Installing Windows 7 Professional on HP Pavilion tx2000

Yesterday, I did a clean install of Windows 7 (32-bit) on my HP Pavilion tx2000 computer. I was very surprised and glad that I did not need to install much in order to get the computer to work.  I feared that I would need to install many more drivers, for instance, the tablet driver.

Additional drivers installed from the HP support website:

• Realtek High Definition Audio
• Enables the mute button to change color to red when volume is muted.
• Source: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-75992-4&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&os=4062&product=3744020&sw_lang=
• HP Quick Launch Buttons
• Enables most of the quick launch buttons on the screen border
• rotate, settings, media (prev, play, next, stop)
• Auto-rotates screen when you convert the laptop to a tablet
• Source: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-78740-1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3744020&sw_lang=&os=4062

Things that do not work:

• DVD Quick Play button on the border of the screen
• I am not going to fix this.  I thought it was annoying anyways.  I kept on pressing it accidentally.

Observed benefits over the HP factory installation of Windows Vista.

• Startup time is now 57 seconds.
• From being powered off to displaying the google homepage.
• Shutdown time is now 10 seconds
• With Vista it would literally get too hot for your lap.  Now it always stays cool.  I would dare to say that it stays cooler than my 13" Macbook.

I hope this helps somebody somehow.