Compaq dc7800 Can I use Windows 10

[markbow]

Hi all
I have a

HP Compaq dc 7800

Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32 bit

Processor Intel core 2 Quad cpu Q6600 @2.4 0GHz 4000ram
I have done a factory reset but it constantly installs service Pack 1
I cannot find any malware protection tried zone alarm that will not install
I'm doing this for a friend with MS you're is now wheelchair-bound
it's my old PC from the loft any
help would be much appreciated
many thanks in advance
Mark

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, Mark:

I am running W10 Pro on a dc7800 CMT. 

Works just fine.  Mine does have an AMD Radeon HD 6450 graphics card, so I don't know how the onboard Intel graphics works with W10.  I do know that W10 automatically installs a driver for the onboard graphics.

[mdklassen]

> Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32 bit

> Processor Intel core 2 Quad cpu Q6600 @2.4 0GHz 4000 RAM

> I have done a factory reset but it constantly installs service Pack 1

Are you saying that it repeatedly tries to install Service Pack 1?

Any error-messages when trying?

Your computer: https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-compaq-dc7800-small-form-factor-pc/3459241

does have device-drivers for Windows 7.

> I cannot find any malware protection

Microsoft terminated all support for Windows Vista in mid-April 2017, including issuing of any security-updates.

So, there is a growing "risk" of being Internet-connected with such an "unprotected" computer.

Many anti-virus vendors stopped supporting Windows Vista in mid-April 2017.

Some of them even changed their software to refuse to install under Windows Vista.

Have you tried the AVAST free anti-virus software?

One friend installed it, when Microsoft Security Essentials "self-destructed" (turned-off real-time scanning, and refused to update), and it worked for them.

> I'm doing this for a friend with MS ... now wheelchair-bound. it's my old PC from the loft.

> any help would be much appreciated.

Google Chrome under Vista has NOT had any updates since January 2016.

Many web-servers (including http://support.microsoft.com ) no longer are compatible with any release of Internet Explorer running under Vista.

How old is the disk-drive?

Computers purchased between April 2007 and January 2010 had Windows Vista installed.

After that, all new computers had Windows 7 installed.

So, the disk-drive is quite an "antique".

I would not drive an automobile with worn-out tires that were purchased in 2009.

Better idea:  access:  www.BestBuy.com

Do a search for "refurbished desktop".

You should find a "decent" desktop, running Windows 10, for under $200 US, that has "double" the computing-power of your "dusty" system.

Windows 10 has improvements targeted to people with "accessibility" issues.

In fact, Microsoft offers Windows 10 for *FREE* for that class of people, to encourage them to upgrade, and to use that functionality to ease their lives.