I'd like to use the keyboard from my old HP computer with my new one
but I can't find any Win7 drivers so none of the media or internet keys function.

HP provides drivers for Vista 64 but none for Win7 64 nor have I had
any luck finding any????

I keep coming up with stuff like:
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Desktop-PC-questions/HP-5187-driver-needed-for-WIN7/m-p/247482
so it looks like I'm not alone...

Any help?

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"XS11E" <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'd like to use the keyboard from my old HP computer with my new one
> but I can't find any Win7 drivers so none of the media or internet keys
> function.
>
> HP provides drivers for Vista 64 but none for Win7 64 nor have I had
> any luck finding any????
>
> I keep coming up with stuff like:
> http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Desktop-PC-questions/HP-5187-driver-needed-for-WIN7/m-p/247482
> so it looks like I'm not alone...
>
> Any help?

Have you tried the Vista drivers? There's a chance they might work...

 

"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> "XS11E" <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9D72ECB40FB4Fxs11eyahoocom@127.0.0.1...
>> I'd like to use the keyboard from my old HP computer with my new
>> one but I can't find any Win7 drivers so none of the media or
>> internet keys function.
>>
>> HP provides drivers for Vista 64 but none for Win7 64 nor have I
>> had any luck finding any????
>>
>> I keep coming up with stuff like:
>> http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Desktop-PC-questions/HP-5187-dr
>> iver-needed-for-WIN7/m-p/247482 so it looks like I'm not alone...
>>
>> Any help?
>
> Have you tried the Vista drivers? There's a chance they might
> work...

Yes, of course I have but they don't work.

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Well if HP don't supply new drivers your obviously stuck

"XS11E" <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> "XS11E" <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9D72ECB40FB4Fxs11eyahoocom@127.0.0.1...
>>> I'd like to use the keyboard from my old HP computer with my new
>>> one but I can't find any Win7 drivers so none of the media or
>>> internet keys function.
>>>
>>> HP provides drivers for Vista 64 but none for Win7 64 nor have I
>>> had any luck finding any????
>>>
>>> I keep coming up with stuff like:
>>> http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Desktop-PC-questions/HP-5187-dr
>>> iver-needed-for-WIN7/m-p/247482 so it looks like I'm not alone...
>>>
>>> Any help?
>>
>> Have you tried the Vista drivers? There's a chance they might
>> work...
>
> Yes, of course I have but they don't work.
>
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"XS11E" <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> "XS11E" <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9D72ECB40FB4Fxs11eyahoocom@127.0.0.1...
>>> I'd like to use the keyboard from my old HP computer with my new
>>> one but I can't find any Win7 drivers so none of the media or
>>> internet keys function.
>>>
>>> HP provides drivers for Vista 64 but none for Win7 64 nor have I
>>> had any luck finding any????
>>>
>>> I keep coming up with stuff like:
>>> http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Desktop-PC-questions/HP-5187-dr
>>> iver-needed-for-WIN7/m-p/247482 so it looks like I'm not alone...
>>>
>>> Any help?
>>
>> Have you tried the Vista drivers? There's a chance they might
>> work...
>
> Yes, of course I have but they don't work.
>
Did you install as compatible mode.
A quick visual guide
http://www.trevorbowden.co.uk/Win7compatmode.html

 

"XS11E" <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Yes, of course

So why didn't you SAY you'd tried them?

 

On Sat, 08 May 2010 23:16:07 -0700, XS11E <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com>
wrote:

> I'd like to use the keyboard from my old HP computer with my new one
> but I can't find any Win7 drivers so none of the media or internet keys function.
>
> HP provides drivers for Vista 64 but none for Win7 64 nor have I had
> any luck finding any????


