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donecek
Jul 24, 2022Copper Contributor
People are still using Windows 7 with happines but there is nobody to help them nowadays!
Millions of Windows 7 users are still enjoying this operating system which is a fact. But sadly said, thanks to zero Microsoft support this OS became vulnerable to outside attacks causing BLUE SCREE...
donecek
Sep 05, 2022Copper Contributor
My laptop is Acer TravelMate 4670, and any data are only understandable to Microsoft experts so I don't have any data sharing problem with that..
I think the error message needs to be read as a whole otherwise there would be zero understanding of that...
If any expert will give me an e-mail so I can send all error messages including screen shots...
I think the error message needs to be read as a whole otherwise there would be zero understanding of that...
If any expert will give me an e-mail so I can send all error messages including screen shots...
Reza_Ameri
Sep 06, 2022Silver Contributor
Have you tried updating the latest driver for your device from the following website:
https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers
https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers
- donecekSep 07, 2022Copper ContributorThank you Reza very much, but there is just one more problem with the lack of a graphic card driver once I would get there Windows 10.
Because I bought Windows 8.1 some years ago, I installed it and then just found no graphic driver could be installed there...
Thereby, when I opened any website the letters weren't clear enough to read them...so I had to go back to Windows 7...of course, before installing Windows 8 the system warned me about the lack of a sufficient graphic driver...
Generally said, it's all about this problem as my laptop has got only WDDM v1.0...
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/display/windows-vista-display-driver-model-design-guide - Reza_AmeriSep 07, 2022Silver ContributorThere is a trick to bypass this requirement.
Inside the Windows, try open Windows Registry and first take a backup of it.
Then navigate to:
HKLM->Software->Microsoft->Windows->WindowsUpdate->OSUpgrade
Create a new DWORD 32 bit and call it AllowOSUpgrade and make value 1.
Then if you run the setup again, it should allow you to upgrade.
Try upgrade and use the Windows for a while and see how it behaves. - donecekSep 07, 2022Copper ContributorIt says it's refusing to install because the requirements of the Windows 10 are not compatible with the laptop equipment.
Of course, in the first place the graphic card... - Reza_AmeriSep 07, 2022Silver ContributorSo, what happens when you try run the Windows installation media?
- donecekSep 07, 2022Copper ContributorOh, as I said previously, there is no update for my laptop at least since 2010..
As my laptop can just download Windows 7...
It's just my wishful thinking to get an update...