Hi Darragh, If you encounter similar with Compaq Notebooks, do please pass on. It's driving me scatty. It's the word "simple" which especially hacks me off. It clearly is NOT. BTW, strictly off topic, but I have to ask, what's the "Oireachtas", and how is it correctly pronounced. My best mate's from Balbriggan, an ex AIB bank manager. I'd hate to show my ignorance by asking him, especially me being a Scot! (Smile) George. -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Darragh.OHeiligh@Oireachtas.ie Sent: 02 October 2009 10:30 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Windows 7 warning I had a similar problem wit a Dell 5530 HSPA wireless modem on windows 7 x64. I was lucky in that it is made by Samson so with a lot of looking around I found a driver for it. Regards Darragh Ó Héiligh Members Service desk Offices of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Fredrick Building, South Fredrick Street, Dublin2 Telephone: +353 (1) 618 4444 Email: darragh.oheiligh@oireachtas.ie Internet: http://www.oireachtas.ie "George Bell" <george@techno-vision.co.uk> Sent by: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org 02/10/2009 10:07 Please respond to Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> To <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> cc Subject [Blind-sysadmins] Windows 7 warning 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. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins