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Windows 7 Driver Support - Part 1

An Improvement Over Vista

There were two immediate issues with Microsoft Windows Vista when it was released worldwide in 2007: the look and feel was different and many legacy devices simply did not work. Non-Vista compliant device manufacturers took one of two stances. They either scrambled to produce a compliant device driver or folded their arms and held their breath. Many decided to wait and see what Microsoft would do next.

To understand the problem and the solution, it is important to understand what drivers are. Every hardware device used on or in your computer needs some way to communicate with the computers operating system. The “interpreter” is called a driver. The problem was is that the “language” changed with Vista, but the interpreters were not given a new dictionary. The end result was that many early adopters of Windows Vista simply could not use their sound cards, printers, scanners and other devices for which the device manufacturer did not update the driver. After the release of Service Pack 1 for Vista and the hurried development by some manufacturers to develop and release drivers, some problems went away. However, now the Windows community is wondering whether or not Windows 7 will be an improvement with regard to device compatibility.

You can save yourself a lot of frustration if you check to see if your hardware and software will be compatible with Windows 7 by checking the manufacturer website for news on this topic. If you find that some of your systems may not work with Windows 7, you can make the decision to purchase replacement hardware and software or postpone the Windows upgrade.

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