Ok i want to ether buy or borrow a Profile 4 utilities disc trying to fix my sisters computer and she lost the discs. Any one with a copy i would appriciate it. It has the Pentium 4 in it also

bump please help me out lol

 

Check gateway.com support section. They might have downloadable software on there. What exactly is the software for and what does it do. As I have never heard of it.

 

qft.

go on there site and check first

 

Quantum Field Theroy?

 

yeah already did it

 

i have mine but my laptop is a M680

 

yeah i doubt that the laptop and profile 4s have the same software. I hate gateway this is a friends cpu i am fixing for her

 

Is "Profile 4" the model of computer? or is it a title for a piece of software. because I am a computer technician and I dont remember seeing anything software that says profile 4. I may be wrong though.

 

If your trying to restore the OS, any Windows disc will work as long as you have the Product Key stickers on the side of the computer. Just find either an OEM or Retail disc that matches the sticker (XP Home, Pro, or Media Center, etc..) on the Computer, and use your key. Even use IRC, BitTorrent to get a copy of the OS, or a friends Windows disc. All the drivers for the computer will be on Gateways website.

Also, Gateway can mail you a new OS disc, they can overnight it if needed.

 

What are you trying to fix on the machine? Software related things usually rely on antivirus, drivers, and debugging.

 

I installed an updated OS XP Pro and well the cpu works fine. But i need the audio software and ethernet software. Besides that the cpu works fine just dont get audio nor internet. I downloaded the software on a disc from gateways site and installed it. But nothing. Is it possible that the OS disc i used could of put on a different audio software and the actual software wont install unless the other is deleted?

 

no, the os doesn't install the drivers. i would check the gateway website for the drivers, if you could give me the model number of the computer, i could make your search a little bit easier.

 

um...you could always just go download the drivers online. if gateway doesn't have them, someone will.

google the model name of the computer if you don't know the hardware brands\necessary drivers you'd need. everything you'd ever need for a computer is on the internet.

everything.

 

i have already downloaded all the software for this computer on a disc off that site none of them installed the audio or ethernet so honestly i believe the ethernet is bad

 

see if you can find a tool called "Unknown Devices" there are tools like that which you can download and find what the name of the product is. Also check the Motherboard manufactures ewebsite,. they have **** like that too.

 

alright thanks

 

Sometimes Windows Update will actually have drivers for basic hardware such as Audio and Network. Check that out as a last resort.

 

yeah i know i just can connect to the internet because the ethernet is not being reconized or all of this would of been pointless