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.” 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. 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. Updates work OK, but there’s nothing like nuking and paving for a fresh start that restores the PC to optimal performance.Įrasing the hard drive is the only path from Windows 10 32-bit to 64. The 32-bit version of the Windows 10 OS residing on the HP Dc7700 was an update from Windows 8.1, and prior to that, Windows 7. Redmond will inform you if the PC doesn’t make the cut upon attempting installation. You pretty much can’t go wrong with the Microsoft upgrade process. If an Intel box is running Windows 7, it’ll, generally speaking, run Windows 10, although I advise boosting ram if at all possible. The performance of Windows 10 on older PCs continues to impress. Available graphics resolutions are typically a crapshoot (with minimal choices) I need more than 1024 x 768 out of the box, even on aged desktops.USB Wi-Fi adapter support is not nearly as great as for Windows 10 boxes, and.But there are a couple of problems with any Linux distro on vintage machines:
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