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When to instal drivers please

Forum Windows 7 : Drivers When to instal drivers please

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drivers b 4 full o.s. or not ?


hi, please help, its simple but yet slightly hard;

i have some drivers that say install b 4 o.s. ( win 7 64 )
i have some drivers say install after half o.s.
i have some driver that say install after full o.s

iits imposible to intall these certain drivers without o.s. (or hdd).
i am at half o.s. install stage as in almost (lan driver yet )ready to conect to internet to fuly register /activate win 7.

so do i instal what drivers i can now b 4 win activation or after ?

also i dont want to conect internet untile i have virus protection ( have new cd ) but what do i do ? I dont want a win file not down loaded beacause of false virus, but i need p.c. protection while trying to conect as well ??

what do i do please and thank you ;

brybry1@gmail.com


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shouldnt need to install drivers until after OS

 

unless you have some sort of hard drive setup that needs them to load windows

 

so install OS--then install chipset drivers 1st

 

unplug ethernet cable

 

install rest of drivers after a restart

 

install anti virus/firewall

 

reconnect ethernet

 

this assumes you already have the drivers and dont need to download them

 

and remove your email address from your post to stop spam mail


Message edited by mcnumpty23 on 02-11-2012 at 05:01:56 PM
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WOW gee thanks , thats good info .

do i run win defender and fire wall with kaspersky I S ?

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kaspersky IS will probably disable the windows firewall as it has its own firewall

can probably run windows defender at the same time as kaspersky

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ok, anything else i should know ?

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