Install XP on Advent 7113 laptop running Vista?

myself321

Hi

i have an old Advent 7113 laptop , which has windows Vista, would it be ok to put XP on the laptop (take vista of), would the vista drivers work with XP, or can i download them ?

here is the spec
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/laptop/7113.htm

the above site says this is a a rebadged Uniwill L51II3 , and driver can be got here
http://www.uniwill.com/UserDownload/l51ii/l51ii.php

are the drivers above vista for xp, in above link?

thanks

NiftyDigits

myself321 wrote: »

Hi

i have an old Advent 7113 laptop , which has windows Vista, would it be ok to put XP on the laptop (take vista of), would the vista drivers work with XP, or can i download them ?

here is the spec
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/laptop/7113.htm

the above site says this is a a rebadged Uniwill L51II3 , and driver can be got here
http://www.uniwill.com/UserDownload/l51ii/l51ii.php

are the drivers above vista for xp, in above link?

thanks

Yes, those are XP Drivers. Not a problem to install XP on that machine. Having an Advent XP Recovery disc would help somewhat.

myself321

Many Thanks for your response

myself321

Hi
all the drivers are work for the wireless card, i have tried the xp and vista drivers.

the driver installs. i then look in device manager wireless card has a yellow circle with an exclamation mark.

when i click properties it says windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. the device may be corrupt or missing. (code 39)

i assume i need to download the driver from somewhere else?

myself321

i have now found the driver whats the best free firewall for xp? thanks

GunJack

if you're using a router, then the windows inbuilt one is fine

gjchester

myself321 wrote: »

Hi
all the drivers are work for the wireless card, i have tried the xp and vista drivers.

Sounds like you have already done this, but you may not have the rights to actually do it. Only the OEM Ultimate and Business editions were sold with downgrade rights.

If you got it preinstalled (as it probably was) you have no rights to downgrade, and may find it difficult to activate XP, or it may decide in a few weeks or months that you have a pirate version and start shutting down every few hours to encourage you to buy a legit copy..

Remember also XP goes end of support in 12 months time and will be a major security risk.

Despite what Gunjack says AV and firewalls are essential and the Windows inbuilt firewall is not great as is in XP, especially as you may use it out of the home or accidentally on someone elses wifi. download and install Microsoft's security essential to give AV and firewall protection. the inbuilt one gives some protection to incoming threats but nothing for virus's you accidentally download or limited cover for something trying to get out and phone home.

waddler_8

The XP firewall is sufficient. It can be argued you don't need a software firewall if you're behind a router - if it's a standalone pc & not part of any network.

gjchester wrote:

...the inbuilt one gives some protection to incoming threats but nothing for virus's you accidentally download...

As soon as you click a link, you solicit the connection - there ends the province of the firewall.

Incoming traffic should then be filtered by your AV and anything malicious detected and dealt with by your AV.

Malware often injects already trusted processes with code to bypass firewalls with outbound protection.

gjchester

waddler_8 wrote: »

The XP firewall is sufficient. It can be argued you don't need a software firewall if you're behind a router - if it's a standalone pc & not part of any network.

The OP is putting it on a laptop chances are it will leave the house, and they will forget about what they have installed.

waddler_8 wrote: »

As soon as you click a link, you solicit the connection - there ends the province of the firewall.

Malware often injects already trusted processes with code to bypass firewalls with outbound protection.

True but the built in XP firewall does not even inspect outgoing traffic at all, at least Windows Defender tries to monitor out going traffic and warn you of anything connecting to the internet thats new or changed.