven't tried it, but office 2003 installs and runs OK so I don't see why office XP shouldn't
EDIT: Also, have you had a look in device manager? If it shows the network adaptor as installed then it's almost certainly NTL playing up!
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Posted: 2006-11-22 11:26:21
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I didnt mate (sadly i fell for the glitz and gloom and played around with themes etc... lol, but i will have a look into that tonight when i get back to the reinstalling lol)
thanks again cyco
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Posted: 2006-11-22 11:38:55
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Job done.....
Thanks rockiGali
thanks cyco, got my vista up and running fine, most drivers are sorted now, i think a windows update will sort out the other ones yay!
i gotta say im quite impressed by vista to be honest, my pc could do with upgrading tho as im sure its even better when it runs totally smoovely..
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Posted: 2006-11-23 10:17:19
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