Then you're probably out of luck.
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

 

Ken Blake wrote:
> On Sat, 08 May 2010 23:16:07 -0700, XS11E <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to use the keyboard from my old HP computer with my new one
>> but I can't find any Win7 drivers so none of the media or internet keys function.
>>
>> HP provides drivers for Vista 64 but none for Win7 64 nor have I had
>> any luck finding any????
>
>
> Then you're probably out of luck.
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

But I was told that Win7 is heavily based on Vista

 

"LouB" <Lou@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Ken Blake wrote:
>> On Sat, 08 May 2010 23:16:07 -0700, XS11E <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'd like to use the keyboard from my old HP computer with my new one but
>>> I can't find any Win7 drivers so none of the media or internet keys
>>> function.
>>> HP provides drivers for Vista 64 but none for Win7 64 nor have I had any
>>> luck finding any????
>>
>>
>> Then you're probably out of luck.
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
>
> But I was told that Win7 is heavily based on Vista

....and you're enough of an asshole to believe everything you read on the
internet.
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On Sun, 09 May 2010 124:07 -0400, LouB <Lou@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Ken Blake wrote:
> > On Sat, 08 May 2010 23:16:07 -0700, XS11E <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I'd like to use the keyboard from my old HP computer with my new one
> >> but I can't find any Win7 drivers so none of the media or internet keys function.
> >>
> >> HP provides drivers for Vista 64 but none for Win7 64 nor have I had
> >> any luck finding any????
> >
> >
> > Then you're probably out of luck.
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
>
> But I was told that Win7 is heavily based on Vista



It is. In fact, it could have been called something like Vista Second
Edition (as Microsoft did with Windows 9. Under the hood Vista is
Windows 6.0 and Windows 7 is Windows 6.1, an upgrade to 6.0, not a
whole new operating system. What Microsoft decides to call something
is a marketing decision, not a technical one, and they apparently
decided that giving it a new name would be likely to sell more copies.

And in fact, Vista drivers sometimes work with Windows 7. But in this
case, he tried the Windows Vista drivers and they did *not* work.


Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

 

Ken Blake <kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote:

> And in fact, Vista drivers sometimes work with Windows 7. But in
> this case, he tried the Windows Vista drivers and they did *not*
> work.

So.... why is that?

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On 5/9/2010 9:21 PM, XS11E wrote:
> Ken Blake<kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote:
>
>> And in fact, Vista drivers sometimes work with Windows 7. But in
>> this case, he tried the Windows Vista drivers and they did *not*
>> work.
>
> So.... why is that?
>
Simple...because Windows 7 is not Vista, nor is it Vista SE. It is
Windows 7.
Period.

 

Frank <fb@amk.cmo> wrote:

> On 5/9/2010 9:21 PM, XS11E wrote:
>> Ken Blake<kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote:
>>
>>> And in fact, Vista drivers sometimes work with Windows 7. But in
>>> this case, he tried the Windows Vista drivers and they did *not*
>>> work.
>>
>> So.... why is that?
>>
> Simple...because Windows 7 is not Vista, nor is it Vista SE. It is
> Windows 7.

I didn't think anyone would be stupid enough to offer that as an
explanation, I didn't count on your limitless idiocy apparently...


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> Frank <fb@amk.cmo> wrote:
>
>> On 5/9/2010 9:21 PM, XS11E wrote:
>>> Ken Blake<kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> And in fact, Vista drivers sometimes work with Windows 7. But in
>>>> this case, he tried the Windows Vista drivers and they did *not*
>>>> work.
>>>
>>> So.... why is that?
>>>
>> Simple...because Windows 7 is not Vista, nor is it Vista SE. It is
>> Windows 7.
>
> I didn't think anyone would be stupid enough to offer that as an
> explanation, I didn't count on your limitless idiocy apparently...
>
>
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When you say did not work Did they install or did the install not work. If
the later right click the setup Exe select properties then the compatibility
tab and then Vista. Ok back out and Install

 

