HP15 f009wm Downgrade w10 to w7 & need netwk adapt driver so i can GET online to get drivers

[ISellTravel]

I bought the notebook at walmart with w8.0 built-in, so (as an OEM) it wasnt eligible for the free upgrade to win 10, i downloaded the ENTERPRISE/Developer's version of w10 and used it for the 90 day promo then it expired. I BOUGHT a win7 professional download from a reputable place and loaded it but i need a bunch of drivers but in order to get the REST of them i need to START with the network adapter driver so i can even GET online to get the other drivers!  HELP ME PLEASE

[CherylG]

It would help us to help you if we know which wireless card you have. HP uses Ralink, Intel,Realtek, etc in various machines.

Btw-who told you OEM doesn't qualify for free Windows 10 upgrade? Two machines here  got the free upgrade.

[ISellTravel · Accepted solution]

Thanx cheryl. Actually when I went to walmart the Electronics manager told me that I had to call HP and I did and they said since its OEM the free upgrade doesnt apply. On the current issue I actually joined HP Smartfriend and found out the only drivers avail are for 8.1 and 10 so theyre gonna send me the 8.1 recovery disks which will have everything  and I have to eat the 40 bux i spent on the copy of win 7 professional thanx anyway.

[CherylG]

Not sure why you were told that. On the HP machines here the upgrade to Windows 10 was offered from Microsoft and downloaded/installed when I accepted it.

Even though drivers are only provided officially for Windows 8 on HP site there are many who post here looking for drivers after downgrading- and get the drivers, usually borrowed from another model with same hardware. For instance> this guy bought a notebook with FreeDos and needed drivers for Windows 8.