Upgrading dell dimension 2400 to windows 7

Last reply by mrmikel Unsolved. Neil 3 Argentum. Dimension - Upgrade to Win 7. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies 6. To be blunt, the is not a good candidate for Windows 7. Again, thanks for the response. I guess I will just stick with my present setups. Good luck! I know it will be slow, but it will be less vulerable to viruses, etc. Post Reply. Top Contributor. Dell Support Resources.

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Microsoft bids farewell to Windows 8-era brightness and volume indicators in the latest Burty replied Today at AM. If I leave it to my parents they'll no doubt get robbed. Oh and yeah it's a tower. Hey Master Rudy, I just did the exact same thing. Did a clean install of Windows 7 onto my mom's Dell Dimension Some aspects of it were a pain in the butt but I've gotten it done.

I was just browsing on the Internet for any useful information about compatibility issues and I found your post. I actually don't even know what this discussion forum is for, but I joined up just in case I could help you to avoid any of the hassle I went through.

The work around for this one is to create a bootable USB drive. This turns out to be pretty easy. If you want, I can post the instructions here. When you first install Windows 7, the monitor display will be stuck in x, and it's a real pain. The fix for that is to download a driver. That's a self-extracting driver installer. You have to right-click on the file and tell it to open in Windows XP special pack 3 compatibiilty mode and 'Run as adminstrator'.

Then it will install the driver. You also have to turn off automatic driver updates, so Windows 7 doesn't install a more current but incompatible driver. Once you reboot the system, then the resolution issue is fixed. Some of the cooler graphic effects and functions just won't work on the Dell Dimension, but now that my annoyance has worn off, it's actually looking pretty decent. And I have to admit, everything about this operating system seems to be faster than Vista. So that's great.

Let me know if I can be of any assistance with any of the above-mentioned points. I don't know that I'll be back to this forum. But sending a personal message ought to notify my e-mail, I think. Otherwise, use google and good luck!