Comments on: Installing Windows 7 on HP TouchSmart IQ506

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:25:25 +0000

By the way, you can get to the DPI settings as follows:

Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display
On the left, click on “Set custom text size (DPI)”.

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:22:52 +0000

Turns out it wasn’t the NVIDIA drivers.

I’ve figured out answers to (a) and (c) above, even if the answer to (c) isn’t totally satisfying.

a) Built-in microphone problem was solved by installing SoundMax drivers. I found it on the Factory_at D:\hp\drv\APP12293\offline_driver\SM_Panel\x86\SoundMax.exe. I imagine you could also get the drivers from HP or SoundMax websites, and I think Windows has just come out with an update for SoundMax, so there should be several options. Probably best just to search for “SoundMax” in the Factory_Image (D:) drive.

b) Still have not figured out how to get the side volume buttons working. Based on my investigation, others seem to be having the same problem.

c) The problem of Touchsmart not occupying the whole screen is actually a problem that is not new to Windows 7. It just surfaced when I installed Windows 7 because the installation process changed my character size setting from the standard TouchSmart 96 DPI to 150 DPI. Apparently, TouchSmart users have long been suffering from eye strain on the TouchSmart with an inability to do anything about it. The standard 96 DPI setting with TouchSmart gives tiny fonts. If you change to 150 DPI, the font size is much better but it causes the problem I mentioned above with the TouchSmart application not occupying the full screen.

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:55:17 +0000

I didn’t do the NVIDIA driver b/c Kurt had crossed it out from the instructions on his post, but I will give it a try (probably tonight) and report back. Thanks for the suggestion.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:37:13 +0000

thats good. I couldn’t get the side volume buttons to work at all.
the microphone worked after messing around with sound settings for a bit.

Not sure what to do for the ‘border’ on the HP touchsmart.
Have you tried updating NVidia drivers from the HP site?

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:23:17 +0000

Update:

Was able to get the microphone working. There is a soundmax setup file … I will post the folder info later. Once you set up soundmax it works.

Larry

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:54:38 +0000

Thanks for the good instructions. I was able to install Windows 7 RC on my Touchsmart IQ506 but I’m having trouble with the following:

a) Built-in microphone not working;
b) Side volume buttons not working; and
c) Touchsmart program does not occupy the whole screen. There is about a 3 inch “border” on the right and bottom sides where you see through to the desktop.

Any help you could provide would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Larry

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:27:24 +0000

Thanks for the good instructions. I was able to install Windows 7 RC on my IQ506 but have the following issues:

1) Touchsmart program does not occupy the full screen. Specifically, it does not occupy 3 or so inches along the bottom and right sides of the screen.

2) Built-in microphone not working.

3) Side volume buttons not working.

Any help would be appreciated!

Larry

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Tue, 05 May 2009 07:44:19 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:06:42 +0000

mike, i haven’t tried it with 32 bit.
i do know that you’d have to use the 32 bit drivers from the hp website.
in theory it should work.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:02:54 +0000

i couldn’t get the touchsmart stuff to work on windows 7 – however, i’ve been thinking about the cost of having those 5-6 touchsmart processes always running and think it’s ok not having it.