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‎01-24-2018 07:46 AM

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Product: HP ENVY 17
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I have a fairly new HP 17  Envy 17-u177c1. It has Windows 10. I want Windows 7. I ordered from Newegg.com a licensed CD of Windows 7 Professional. How do I install it? Please help ASAP!!!!

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‎01-24-2018 10:00 AM - edited ‎01-24-2018 10:03 AM

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Hi:

 

The major issue you will have is that Intel only developed a graphics driver for W10.

 

There are some folks that were able to modify the W10 graphics driver from another model PC to work on W7.

 

Whether or not this mod will work on your specific notebook, that I do not know.

 

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Video-Display-and-Touch/Windows-7-VGA-drivers-Probook-450-G4/...

 

And unless you can get the Intel HD graphics driver to install the graphics, then the nVidia graphics adapter won't work either.

 

So, that is  the show-stopper for you.

 

Since there is no W7 driver support for your notebook, you will have to find the W7 drivers directly from the specific hardware manufacturer's websites (nvidia, Realtek), and from older HP notebooks that may have some of the same devices that also have W7 drivers.

 

If your notebook has an Intel 3168 AC wifi adapter, nobody has been able to get that device to work on W7, even though there are drivers for it.

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‎01-24-2018 08:18 AM

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Due to this machine running a Kaby Lake or 7th Gen Intel CPU Windows 7 is not supported on this machine.  While it will install you will encounter compatibility issues and problems throughout the system.  What is it about Windows 10 that you do not like?  i might be able to provide alternatives to fix the issues.  If you still would like to go through with the Windows 7 installation i would recommend making a Recovery USB with the factory OS on it.  To install Windows 7 you need to disable the Secure Boot option in the UEFI/BIOS.  Once that is disabled legecy mode enables and allows you to boot and install Windows 7 like normal.

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‎01-24-2018 08:53 AM

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What kind of compatibility issues and problems will I have? I’m sorry I just don’t like or want Windows 10.
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‎01-24-2018 10:00 AM - edited ‎01-24-2018 10:03 AM

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Hi:

 

The major issue you will have is that Intel only developed a graphics driver for W10.

 

There are some folks that were able to modify the W10 graphics driver from another model PC to work on W7.

 

Whether or not this mod will work on your specific notebook, that I do not know.

 

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Video-Display-and-Touch/Windows-7-VGA-drivers-Probook-450-G4/...

 

And unless you can get the Intel HD graphics driver to install the graphics, then the nVidia graphics adapter won't work either.

 

So, that is  the show-stopper for you.

 

Since there is no W7 driver support for your notebook, you will have to find the W7 drivers directly from the specific hardware manufacturer's websites (nvidia, Realtek), and from older HP notebooks that may have some of the same devices that also have W7 drivers.

 

If your notebook has an Intel 3168 AC wifi adapter, nobody has been able to get that device to work on W7, even though there are drivers for it.

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‎01-24-2018 08:03 PM

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Install your preferred flavor of Linux. Install Virtual Box. Install Windows 7 under Virtual Box and run it as a VM. That should work, and should avoid the device driver issues. Of course you could also install Virtual Box on Windows 10 and then install a VM running Windows 7.
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‎01-26-2018 07:28 AM

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That is what i would do as i am not too much of a fan of Microsoft Windows any more due to reasons.  

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