Clean Vista install WITH NO ACTIVATION

[thegoldenhand]

Can anyone who haven't done this yet confirm what they find in the Monitor category under Device Manager? I just noticed that it says Generic Plug and Play Monitor. But on the display device I still see the Nvidia GPU. I'm not having issues with it.. just curious as to why it says Generic PnP. Also the HP Webcam also shows USB2.0 Camera or something to that extent.

[orev]

On my system using the HP image (unclean install), the monitor is "Generic PnP Monitor". On most systems, that's what the monitor shows up as all the time.

[Ardent]

"Install drivers, etc... from the C:\SWSetup area that you saved before. I recommend downloading drivers from HP."

Sorry, I'm a noob, but how do I install the drivers from the flash drive? Do I just move the folder from my flash drive to the computer?

[orev]

Originally Posted by Ardent

"Install drivers, etc... from the C:\SWSetup area that you saved before. I recommend downloading drivers from HP."

Sorry, I'm a noob, but how do I install the drivers from the flash drive? Do I just move the folder from my flash drive to the computer?

Inside the SWSetup folder there are folders that contain setup files. Usually these setup files will install the drivers. My suggestion is to explore the folders and you'll start to learn what's in them.

You can install them from wherever you like, if you put it on your flash drive or on a DVD, but you need to run the install programs - just copying the files to the drive won't do it.

[Wolfpup]

Originally Posted by Ardent

"Install drivers, etc... from the C:\SWSetup area that you saved before. I recommend downloading drivers from HP."

Sorry, I'm a noob, but how do I install the drivers from the flash drive? Do I just move the folder from my flash drive to the computer?

So you've saved drivers from HP.com to a Flash drive? You should be able to install them right from that drive, or could copy them to your hard drive before installing them.

The correct order would be chipset drivers first, then generally graphics drivers then other stuff.

[thegoldenhand]

Originally Posted by orev

On my system using the HP image (unclean install), the monitor is "Generic PnP Monitor". On most systems, that's what the monitor shows up as all the time.

thanks for confirming.

[orev]

I'm looking for a few testers for a new method that should work for everyone. Please PM me.
Thanks.

[knp]

Any news on this new method?

[Buddy17]

yes i'm very curious about the new method without the cert folder...can it be done??

[rconner]

Thanks Orev for these steps... going to try the clean install tonight.