HP Jornada 540 Compatible with MS Vista

As the last model of this was released in 2002, it's doubtful that you will be able to use this with Vista. HP will certainly not release new drivers and as you have experienced, Vista does not have drivers. I'm afraid you may be out of luck.

Check add/remove programs and remove any software/drivers for that Jornada if there are any.

 

Try this, get the driver for xp here  http://h200003.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=de&prodNameId=20387&prodTypeId=215348&prodSeriesId= 44060&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=228

 

Then follow these instructions to install the driver.

 

Here is how to install software or drivers on Vista that are for XP
 
Right click on the setup.exe file for the software you are trying to install and select the compatibility Tab
Tick the "run this file in compatibility mode" box and then select XP in the drop down box, Tick "run as Administrator" if it is available, hit OK
Now double click this setup.exe file to execute the install process, hopefully all will go well and install the drivers you need.

 

If the exe installs software for the device, you need to navigate to the program folder where it installed, then do the compatibility thing again for the program executable.

I do not guarantee all drivers or software to work but a large percentage do..

 

 
Good luck.

 

If the Software/ installer (exe file) is on CD, copy the entire contents of the CD to a folder in Vista, then do the compatibility thing.