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hey could i get some help with such as some drivers

Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is loveRegistered User regular
edited July 2010 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
So i'm on Windows 7 and trying to manually install some drivers for an old digital microscope

when i go to update the driver i point it to the folder where the drivers are located but it just says it couldn't find anything

is there a manual install that is actually manual for drivers in win 7?

any help would be much appreciated

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  • mspencermspencer PAX [ENFORCER] Council Bluffs, IARegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Most likely Windows 7 is saying it can't find anything because there are no Windows 7 (or XP or 2000) compatible drivers available.

    How old is this hardware? What OS version was current when it was new?

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    it's pretty old

    i have xp drivers for it though, are those not new enough for win7 to recognize?

    people have gotten the same hardware to work on vista

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    sorry, i'm not being very helpful at all, am i

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  • mspencermspencer PAX [ENFORCER] Council Bluffs, IARegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    If you open the folder containing those drivers in Explorer and look for .INI files, and right-click an .INI file, do you have an option to "install"?

    (You may need to edit Windows Explorer options so it stops hiding file extensions.)

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  • finalflight89finalflight89 Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Do you have 32-bit or 64-bit Windows? This matters a lot, because you need corresponding 32- or 64-bit drivers.

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