# vista to Windows 7, but not working for games

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 1, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-to-windows-7-but-not-working-for-games/744864 "2016-02-01T18:42:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-to-windows-7-but-not-working-for-games/744864/1 "2016-02-01T18:42:12Z")

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My wife finally got rid of VISTA and did a full new installation of Windows 7. She likes to play simple hidden objects detective type games; but now can’t get any of the downloaded ones to work. I suspect there are drivers that need to be updated or installed. Is this a common problem that is easily rectified? We don’t know which drivers need to be installed nor are we sure if that is the issue.

She got a game going from a CD working ok, there was a video card error.

I recognize I’m not giving much information, but is there a place we can start that might be able to easily download and update any drivers? or do you know if this is a common problem with an easy fix?

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vista-to-windows-7-but-not-working-for-games/744864/2 "2016-02-01T20:13:44Z")

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Normally there are no problems going from Vista to 7. The jump to Vista or 7 from XP is more significant.

Needs more info: is it 64 or 32 bit Windows? Did you change that status with the upgrade?

Generally you could google the name of the game + windows 7 problems. Or check the website for them. What error?

Video card drivers are pretty universal these days, but you can also get a file that autodetects it for you. Nvidia and AMD make most of the video cards; any other company probably means a crappy video card.