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Offer machine specific XP drivers.

190 points posted to Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Operating Systems by jtellis Apr 28

I recently bought a refurb 1721. Because of development work I'm doing I need to be running XP Pro. I understand that this machine is designed to work with Vista, but apparently your tech guys are telling people that the drivers don't even exist for XP - which they do.

Given that you are now offering XP as an option on equivalent machines, could you post a machine specific driver package for those of us who would like to switch to XP? That way I don't have to dig through and figure out all the drivers I need, I could just bring down a standard set.

james.lancaster
Apr 28		 Yes, please. Good luck trying to get XP installed on an Optiplex 755 with AHCI turned on.
sugarbear
Apr 28		 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&artic... Dell will continue to install XP Pro.
gear
May 1		 james,

Here are the instructions for installing XP on an Inspiron 1525... I bet you it will work for the Optiplex 755 with AHCI on:

http://www.laptops-drivers.com/dell-laptop/how-to-install-windows-xp-on-dell-...

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_genera...
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