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Going back to Windows 7 from 10: how?
NoCforMe:
--- Quote from: Shintaro on November 04, 2022, 03:29:15 PM ---On a side note, I personally like the Dell OptiPlex GX280 and Latitude 610, but only for retro stuff.
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it's a Dell OptiPlex-[something]. Don't know how to find out stuff about the computer in Windows 10. Or do I need to run someone's utility to do this? (I want model, processor, stepping, etc.)
--- Quote ---I am sorry, but I don't know how much you know about computers, so if I say something that seems simplistic, I am not being condescending.
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I know enough to get into trouble. (insert smiley emoji here)
No, I appreciate that; you have no way of knowing who you're "talking" to here. No offense taken. (I do know a lot about computers in general, but haven't kept up at all with specific hardware for the last, oh, 10 years or so, so pretty ignorant of all the bells and whistles.)
zedd151:
First thing, scour the internet for necessary drivers. See if they are available for Windows 7 for your computer. Get a hold of an unmodifed Windows 7 service pack 1 "install.wim" file inside the installation ISO file. Also need a copy of WinPE.iso to install the OS with DISM.EXE (in the WinPE.iso). You should be able to find an install script on the net for install using Dism.exe. Then use Device Manager to install the drivers.
For the os install ISO file (contains install.wim) try searching archive.org "software collections" for windows 7 sp1.
Optionally burn the ISO to DVD and install the more proper way, but that takes longer. You will have a version that works fully for 30 days without key. edited to remove advice on 'activating'. You're smart, you'll know what to do. I can't suggest anything that would violate the rulez.
Otherwise you could embrace Windows 10 and learn its quirks. I couldn't, and immediately hunted down windows 7 ISO file soon after I got my present two boxes. (But I do have Windows 10 handy for when needed)
Shintaro:
--- Quote from: NoCforMe on November 04, 2022, 03:55:23 PM ---it's a Dell OptiPlex-[something]. Don't know how to find out stuff about the computer in Windows 10. Or do I need to run someone's utility to do this? (I want model, processor, stepping, etc.)
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Normally there is a sticker on the bottom/back of the case. It may even be on the motherboard.
Once that information is in hand, you just enter that in the support page on the Dell site and it will give you all the drivers.
Or try THIS from Dell.
zedd151:
--- Quote from: Shintaro on November 04, 2022, 04:30:55 PM ---Normally there is a sticker on the bottom/back of the case. It may even be on the motherboard.
Once that information is in hand, you just enter that in the support page on the Dell site and it will give you all the drivers.
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My experience with this is that often, the complete set of drivers no longer available from both Dell and HP for older models. Some drivers only maybe. That's from experience. You may have better luck.
Shintaro:
--- Quote from: zedd151 on November 04, 2022, 04:39:39 PM ---My experience with this is that often, the complete set of drivers no longer available from both Dell and HP for older models. Some drivers only maybe. That's from experience. You may have better luck.
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That's odd, because I have had the opposite experience.
For example, my Dell Latitude 610 has the drivers as far back as 2005 HERE
Then there is the Vogons Driver Library HERE.
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