Installing Intels HD630 Drivers on a Winodws 7 Laptop.

EvilHamster · May 10, 2017

Hi all. I bought a new Laptop with windows 10 (what choice does one really have). So I did the common sense thing. I backed it up and installed windows 7 on top.

Despite the Laptop manufacturers not officially supporting windows 7, I was able to install install most drivers without too much problems.

I also installed the windows 7 updates (also that Kabylake compatibility of course jumped up at the end. Thanks microsoft for honouring your word to support windows 7 until 2020,

Sorry for the rant. Back on topic.

So I have all the windows updates, and many drivers, such as wifi etc. The one thing I really need, is the Intel graphic driver. Now, on their webpage, I download the drivers, which btw. are working on windows 7, at least so it says on their webpage.
But when I try to install, I get this message
"Your computer does not meet the minimum requirement for installing the software."

I should say that I did not install windows 7 as UEFI, but on legacy mode. Could that be it? (Please don't just say yes, unless you are having reason to believe so. It takes many many hours to install everything on a 5400 rpm HDD, including the updates.)

Is there a way I can install intels drivers on Windows 7? Btw. I also tried an older version of the driver, from 2016. Still does not work. Same error message.

The CPU is an i5 7200U. The Laptop is an Acer E5 575G

Cheers everyone.

Corwin65 · May 10, 2017

Kabylake = Win 10
You may not like it, but that's what it was built for, and it's widely known.

EvilHamster · May 10, 2017

But the driver is marked as compatible with Windows 7.
From what I have read, Kaby lake is still usable on Windows 7, just that updates are no longer supported.

boosted1g · May 10, 2017

Kabylake will work IF you can find correct windows 7 drivers for its hardware.
Running a system without windows updates is very risky, I would keep lots of backups (including ones not connected to the PC) for all of the infections you will likely get.

EvilHamster · May 10, 2017

Thank you for the tips.. not really an answer to my question, but still.

boosted1g · May 10, 2017

Are you using the motherbaord graphics driver, or generic HD630 straight from intel?

EvilHamster · May 10, 2017

I am using the generic Intel drivers. Surely the CPU is 'stock'?

boosted1g · May 10, 2017

Is there a Win 7 driver from your motherboard manufacturer for hd 630?

EvilHamster · May 10, 2017

They don't have any windows 7 support. But the windows 10 drivers all installed fine. However, there was no custom driver for the graphics at all. While they have a VGA driver on their website, it is simple an extracted version for Intel's newest stock driver.

boosted1g · May 10, 2017

I would play around then with any older versions of the driver you can get ahold of (preferably doing a backup image before you do).

EvilHamster · May 10, 2017

I have made an image, and tried an older version of the driver too.

I don't mean to sound negative, I know you are trying to help.

If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. I will go to sleep now though.

Cheers.

J_E_D_70 · May 10, 2017

Did you try installing the driver by right-clicking and run as admin in compatibility mode?

Another approach is to go into device manager and tell it to let you pick the driver. Then browse to the extracted driver.

EvilHamster · May 10, 2017

I will try the approaches tomorrow. BTW, what compatibility mode should I choose? If it has problems with win 7, surely the holders will not work better?

Using the device manager seems interesting. Definity worth a try.

Cheers

J_E_D_70 · May 10, 2017

I had to use the device manager method to go the other way - get a win 7 gpu driver to work in 10.

EvilHamster · May 11, 2017

I tried using the device manager.

I tell it to upgrade from location, direct it to the Intel drivers, but it tells me that the most up-to-date drivers of the VGA are already installed. When I uninstall the drivers, it either completely disables it (in safe mode), or asks me to restart.
Upon restart, it either tries to install it itself, or if I reboot in safe mode, to make sure it is not connected to the internet, it still tells me that the most up-to-date drivers are installed. Which is weird.

I hate the new microsoft so much. With a passion. I can not wait for Linux to become more competitive and drive these bastards into bankruptcy.

EvilHamster · May 11, 2017

Found the solution. See the following link:
https://communities.intel.com/message/446886#446886

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