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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Fix driver problems before moving to Windows 10

Over the past 5 months, conversions from Windows 8 / 8.1 were never a problem and most Windows 7 conversions when without a hitch.  However, the occasional older Windows 7 upgrade experienced problems.  These all seemed to be directly related to old / un-updated drivers.  Only one of the Windows 7 computers I dealt with was unable to stay on Windows 10.  On that (Acer) computer both the USB and more importantly the wireless LAN driver that worked perfectly on Windows 7 failed on Windows 10.   This, in spite of the fact, that the Windows 10 update app said that the system was compatible. The only solution was to return to Windows 7.

I recently had a chance to review a program that could possibly have fixed the driver problem on these systems.  That program is called Driver Talent.  You can download it from here: Driver Talent   There is a free version and one you can purchase it for $16.95.  The free version will scan your system and allow you to download the most up-to-date drivers to c:\Window\OSTotoFolder. 

You will have to install the drivers yourself once downloaded.  I had to use 7Zip to unzip the driver files that were downloaded.  You can get it here:  7Zip.  Once unzipped, the drivers can be installed from Device Manager.


If you are uncomfortable with this, the purchased version of Driver Talent will automatically install the drivers for you.  Let me know if this works for you.

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