In reply to a post by cheshire_man:

Getting my XP Home netbook to connect and talk was a doddle. Busy swapping files as I write.

Well done with that. I had huge problems back when I had Vista. I think I could only establish a connection in one direction with XP. It meant initiating a copy with a 'pull' instead of a more logical 'push'.

Perhaps W7 addresses that.

Overall I'm happy with W7 now. I grabbed the bronze cursor set from XP and I still think the Control Panel is a bit disorganised but I'm 'fluent'. My only other gripe is the speed of the Event Viewer. I have to use that a lot at work and it drives me mad waiting for it to render.

Edited by Andrue (Wed 28-Sep-11 11:09:48)

The Eventvwr.msc from Windows XP runs just fine on Windows 7 and is extremely fast and has a simple and clean view. Just rename it to something else like ClassicEventVwr.msc and put it in system32

Fair enough. My disc background goes back more years than I care to think when disc formatting was a long and thorough process of checking and reinitialising all the track and sector information.

Another update (hope this thread is at least a little helpful to some).

Got a BSOD this morning! Some unidentifiable driver according to WhoCrashed. . Ah well.

Found that my HP Laserjet 1320 (USB connected) couldn't print multiple copies. Found this thread, second post about Mopier Mode has fixed the problem.

I thought I'd install the printer software in XP Mode then at least the HP Toolbox can keep an eye on the printer status. But haven't been able to get XP Mode to see the printer. Any thoughts?

And whoever dreamt up the graphics for Free Cell (ok, I'm sad!) on W7 (was it the same as Vista?) needs shooting, they're quite appalling. I've dropped freecell.exe and cards.dll from XP onto W7 and that works fine.

[Edit for grammar]

Edited by cheshire_man (Wed 28-Sep-11 17:16:38)

Hmm, a BSOD is incredibly unusual nowadays on well looked after systems. I've not had a BSOD on my current installation of Windows 7 ever, about 18 months I think. Extremely stable, I'd certainly try and track down the offender. Did you install any drivers which did not pass WHQL? Failing that, I'd be blaming faulty hardware.

I installed the drivers for the graphics card NVidia GEForce GT 430, filename 280.26-desktop-win7-winvista-64bit-international-whql.exe

I also installed Realtek HD audio, I think that was from the Nvidia CD.

I also have a Logitech webcam and, IIRC, the drivers came from Windows update.

The only other thing that I'm though had installed a driver is Laplink Gold V12. However I've run DriverView and it doesn't list any such driver.

