Sorry but what in all of that is HP vs. norm for all? Worst case you're looking at using a thumb drive to do the installation? On Nov 29, 2013 11:17 AM, "Steve Tomporowski" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I imagine at this point that Bill Hewlett and David Packard are spinning > in their graves. The company they founded on test equipment expertise has > devolved into a marketing driven 3rd world assembly house. But you know > all of that. > > My sister, who is legally blind, bought an HP (h8-1414) because the Mac > was driving her crazy (her words not mine). We hooked it up to a 32" TV > and then discovered that her magnification program doesn't work under > Windows 8 and won't for a while. So... we bought an OEM copy of Win7 Home > Premium. She had used Win7 at work for years and knows how to get around > in it. (She recently retired on disability at age 55). Then the fun began. > > Secure Boot sucks. I can see no reason for it. Nor can I see a reason > why HP has to have their motherboards backwards or why they have to use F10 > to enter BIOS. Forget the fact that the BIOS seems almost entirely devoid > of options. > > Finally I get it to boot to DVD. Win7 loads, then stops, saying it can't > access the DVD drive and needs a driver. Well, it's not on the Win7 DVD > nor does the Win8 work. Nor does HP provide Win7 drivers for this > particular model. This is going to have to be a hack job, piecing together > drivers from the primary manufacturers. > > It seems to be poetic justice that a marketing-driven company blindly > follows another marketing-driven company's demands. > > Just had to complain..... > > Steve >
