A215-4697 XP Downgrade ... So as many of us know the Vista is yet to be the great operating system it was supposed to be...so on my moms toshiba ive installed x ...

demitrix · 08-07-2007, 12:35 PM

So as many of us know the Vista is yet to be the great operating system it was supposed to be...so on my moms toshiba ive installed xp and managed to get everything working except this ridiculous Common Module trash from toshiba which is required for any advanced ACPI features, including dimming the LCD...has anyone else managed to install XP 100% on this laptop and managed to get the Common Modules installed?

qhn · 08-08-2007, 05:14 AM

have u tried first to update the laptop drivers one by one BEFORE updating windows?
http://209.167.114.38/support/Download/ln_bymodel.asp

cheers ...

demitrix · 08-11-2007, 10:10 AM

Tahts the problem Toshiba only publishes Vista drivers for the machine no XP drivers so i need to find another model taht shipped with XP that will work on this one.

JavaOops · 09-20-2007, 12:54 PM

I would be happy just to know the specks of your computer, I tried XP sp2 and found that most of the devices would not work correctly due to the lack of the correct drivers. Is there a model similar to this one that has XP drivers that work with this model?

fmontez · 10-31-2007, 03:40 PM

I'm on the same boat except I can't have the wifi "rtl8187b_Wlan_adapter" to work

fmontez · 10-31-2007, 03:42 PM

Have you managed to have the wifi work properly? I haven't even tried to install the drivers I got for the common modules

demitrix · 12-26-2007, 01:05 AM

Everything works except the hotkeys and any acpi features due to toshibas weird way of managing them

08-07-2007, 12:35 PM	#1
demitrix Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 11 Credits: -346	A215-4697 XP Downgrade So as many of us know the Vista is yet to be the great operating system it was supposed to be...so on my moms toshiba ive installed xp and managed to get everything working except this ridiculous Common Module trash from toshiba which is required for any advanced ACPI features, including dimming the LCD...has anyone else managed to install XP 100% on this laptop and managed to get the Common Modules installed?

08-08-2007, 05:14 AM	#2
qhn Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,059 Reviews: 8 Benchmarks: 18 Credits: 54,634	have u tried first to update the laptop drivers one by one BEFORE updating windows? http://209.167.114.38/support/Download/ln_bymodel.asp cheers ... __________________ m6805@3700; SZ71WN/C ; Macbook 2ghz/4gig/250gb/superdrive; 7811FX are u Folding@Home? - Firefox Beta - MediaPortal "the" Media Centre/HTPC!

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08-11-2007, 10:10 AM	#3
demitrix Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 11 Credits: -346	Tahts the problem Toshiba only publishes Vista drivers for the machine no XP drivers so i need to find another model taht shipped with XP that will work on this one.

09-20-2007, 12:54 PM	#4
JavaOops Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 Credits: -350	I would be happy just to know the specks of your computer, I tried XP sp2 and found that most of the devices would not work correctly due to the lack of the correct drivers. Is there a model similar to this one that has XP drivers that work with this model?

10-31-2007, 03:40 PM	#5
fmontez Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 Credits: -350	I'm on the same boat except I can't have the wifi "rtl8187b_Wlan_adapter" to work

10-31-2007, 03:42 PM	#6
fmontez Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 Credits: -350	Have you managed to have the wifi work properly? I haven't even tried to install the drivers I got for the common modules

12-26-2007, 01:05 AM	#7
demitrix Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 11 Credits: -346	Everything works except the hotkeys and any acpi features due to toshibas weird way of managing them