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Configuring and Expanding Your Computer Updating Windows Drivers Updating Windows Drivers To download the latest Windows drivers Hewlett-Packard supports three operating systems (OSs) on your notebook- Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows 2000-and your computer was shipped with one of these OSs. If you decide to install the other OS instead, be sure to download the latest drivers for it from the Web at www.hp.com/notebooks. You can also check this website to find updated drivers for your original OS. To locate Windows drivers on your system When you install hardware or otherwise change the configuration of your computer, you are sometimes asked to provide a location from which to copy driver files. Do not click the Browse button to find the folder for a driver, since this may cause the system to malfunction. Instead, type the path and filename of the location directly; for example, c:\hp\drivers\audio. To use digitally signed drivers in Windows 98 and Windows ME If you have chosen to enable driver signing in Windows 98 and Windows ME, you may need to obtain updated drivers for your notebook PC. During installation, Windows 98 and Windows ME expect each driver file to include a digital signature file (with a .cat extension) when driver signing is enabled. Since some files may not have been available at the time your computer was manufactured, it is possible that you will see a message prompting you for a digital signature file. If so, you need to obtain updated drivers, and when available they will be posted on the Web at www.hp.com/notebooks. Most users, however, choose to use the default Windows 98 and Windows ME configuration, which disables driver signing. In that case, you can ignore any messages prompting you for a digital signature file (with a .cat extension) during installation. The drivers will function correctly without these files, so you can skip their installation. Reference Guide 87

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Configuring and Expanding Your Computer
Updating Windows Drivers
Reference Guide
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Updating Windows Drivers
To download the latest Windows drivers
Hewlett-Packard supports three operating systems (OSs) on your notebook—
Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows 2000—and your computer was shipped with
one of these OSs. If you decide to install the other OS instead, be sure to download the
latest drivers for it from the Web at www.hp.com/notebooks. You can also check this
website to find updated drivers for your original OS.
To locate Windows drivers on your system
When you install hardware or otherwise change the configuration of your computer, you
are sometimes asked to provide a location from which to copy driver files. Do not click
the Browse button to find the folder for a driver, since this may cause the system to
malfunction. Instead, type the path and filename of the location directly; for example,
c:\hp\drivers\audio.
To use digitally signed drivers in Windows 98 and Windows
ME
If you have chosen to enable driver signing in Windows 98 and Windows ME, you may
need to obtain updated drivers for your notebook PC. During installation, Windows 98
and Windows ME expect each driver file to include a digital signature file (with a .cat
extension) when driver signing is enabled. Since some files may not have been available
at the time your computer was manufactured, it is possible that you will see a message
prompting you for a digital signature file. If so, you need to obtain updated drivers, and
when available they will be posted on the Web at www.hp.com/notebooks.
Most users, however, choose to use the default Windows 98 and Windows ME
configuration, which disables driver signing. In that case, you can ignore any messages
prompting you for a digital signature file (with a .cat extension) during installation. The
drivers will function correctly without these files, so you can skip their installation.