XS11E wrote:
> Frank<fb@amk.cmo> wrote:
>
>> On 5/9/2010 9:21 PM, XS11E wrote:
>>> Ken Blake<kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> And in fact, Vista drivers sometimes work with Windows 7. But in
>>>> this case, he tried the Windows Vista drivers and they did *not*
>>>> work.
>>>
>>> So.... why is that?
>>>
>> Simple...because Windows 7 is not Vista, nor is it Vista SE. It is
>> Windows 7.
>
> I didn't think anyone would be stupid enough to offer that as an
> explanation, I didn't count on your limitless idiocy apparently...
>
>

You can count on it with each and every post of his. Fact is Vista is NT
6.0 and Win 7 is NT 6.1. To anyone with a brain, that means that 7 is
Vista SE. Course with the very bad name Vista brought upon itself, I can
understand why the marketing dept. of MS wanted to do away with the name.

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"Trev" <trev_uk@hotmail.com invalid> wrote:

> When you say did not work Did they install or did the install not
> work.

Installed, did not work.


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alias is an idiot!

On 5/10/2010 4:23 AM, Alias wrote:
> XS11E wrote:
>> Frank<fb@amk.cmo> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/9/2010 9:21 PM, XS11E wrote:
>>>> Ken Blake<kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> And in fact, Vista drivers sometimes work with Windows 7. But in
>>>>> this case, he tried the Windows Vista drivers and they did *not*
>>>>> work.
>>>>
>>>> So.... why is that?
>>>>
>>> Simple...because Windows 7 is not Vista, nor is it Vista SE. It is
>>> Windows 7.
>>
>> I didn't think anyone would be stupid enough to offer that as an
>> explanation, I didn't count on your limitless idiocy apparently...
>>
>>
>
> You can count on it with each and every post of his. Fact is Vista is NT
> 6.0 and Win 7 is NT 6.1. To anyone with a brain, that means that 7 is
> Vista SE. Course with the very bad name Vista brought upon itself, I can
> understand why the marketing dept. of MS wanted to do away with the name.
>
Only and idiot like you would make such a stupid comment as you just made.
Let me prove my point:
Try ordering a Vista SE OS.
Post back with your findings.
Oops!

 

On 5/10/2010 12:03 AM, XS11E wrote:
> Frank<fb@amk.cmo> wrote:
>
>> On 5/9/2010 9:21 PM, XS11E wrote:
>>> Ken Blake<kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> And in fact, Vista drivers sometimes work with Windows 7. But in
>>>> this case, he tried the Windows Vista drivers and they did *not*
>>>> work.
>>>
>>> So.... why is that?
>>>
>> Simple...because Windows 7 is not Vista, nor is it Vista SE. It is
>> Windows 7.
>
> I didn't think anyone would be stupid enough to offer that as an
> explanation, I didn't count on your limitless idiocy apparently...
>
>
Only and idiot like you would even ask such a stupid question in the
first place.

 

On Sun, 09 May 2010 21:21:19 -0700, XS11E <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com>
wrote:

> Ken Blake <kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote:
>
> > And in fact, Vista drivers sometimes work with Windows 7. But in
> > this case, he tried the Windows Vista drivers and they did *not*
> > work.
>
> So.... why is that?


Because they are two different operating systems. In some cases Vista
drivers work on Windows 7, in other (probably most) cases they don't.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

 

Ken Blake <kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 09 May 2010 21:21:19 -0700, XS11E <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ken Blake <kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote:
>>
>> > And in fact, Vista drivers sometimes work with Windows 7. But in
>> > this case, he tried the Windows Vista drivers and they did *not*
>> > work.
>>
>> So.... why is that?
>
> Because they are two different operating systems. In some cases Vista
> drivers work on Windows 7, in other (probably most) cases they don't.
>
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

That's about as sensible an answer as Frank's, I'm really disappointed
in you.....

I know they're two different OSs, the question is WHAT SPECIFIC
DIFFERENCE is preventing the Vista driver from working? I'm hoping
it'll turn out to be something as simple as 'decorating' a Win32 driver
to make it work in Win64.



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