I know some of you are involved with company laptops, so you may wish
to read on.
Having installed Windows 7 (RTM) on a couple of systems and been
extremely pleased with the vast improvement in performance, I decided
to install it on a Compaq 6910p laptop. It had been running Vista
Business, so on the face of it, SHOULD have been O.K. for W7.
Naturally I ran the Windows 7 Compatibility checker (Albeit still in
Beta) and was delighted that it came up with a clean bill of health.
Since I was performing a clean install, I fully expected to have to
update a zillion drivers, and indeed spent quite a few hours doing
just that.
But one has defied all attempts. It's the "PCI Simple Communications
Controller". This is vital for the Wireless modem, if nothing else,
and I really do want wireless working.
Call Compaq, whose initial attitude was, "We don't support Windows 7",
but when pushed and reminded that Microsoft say Vista's drivers work
with W7, they pointed me to a download.
However, seems the Intel drivers see W7, and tell you words to the
effect of "This operating system is not supported". And for goodness
knows what reason, Compatibility Mode is not available.
Needless to say I've spent quite few hours now researching this on the
Internet and have drawn a blank - even on Intel's own user lists.
So be warned.
George.
