All those who have purchased Compaq Presario V3424AU must have been frustrated looking for Windows XP Drivers for their system. V3424AU comes with Vista Basic preinstalled and XP users like us who do not want to shift to Vista, face problems relating to drivers.
So I am giving links below from where you can download the drivers and safely use XP.
In case you are not able to install drivers or the drivers refuse to install or do not correctly install, I would suggest you to install the drivers from Device Manager.
Go to your Device Manger, check your hardware. Where ever you see yellow mark, right click – upgrade drivers/install drivers – give the path of the relevant driver you just downloaded and DONE!
In case you still are unable to find the right drivers or are unable to install them, feel free to mail me and I will help you. 
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