Check if your drivers capable of Vista?

The Vista Upgrade Advisor | Vista Compatibility | Can PC Run Core Experiences? | Vista Incompatible Drivers

Once you have tested your hardware, the Upgrade Advisor later on move to check out the software drivers that are important for the system as well as the peripherals attached to the system. May be the system you are testing, already have passed the basic compatibility test, the driver test are beat complicated and challenging. In that cases the three possible situations that the advisor will report about drivers are as follows:

After installing Vista, you may need to manually update certain drivers.
Some devices Vista may not support at all.
Vista may simply support your devices with native Windows Vista drivers, then nothing to do to make drivers work properly with Vista.

Drivers Those Need Manual Updating

Updated versions of drivers that are compatible with Vista only need manual updating. Microsoft has not included them in the shipping version of Vista because of some reasons. Vista can not install the newer drivers. So you are the one who have to find and install yourself, before trying to install Vista over XP.

First section of the following image describes the drivers you have to manually update. they are represented by the exclamation point in triangle icon. Three types of Vista compatible drivers that you need to obtain and install yourself.

Vista compatible drivers that need to obtain and install on yourself
Incompatible drivers and have no newer version
Vista compatible drivers that installed by Vista itself.

Check if your drivers capable of Vista?

This may cause a confusion like Microsoft not included the new drivers in Vista in such a way that it can install them for you, why does Microsoft think you would like to search the Web for the right software and install it on yourself? If you expect Vista to work properly when you install it over your older OS.

But the Upgrade Advisor has at least told you what to look for exactly. If the advisor tells you to manually install new drivers, is to start the search with the website of the vendor of the hardware that needs a driver upgrade. The easiest solution to get the latest and most compatible driver version directly from the maker. Many times the upgrade sites on the Web do not offer the latest versions of the drivers you need actually.

If you are unable to find drivers on a particular vendor web site, you can use DriverAgent.com. has developed CheckIt Diagnostics and several other well-known utility programs. Just click Scan to find drivers outdated on your PC and how to obtain new drivers, for any of the OS running on your system like Windows XP, 2000, Me, or 98. Generally never install beta drivers, if you don't want to take risk of readiness for widespread use.