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I had over a dozen new choices available for selection. I went to the desktop, right clicked and checked available resolutions.
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I thought “some” of the install may have been completed, however, so I rebooted. I tried running as Administrator and the installer went a bit further before booting me out with the same message. Voila! Or so I thought.Īfter downloading and installing Intel Graphics Driver for Microsoft Windows Vista (64-bit Editions) (International), and attempting to install I was greeted with: “This version is incompatible with this operating system.”
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But I needed 64-bit Windows 10 Support.Ĭlicking the drop down menu for OS support and scrolling down further revealed drivers for Windows Vista Business 64-bit. Windows 7 Professional 32-bit is the end of the road in terms of HP's Windows operating system support for this PC. I fully expected it to tap out not much beyond XP. I didn’t know how far beyond Windows XP support the repository would go. I give HP a lot of credit for maintaining an active repository of drivers and things like BIOS updates for machines of this vintage. No problem, I thought, maybe I could find some updated graphics drivers at HP’s site.
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Sure enough, the display resolution that greeted me at first boot after install was the inadequate 1024 x 768 variety - and that was the most advanced option available. Like a load of some form of Linux on this box, I anticipated Windows 10 64-bit graphics being equally limited with respect to the base display resolutions the built-in Intel graphics could provide running this OS. The machine can take 8GB, but 4GB is adequate for this project. I did take the base install of 2GB of memory and increase it to 4GB before starting. In this instance, it was a no-brainer to back up anything important and begin the reformat and OS install. Erasing the hard drive is the only path from Windows 10 32-bit to 64.