I downgraded my acer e5-411 to windows 7 ultimate. after that the wifi is gone. Please help!

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When I bought this laptop it came with windows 8.1 but I upgraded it to windows 10. I don't like windows 10 it is slow for the laptop then I downloaded a bootable windows 7 ultimate and successfully downgraded my laptop but suddenly I am trying to connect my wifi and there is no option. I tried connecting to wired connection the port is not blinking. I don't know what to do. Is there a way to fix this one I love windows 7.


Thanks for the help.
 
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Barty1884
With a laptop that shipped with W8.1, drivers may not be (readily) available for W7.

W8 and W10 also have built-in networking drivers which, although not necessarily the "perfect" driver for any given device.. is an all-in-one solution, to at least allow the device to get online & source a more appropriate driver.
Unfortunately, that's not something that was totally widespread in W7 (although ethernet should just 'work')

You should be able to identify the Wifi chip used via Device Manager (Broadcom or Atheros, from what I can find).
If you can identify the specific model of chip used, heading to Broadcom or Atheros directly should be sufficient to locate drivers.
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With a laptop that shipped with W8.1, drivers may not be (readily) available for W7.

W8 and W10 also have built-in networking drivers which, although not necessarily the "perfect" driver for any given device.. is an all-in-one solution, to at least allow the device to get online & source a more appropriate driver.
Unfortunately, that's not something that was totally widespread in W7 (although ethernet should just 'work')

You should be able to identify the Wifi chip used via Device Manager (Broadcom or Atheros, from what I can find).
If you can identify the specific model of chip used, heading to Broadcom or Atheros directly should be sufficient to locate drivers.
 
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