After downgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 7, Wifi not working..

PossiblyAduck

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Feb 2, 2013
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So i downgraded back to Windows 7, from Windows 10, and all drivers seemed to be working. However my Wifi didn't work. It gave my limited connectivity, which wasnt the case when i was still on Windows 10. My wireless adapter is an Atheros AR9287. My motherboard also has an Ethernet adapter called Atheros AR8161/8165. Ive uninstalled and reinstalled both these drivers several times using several versions: https://www.atheros.cz/atheros-wireless-download.php?chipset=38&system=5 but none of them made any difference. Everytime i reinstalled the driver, windows update would tell me "No network controller driver was found". Or something like that. The Network controller didn't show up as an unidentified device in device manager, so i couldn't install it from there. I've searched drivers for my motherboard (Gigabyte Z77M) however these drivers didn't work either. I also tried doing a System restore from before the windows 10 update, buuuuuut i have an SSD with only 50 GB andddd... its full. I cant seem to delete enough stuff to make enough space for the system restore so that didn't work... I have no clue what to do, so i was hoping someone here could help me... Sorry for the wall of text... pls help