The only non-MS drivers are
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\dump_atapi.sys
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\dump_dumpata.sys
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\dump_dumpfve.sys
Then
Description : Storage Filter Driver
Version : 1.1.2.5 (NT.091202-1659)
Company : Advanced Micro Devices
Product Name : Storage Filter Driver
Modified Date : 11/03/2011 07:41:12
Created Date : 23/09/2011 14:04:51
Filename : C:\Windows\system32\drivers\amdxata.sys
and
File Type : System Driver
Description : Brotehr Serial I/F Driver (WDM)
Version : 1.0.1.6 (vbl_wcp_d2_drivers.060801-2007)
Company : Brother Industries Ltd.
Product Name : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Modified Date : 14/07/2009 01:00:40
Created Date : 14/07/2009 01:00:40
Filename : C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\serial.sys
File Attributes : A
Service Name : Serial
Service Display Name: Serial port driver
and
File Type : Dynamic Link Library
Description : Logitech LVPr2M64 Driver
Version : 12.10.1110.0
Company : Logitech Inc.
Product Name : Logitech Webcam Software
Modified Date : 07/10/2009 01:45:50
Created Date : 07/10/2009 01:45:50
Filename : C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\LVPr2M64.sys
File Attributes : A
Service Name : LVPr2Mon
Service Display Name: LVPr2M64 Driver
and
File Type : Dynamic Link Library
Description : Logitech Kernel Audio Improvement Filter Driver
Version : 12.10.1110.0
Company : Logitech Inc.
Product Name : Logitech Webcam Software
Modified Date : 07/10/2009 09:47:44
Created Date : 23/09/2011 20:44:23
Filename : C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\lvrs64.sys
File Attributes : A
Service Name : LVRS64
Service Display Name: Logitech RightSound Filter Driver
and
File Type : Dynamic Link Library
Description : Logitech USB Video Class Driver
Version : 12.10.1110.0
Company : Logitech Inc.
Product Name : Logitech Webcam Software
Modified Date : 07/10/2009 09:49:26
Created Date : 23/09/2011 20:44:23
Filename : C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\lvuvc64.sys
File Attributes : A
Service Name : LVUVC64
Service Display Name: Logitech QuickCam S7500(UVC)
and
File Type : System Driver
Description : Macrovision SECURITY Driver
Version : 4.03.086
Company : Macrovision Corporation, Macrovision Europe Limited, and Macrovision Japan and Asia K.K.
Product Name : Macrovision SECURITY Driver
Modified Date : 10/06/2009 21:37:19
Created Date : 14/07/2009 03:36:07
Filename : C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\secdrv.SYS
and
File Type : Dynamic Link Library
Description : USB 3.0 Hub Driver
Version : 1.0.17.0 (nusb3drv.102609-2316)
Company : NEC Electronics Corporation
Product Name : USB 3.0 Device Driver
Modified Date : 26/10/2009 16:19:46
Created Date : 26/10/2009 16:19:46
Filename : C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\nusb3hub.sys
File Attributes : A
Service Name : nusb3hub
Service Display Name: NEC Electronics USB 3.0 Hub Driver
and
File Type : Dynamic Link Library
Description : USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver
Version : 1.0.17.0 (nusb3drv.102609-2316)
Company : NEC Electronics Corporation
Product Name : USB 3.0 Device Driver
Modified Date : 26/10/2009 16:19:48
Created Date : 26/10/2009 16:19:48
Filename : C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\nusb3xhc.sys
File Attributes : A
Service Name : nusb3xhc
Service Display Name: NEC Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver
and
File Type : Sound Driver
Description : NVIDIA HDMI Audio Driver
Version : 1.2.23.3 built by: WinDDK
Company : NVIDIA Corporation
Product Name : NVIDIA HDMI Audio Driver
Modified Date : 10/05/2011 10:41:27
Created Date : 23/09/2011 13:26:19
Filename : C:\Windows\system32\drivers\nvhda64v.sys
File Attributes : A
Service Name : NVHDA
Service Display Name: Service for NVIDIA High Definition Audio Driver
and
File Type : Display Driver
Description : NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 280.26
Version : 8.17.12.8026
Company : NVIDIA Corporation
Product Name : NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 280.26
Modified Date : 03/08/2011 12:50:00
Created Date : 23/09/2011 13:26:18
Filename : C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys
File Attributes : A
Service Name : nvlddmkm
File Type : Network Driver
Description : Realtek 8136/8168/8169 NDIS 6.20 64-bit Driver
Version : 7.017.0304.2010 built by: WinDDK
Company : Realtek
Product Name : Realtek 8136/8168/8169 PCI/PCIe Adapters
Modified Date : 04/03/2010 14:43:00
Created Date : 23/09/2011 13:31:12
Filename : C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\Rt64win7.sys
File Attributes : A
Service Name : RTL8167
Service Display Name: Realtek 8167 NT Driver
and
File Type : Sound Driver
Description : Realtek(r) High Definition Audio Function Driver
Version : 6.0.1.6194 built by: WinDDK
Company : Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Product Name : Realtek(r) High Definition Audio Function Driver
Modified Date : 03/09/2010 09:18:12
Created Date : 24/09/2011 19:52:52
Filename : C:\Windows\system32\drivers\RTKVHD64.sys
File Attributes : A
Service Name : IntcAzAudAddService
Service Display Name: Service for Realtek HD Audio (WDM)
and
File Type : System Driver
Description : SASDIFSV64.SYS
Version : 1, 0, 0, 1016
Company : SUPERAdBlocker.com and SUPERAntiSpyware.com
Product Name : SUPERAntiSpyware
Modified Date : 22/07/2011 17:26:56
Created Date : 22/07/2011 17:26:56
Filename : C:\Program Files\SUPERAntiSpyware\SASDIFSV64.SYS
File Attributes : A
Service Name : SASDIFSV
Service Display Name: SASDIFSV
and
File Type : System Driver
Description : SASKUTIL64.SYS
Version : 1, 0, 0, 1016
Company : SUPERAdBlocker.com and SUPERAntiSpyware.com
Product Name : SUPERAntiSpyware
Modified Date : 12/07/2011 22:55:18
Created Date : 12/07/2011 22:55:18
Filename : C:\Program Files\SUPERAntiSpyware\SASKUTIL64.SYS
File Attributes : A
Service Name : SASKUTIL
Service Display Name: SASKUTIL

The majority of these will have come from the W7 install or the Nvidia CD.

The hardware is around 7 months old. I've run memory tests which all run ok.

I really don't know how to progress this.

Thinking back, When I rebuilt W7 last Friday, just after getting the Windows desktop up for the first time, before I'd installed anything I got a BSOD. That, and today's BSOD are both reported by WhoCrashed as MEMORY MANAGEMENT. Looking that up I ran DriverScanner which reported 17 out of date drivers, mostly Intel'ish ones. Not sure whether I should update all of these or not.

Remove drivers for any peripherals; printers, webcam etc and physically remove them from the computer. Run the comp for a few days to see if it blue screens. Also, get the latest realtek drivers direct from realtek's website.

I've rechecked and the Realtek drivers came from the Realtek site, choosing 64bit and Windows 7, filename 64bit_Vista_Win7_R265.exe. So that looks ok.

In XPMode, use the "USB" menu and attach the device - unfortunately for USB devices, it's not seamless.

I looked at that and it said that Attach the device to XP mode would detach it from the W7 environment so I held back.

I'm unsure whether attaching it to XP would result in W7 not being able to use it when XP is running, or even after it's been hibernated.

Edit: Ok, I've got it now. It can be attached to either XP or W7 but only one at a time, but it can be attached and released by XP as and when I like. That's ok, it won't be often I want to print from XP mode but it's useful to be able to keep an eye on consumables via the HP Toolbox.

Edited by cheshire_man (Wed 28-Sep-11 22:09:27)