XP installed, but I have a few questions...

The shortcuts on the taskbar can be activated by right
clicking on the taskbar, (you may have to unlock the
taskbar first) then go to toolbars and select quick lauch.

I wouldn't get to wound up in haveing the latest driver
for everything, it is often better to wait until you have
a problem then tackle it.

As far as a driver not being XP authorised, I tend to
find that very few, especially recent versions of
drivers, are.

Cheers
-----Original Message-----
I bought a new computer yesterday and installed XP last
night, but now I am
going through the drivers to make sure all are up to
date. Microsoft's
updates are all installed and my software disks have
been updated to the
newest also, and here is where I still don't know what I
should do.


1) When I look at the hardware device manager, it shows
that I have some
Human Interface Device; notably a Cypress USB Mouse.
Should I delete this
line and see what happens? I already have a line
further down that reads
Mice and other pointing devices; A4Tech USB Port Mouse.
I figured that only
1 mouse device would/should show up but I see 2 lines
showing a mouse.
Cypress was listed before I installed the A4Tech
trackball, now they are
both listed on the hardware list.

2) My keyboard shows a Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft
Natural PS/2
Keyboard; yet I am running a ViewSonic Office Keyboard.
I loaded the disk
that came with it, but under programs it only lists it
and has only one
option under the program section called Uninstall.
Usually under programs
you get a program to run, maybe a doc file about the
program, sometimes a
few auxilliary programs, and an uninstall program; this
only has an
uninstall option. The keyboard obviously works as I
type this, and even a
few of the special hot buttons work; but should I be
looking for a driver
for this keyboard?

3) My monitor is showing up as a Plug and Play Monitor,
but should I find
the XP driver for this monitor? I downloaded a INF file
from the maker but
I couldn't tell if it was a 95/98 or XP INF file. When
I went to try it, XP
is telling me it is an unsigned driver and recommended I
don't install; I
didn't. On my 98SE machine, I used generic monitor
until I found my driver
and it reported correctly under drivers after that.
This monitor is a CTL
900VX and I thought it would show up as that in the
drivers section.

After only 12 hours, maybe 3 hours of use, the computer
has only had a few
minor problems. About 4 times so far different programs
have locked up and
the window had to be closed. 2 of these were from IE
having some form of
problem and the other 2 were from installing software
for the devices in the
machine. This morning though, I went ahead and updated
all the updates from
Microsoft and the machines seems to be running fine.

Only odd thing for me, was that I didn't know how to
find programs. Turns
out it is in the start at the bottom. :-)

Oh, does anyone know how to get an icon to show up on
the bottom for Show
Desktop or equivelant? I would like a way to show the
desktop to start a
shortcut to a program or something since I sometimes
have a few windows open
at any one time. I could always use the
Start/Program/Choose App type of
scenario, but I would prefer to use Show Desktop, hit
Shortcut.

Thanks in advance for all replies.





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"Kimberley" wrote in message =
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The shortcuts on the taskbar can be activated by right=20
clicking on the taskbar, (you may have to unlock the=20
taskbar first) then go to toolbars and select quick lauch.
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I wouldn't get to wound up in haveing the latest driver=20
for everything, it is often better to wait until you have=20
a problem then tackle it.
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As far as a driver not being XP authorised, I tend to=20
find that very few, especially recent versions of=20
drivers, are.
=20
Cheers

Hi,

It is always best to get the latest drivers for your hardware now, and =
not wait, since you may get a serious problem needing more intense =
fixing. It is also a good thing to get them MS certified (WHQL tested =
and passed), though there are some that do not fall under the testing. =
Sometimes you have to ignore the incompatibility warning to get what you =
want to work. But as far a sound/video card drivers, I recommend that =
you at least have them certified, or in final release version.