Help finding the right drivers I'm looking for, for my Acer Aspire 5532

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Xales

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So I had this Acer Aspire 5532 laptop that had windows 7 on it 32bit.
But I didn't have the password to the user and couldn't log onto it..
So I had a copy of windows Xp and decided to format it and install windows Xp.
Installed windows successfully but now I cannot get the "Start>Connect to" (thing that picks up wireless routers around) to work. So I'm assuming the driver for that is missing.
I checked under Device Manager to see what drivers are missing, I listed them below:
?-Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus
?-Ethernet Controller
?-Network Controller
?-SM BUS controller
?-Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
?-Video Controller (VGA Compatible)

they have the drivers available for download on the acer website but idk what drivers I should be looking for..
Can anybody tell me which drivers I should download to get that "Connect to" to work and replace those missing drivers?
 
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Thanks for the reply johnb35!
Well, unfortunately I did install windows xp on it already.
What do you mean by I will not be able to install xp on it? Is that why the laptop is not working properly?
I tried looking at the key on the bottom of the laptop a year ago when I found out I don't have the password for the user and it looks like that sticker had water damage and couldn't understand some of the keys.

What should my next approach be?
 
Thanks johnb35!
I took a closer look at that key on the bottom of the laptop and there is only like 2 keys that I cannot recognize.. and they look like it could be an 8,0,C,6 or O, a letter or number with a round top and bottom.
I will try to enter the key and see if it works.
 
That key will not work with XP, will only work for the original operating system that was installed on it, windows 7.
 
*UPDATE
I downloaded ImgBurn
So I found out that my Acer Aspire5532 previously had Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, I found a download link for W7 Home Premium 64bit and just got done downloading it. I extracted the file and this is what I got:
/X17-58997
-boot
-efi
-sources
-support
-upgrade
-autorun
-bootmgr
-bootmgr.efi
-setup

I thought that when I was gong to extract the file I was gonna get a X17-58997.iso file and I would just burn that image to the dvd, but now I have this folder with all these files in it and I'm confused on What I'm supposed to do now to create that W7 dvd. Please help!
 
I am also trying to do the same thing for my brothers laptop that is running Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit.
Does anybody have an link for an ISO Windows Vista 32bit home premium!
 
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