| Subject: Upgrade Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc |
| Date: 5/2/2008 7:15:30 AM |
| From: "Rich Raffenetti" [Email Address Protection] |
Has anyone tried upgrading a Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista? Fujitsu doesn't provide support for upgrading but I wonder if Microsoft has included drivers in Vista which would support some/all of the Fujitsu tablet devices. I'm currently weaning myself from my T4010 tablet in favor of another desktop PC and will soon be in a position to either rebuild the XP Tablet with the support disks or install or upgrade to Vista. I'm wondering if trying Vista would be at all fruitful or an exercise in frustration. |
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| Subject: Re: Upgrade Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc |
| Date: 5/3/2008 4:01:53 PM |
| From: "Chris H" [Email Address Protection] |
If the manufacturer does not support the upgrade, I wouldn't go there in a million years. They won't help, and getting drivers to make the machine perform properly with Vista may not be possible. Just stick with what you've got unless any manufacturer says they support Vista. -- Chris H. Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/ http://forums.mobilepcworld.net Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone "Rich Raffenetti" <rich@raffenetti_takethisout.com> wrote in message news:uXMi77FrIHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Has anyone tried upgrading a Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista? Fujitsu doesn't > provide support for upgrading but I wonder if Microsoft has included > drivers in Vista which would support some/all of the Fujitsu tablet > devices. > > I'm currently weaning myself from my T4010 tablet in favor of another > desktop PC and will soon be in a position to either rebuild the XP Tablet > with the support disks or install or upgrade to Vista. I'm wondering if > trying Vista would be at all fruitful or an exercise in frustration. > |
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| Subject: Re: Upgrade Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc |
| Date: 5/4/2008 9:51:43 AM |
| From: "Sven" [Email Address Protection] |
I'll second that. Tried it on a Toshiba that they weren't supporting the upgrade on. Most stuff worked great, but the tablet specific buttons needed drivers that didn't exist, and little annoyances, like the screen not auto-rotating to portarait in tablet mode, made me re-store from the factory restore disks. "Chris H" <VistaMobilePC@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:D6DC35EA-C93F-46D7-8BF3-90D0AE209F44@microsoft.com... > If the manufacturer does not support the upgrade, I wouldn't go there in a > million years. They won't help, and getting drivers to make the machine > perform properly with Vista may not be possible. Just stick with what > you've got unless any manufacturer says they support Vista. > -- > Chris H. > Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC > Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/ > http://forums.mobilepcworld.net > Associate Expert > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > > "Rich Raffenetti" <rich@raffenetti_takethisout.com> wrote in message > news:uXMi77FrIHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Has anyone tried upgrading a Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista? Fujitsu doesn't >> provide support for upgrading but I wonder if Microsoft has included >> drivers in Vista which would support some/all of the Fujitsu tablet >> devices. >> >> I'm currently weaning myself from my T4010 tablet in favor of another >> desktop PC and will soon be in a position to either rebuild the XP Tablet >> with the support disks or install or upgrade to Vista. I'm wondering if >> trying Vista would be at all fruitful or an exercise in frustration. >> > |
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| Subject: Re: Upgrade Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc |
| Date: 5/6/2008 4:59:02 PM |
| From: "Rich Raffenetti" [Email Address Protection] |
Thanks everyone for the advice. I was hoping that someone had tried and been successful. "Sven" <sejohannsen@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:0D17F49C-9D16-48AC-9C3D-BB338C7B37F4@microsoft.com... > I'll second that. Tried it on a Toshiba that they weren't supporting the > upgrade on. Most stuff worked great, but the tablet specific buttons > needed drivers that didn't exist, and little annoyances, like the screen > not auto-rotating to portarait in tablet mode, made me re-store from the > factory restore disks. > > "Chris H" <VistaMobilePC@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:D6DC35EA-C93F-46D7-8BF3-90D0AE209F44@microsoft.com... >> If the manufacturer does not support the upgrade, I wouldn't go there in >> a million years. They won't help, and getting drivers to make the >> machine perform properly with Vista may not be possible. Just stick with >> what you've got unless any manufacturer says they support Vista. >> -- >> Chris H. >> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC >> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/ >> http://forums.mobilepcworld.net >> Associate Expert >> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone >> >> "Rich Raffenetti" <rich@raffenetti_takethisout.com> wrote in message >> news:uXMi77FrIHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Has anyone tried upgrading a Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista? Fujitsu >>> doesn't provide support for upgrading but I wonder if Microsoft has >>> included drivers in Vista which would support some/all of the Fujitsu >>> tablet devices. >>> >>> I'm currently weaning myself from my T4010 tablet in favor of another >>> desktop PC and will soon be in a position to either rebuild the XP >>> Tablet with the support disks or install or upgrade to Vista. I'm >>> wondering if trying Vista would be at all fruitful or an exercise in >>> frustration. >>> >> > |
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| Subject: Re: Upgrade Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc |
| Date: 5/7/2008 2:36:13 PM |
| From: "Rainald Taesler" [Email Address Protection] |
Rich Raffenetti wrote: > Has anyone tried upgrading a Fujitsu tablet PC to Vista? Fujitsu > doesn't provide support for upgrading but I wonder if Microsoft has > included drivers in Vista which would support some/all of the > Fujitsu tablet devices. It's almost the same situation with *all* manufacturers as far as "older" TabletPCs are concerned. But it might be done with enough time for experiments and a lot if trial & error (and heavy usage of system recovery). > I'm currently weaning myself from my T4010 tablet in favor of > another desktop PC and will soon be in a position to either rebuild > the XP Tablet with the support disks or install or upgrade to > Vista. I'm wondering if trying Vista would be at all fruitful or > an exercise in frustration. I was more then skeptical as to doing it with my good old HP tc1100. No drivers at all offered by HP. But it came out to be a full success in the end. The key to the success was a fantastic write-up "HP/TC1100/Windows Vista Installation Notes" by W Newquay http://mobilepcwiki.com/mpc/index.php?title=HP/TC1100/Windows_Vista_Installation_Notes#_note-2 The references there were helpful too. My tc1100 now does everything it should (no Aero, naturally, but I don't need that), there are only some issues with some Bluetooth services remaining. And the result IMO was well worth the work. I just think: If it can be done with a HP, why not with a Fujitsu? I'd suggest that you'd carefully go through the said article (and the other source referenced there) and then try things in a parallel way. All the best Rainald |
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