These are a couple of notes when installing Windows 7 on Dell Vostro 400 (E8200). The 28″ I-INC monitor was not recognized as a PnP monitor; therefore the native rsolution of 1920×1200 cannot be set even after upgating the nVidia graphic card (8800-GT) with the latest driver. The monitor needs to be changed to  a ‘generic PnP monitor’ via the Control panel before the desired resolution can be set. You may need to ‘add resolution’ in the nVidia control panel if the resolution is not already listed.

Creative Sound Blaster Live 5.1 sound card was not recognized by Windows 7. There is no update driver from Creative. Just install the XP driver; after Windows 7 complains about ‘no device found’, re-install with recommended settings and it will go through. 5.1 feature will not work (only 2-channel sound).

Update 2010-11-09: apparently the XP driver for Live 5.1 may cause Blue Screen of Death at random times. Try using a generic driver from kX Project  and see if the problem goes away.