Want to install window Seven on Optiplex 3050

[arshadmahmood]

Dear Sir,
Want to install window seven professional 64bit on my brand new Dell PC optiplex 3050 7th generation. after successful installation, I am still unable to install following drivers on that.... please help in this regard.


Network Ethernet Driver
VGA Driver
Key Board & Mouse also create problem


but no problem with windows 10 but I dont want to use windows 10 due to few software's un compatibility

 

[samuria]

If you login to Dells site and put in your tag is there no 7 drivers? if not you would have to search for a oem driver

 

[dg1261]

The Dell website has the 3050 Realtek ethernet driver for Win7.

For Intel graphics, you have to use a modified driver from Intel. I believe there's a tutorial elsewhere on this forum about downloading the graphics driver from Intel and modifying the inf file so it will work on Kaby Lake processors.

For keyboard and mouse, did you add the USB3 drivers to your installation media? There's a tutorial somewhere here for that, as well, on how to download the USB3 drivers from Intel and use DISM++ to embed them in the Win7 installation media.

I only did it once so I'm not an expert, but I managed to install Win7 on a 7th-gen Optiplex 7050 a couple years ago with the help of tutorials I found on this forum.

 

[SIW2]

intel universal usb3 drivers:
View attachment intel-usb3-win7x64.zip

View attachment Optiplex3050drivers-win7x64.zip

There are graphics drivers for kabylake and coffeelake

 

[arshadmahmood]

Dear Sir, I have visited on Dell website & found that window seven can not install on my PC as per my service tag.
Kindly tell me is there any solution to use window seven or XP???

 

[SIW2]

It doesn't say windows 7 cannot install.

It says DELL do not provide a free downgrade to windows 7.

 

[arshadmahmood]

It doesn't say windows 7 cannot install.

It says DELL do not provide a free downgrade to windows 7.

Sir,
Way Forward???
any solution???

 

[Paul Black]

Hi arshadmahmood,

Way Forward???
any solution???

Have a look here => Update your Win 7 installation media. + SIW2's previous post [post #4] will do what you want!

I hope this helps!

 

[arshadmahmood]

intel universal usb3 drivers:
View attachment 410380

View attachment 410381

There are graphics drivers for kabylake and coffeelake

Thanks Sir