Want to change VISTA to XP

[musicallyinclined]

I have purchased an Inspiron 1720 from Dell that arrived with VISTA on it. I
want to change this to XP so that I can use ProTools software. Dell is
telling me that there is not an audio driver available for XP. However, I
have a friend who is using his laptop with XP and this software operates fine
on his computer. Any input would be appreciated.

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Is your friend also running an Inspiron 1720 from Dell?

message :I have purchased an Inspiron 1720 from Dell that arrived with VISTA on it.
I
: want to change this to XP so that I can use ProTools software. Dell is
: telling me that there is not an audio driver available for XP. However, I
: have a friend who is using his laptop with XP and this software operates
fine
: on his computer. Any input would be appreciated.

 

[musicallyinclined]

not sure ---- I know it's a 17" laptop like mine but not sure of the
brand....would that matter?

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Yes. The drivers are for particular computers.

message : not sure ---- I know it's a 17" laptop like mine but not sure of the
: brand....would that matter?
:
: "Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote:
:
: > Is your friend also running an Inspiron 1720 from Dell?
: >
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: > message : > :I have purchased an Inspiron 1720 from Dell that arrived with VISTA on
it.
: > I
: > : want to change this to XP so that I can use ProTools software. Dell is
: > : telling me that there is not an audio driver available for XP.
However, I
: > : have a friend who is using his laptop with XP and this software
operates
: > fine
: > : on his computer. Any input would be appreciated.
: >
: >
: >

 

[David B.]

Of course it matters, just because your friend has a 17" laptop does not
mean that it has the same hardware as yours.

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not sure ---- I know it's a 17" laptop like mine but not sure of the
brand....would that matter?

Is your friend also running an Inspiron 1720 from Dell?

in
message :I have purchased an Inspiron 1720 from Dell that arrived with VISTA on
it.
I
: want to change this to XP so that I can use ProTools software. Dell is
: telling me that there is not an audio driver available for XP. However,
I
: have a friend who is using his laptop with XP and this software
operates
fine
: on his computer. Any input would be appreciated.

 

[DL]

You have to look before you buy, or correctly configure your purchase.
Dell supplies laptops with winxp
But thats all no good now, you are stuck with Vista

 

[Paul]

I have purchased an Inspiron 1720 from Dell that arrived with VISTA on it. I
want to change this to XP so that I can use ProTools software. Dell is
telling me that there is not an audio driver available for XP. However, I
have a friend who is using his laptop with XP and this software operates fine
on his computer. Any input would be appreciated.

Give this a try. 7MB download.

http://support.us.dell.com/support/...eid=R158235&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=211297

R158235.EXE

Title : Audio:SIGMATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio Driver
Version : A09
OEM Name : SIGMATEL
OEM Ver : 5.10.0.5511
Computers : 130L, MXC051, 1400, 1500, 1700, MXP061; 1420, 1501, 1520, 1521, 1720,
1721, B120, B135/1400, ME051, MM061, MP061, Inspiron - MXC061;
Latitude - 120L , 131L, D420, D430, D520, D531, D620, D630, D631,
D820, D830, Platform Canceled-X2, Latitude - XT; Precision - M4300,
M6300, M65, Precision - M90; XPS - M1330, M1730, MXC062, MXG061,
OS : Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP x64
Languages : Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese-S, Chinese-T, English,
French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
Created : Tue Jun 5 11:29:27 CDT 2007

HTH,
Paul

 

[Phisherman]

I have purchased an Inspiron 1720 from Dell that arrived with VISTA on it. I
want to change this to XP so that I can use ProTools software. Dell is
telling me that there is not an audio driver available for XP. However, I
have a friend who is using his laptop with XP and this software operates fine
on his computer. Any input would be appreciated.

One option is to disable the internal audio in the CMOS, and install a
new sound card that has XP drivers (most do).

 

[Gordon]

One option is to disable the internal audio in the CMOS, and install a
new sound card that has XP drivers (most do).

tricky - the 1720 is a laptop.......

 

[Phisherman]

tricky - the 1720 is a laptop.......

(Yet, another reason I hate laptops.)

 

[Gordon]

(Yet, another reason I hate laptops.)

ROTFL!

 

[musicallyinclined]

OK. The system already has this audio driver on it. Is this to mean that the
driver would be compatible if I changed the OS to XP? Since the OS list on
the download includes the 1720 and XP.......Thanks for YOUR help.