I've had Win2K running on one of these laptops for years without a glitch. I
can't imagine why XP doesn't seem to work, (well maybe a touchpad problem or
two), but you can always go with Win2K. If it needed a special driver for
Win2K, I probably have it somewhere so give me a shout should you decide on
the latter and need one. I haven't been to Support since the HP take over so
I wouldn't know what they have available.
"Whelan" wrote in message
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I've just been handed down my son's Compaq Presario 1800 laptop. (I bought
him a replacement.)
This Presario has never been able to tap into our home network for
printing
or file sharing (since I installed Win XPPro on it summer 2002. However it
can use DSL through our router. This last week I have tried furiously to
solve the networking problem, with lots of advice on the Dell message
boards, but nothing works.
It looks like I will have to reformat the hard drive and reinstall Win
XPPro
to have any hope of networking it.
Has anyone made a fresh start on a a Presario 1800 with XP? Was it
difficult
to find drivers etc to make it work? I'm not finding what I need, so far,
on
the web site; it only lists Win Me and 2000.
(We did purchase an extended warranty in July 2001... Any chance Compaq
would provide support of the type I need by phone?)
Nan
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