Kaby Lake on windows 7

[Evil Ninetales]

Is anyone here on the forums using a kaby lake processor on windows 7? by that I mean i3 7350k, i5 7600k, i7 7700k for examples.

I keep getting told repeatedly it won't work. Can someone confirm this for me? I want windows 7 on my new gaming laptop ( i7 7700HQ ). I'm quite happy to delete win 10 to get 7.

[Morethan2Letters]

Początkowo opublikowane przez nanoclaw:

Is there a programme like nLite for Windows 8? I find Windows 8. 8.1 and 10 child scrap metal, not even the HDD, SSD are extinguished decently, before the installation. @Evil Ninetails download to you, nevertheless, simply SteamOS, has more freedom than Billy 13 and CRAPple together. I dont know if Destiny 2 runs under SteamOS, here you see our world. This Time i have used a translator, thus the SteamComm nothing has to complain. I find the best OS Windows Vista with vLite and on CD / dvd please, USB quite nicely fast... broken.

Windows Vista, lol. God I hope your hardware is just as old, or your screwing yourself over.

[tengucra$h]

Yes laugh, a pity Windows Vista self made with vLite, is 100time secure without antivirus and Firewall, as bought Windows 10 USB an infected system, thus fancy in worst case good Luck to install Win10usb-infected or even better totally deleted...WannaCry People was nice too, to Hospital and Co. Windows 10 yeah, no Problem no plz i pay i will Cd/DVD Version. Buy just ur fancy Windows 10 on USB. Go Download SteamOS and burn it on a DVD, Price under one Dollar.

[Morethan2Letters]

Początkowo opublikowane przez nanoclaw:

Yes laugh, a pity Windows Vista self made with vLite, is 100time secure without antivirus and Firewall, as bought Windows 10 USB an infected system, thus fancy in worst case good Luck to install Win10usb-infected or even better totally deleted...WannaCry People was nice too, to Hospital and Co. Windows 10 yeah, no Problem no plz i pay i will Cd/DVD Version. Buy just ur fancy Windows 10 on USB. Go Download SteamOS and burn it on a DVD, Price under one Dollar.

I will laugh at Vista, HAhahahahah. Enjoy your 11 year old OS.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Biggest issues really come down to:
> Laptops this new might not have Drivers for all hardware for older OS'
> Win7/8 will not allow Windows Updates on CPUs as new as KabyLake/Ryzen

[tengucra$h]

I know its out for Vista, compare it with vLite used again a crappy Windows 10 from the security View, and yeah Future insane Games for Windows 10 NOW!!! nothing Destiny 2 runs 20percent "faster" then holy Windows 10 DirectX 12 on my Windows 8.1 i tryed Windows 10 thx...

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

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Początkowo opublikowane przez 🎃Sir Edmund's Spoopy Kitteh:

Good thing the OP can upgrade to Windows 10 Pro that way:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/upgrade/windows-10-upgrade-paths
I kind of hope it works with Fall Creator's Update though.

No, OP can't upgrade a Home license to a Pro license. And why Pro? It's useless for a non business user.

If it is Home Premium, they can. Windows 7 Pro users are eligianle for Windows 10 Enterprise Edition...but it's not recommended.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Początkowo opublikowane przez 🎃Sir Edmund's Spoopy Kitteh:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Omega:

No, OP can't upgrade a Home license to a Pro license. And why Pro? It's useless for a non business user.

If it is Home Premium, they can. Windows 7 Pro users are eligianle for Windows 10 Enterprise Edition...but it's not recommended.

Enterprise was never intended for Home Users using Home or Pro.
It is not an upgrade option. It's offered only as it's own stand-alone.

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

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Początkowo opublikowane przez 🎃Sir Edmund's Spoopy Kitteh:

If it is Home Premium, they can. Windows 7 Pro users are eligianle for Windows 10 Enterprise Edition...but it's not recommended.

Enterprise was never intended for Home Users using Home or Pro.
It is not an upgrade option. It's offered only as it's own stand-alone.

I know that...I'm just mentioning examples as to how the upgrade tree works from Windows 7 to Windows 10.

[tengucra$h]

https://www.digitec.ch/de/s1/product/gigabyte-h110-d3a-bitcoin-edition-lga-1151-intel-h110-atx-mainboard-6354079?tagIds=76 buy this if ur screwed up wiht Mouse,Keyboard and Pad, just a Joke. U need only ask ur SmartPhone how much today?

[tengucra$h]

https://www.digitec.ch/de/s1/product/intel-core-i7-8700k-lga-1151-370ghz-unlocked-prozessor-6448562?tagIds=76 and here stays Coffee Lake

[tengucra$h]

https://www.digitec.ch/de/s1/product/intel-core-i3-8350k-lga-1151-4ghz-unlocked-prozessor-6448580?tagIds=76 my Opinion cheap High Frequenzy

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Well, to the OP, this is what I suggest:

1) Download the latest Win10 64bit using the Media Creation Tool, you will need 8GB minimum USB Flash Drive. This will ensure that you now have a proper and updated backup of Win10 OS Media.

2) Download Win7 64bit ISO, you will need 4GB minimum USB Flash Drive, and the Rufus Tool. Once you download Win7 ISO, connect the flash drive you intend to put this on (it will need to be wiped clean. Then run Rufus Tool and make the following options/settings changes > https://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rufus.png (notice the CD Drive/Browse icon next to create bootable; select ISO as the option, then click browse and point to the ISO file; to avoid issues, put the ISO on the root of your local disk drive first, such as the root of C or other secondary SSD/HDD type)

3) In order to even boot to other Drives on newer Laptops, you must enter the BIOS and change from UEFI to Legacy/AHCI or it will not allow booting to other drives. Plus it is best to use Legacy BIOS option for older OS' such as Win7.

4) Skip Product Key entry during Win7 installer
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows_7-windows_install/how-to-install-windows-7-without-entering-your/f8d7712d-dfa4-4c26-b8ad-bb094c1d477b
Then you will have 30 day grace period for Win7, without a working/activated key.
Use this time to obtain/check/try-out the system with Win7 OS + Win7 Drivers...
That way if there really are horrible issues with that OS on newer machine, or lack of Drivers, you have already made your Windows 10 media to which you can clean install if needed.

[tengucra$h]

And use iobit Driver Booster or other legit Software to obtain Drivers, or Security Software wich includes DriverUpdate like Avira, hey u chosse not i. Thx @ Bad_Motha for qGuide. Regards nanoclaw

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Remember to Delete all Partitions on Drive0 when doing a clean OS install, where you are not worried about keeping any data/files. Plus you will have no choice but to delete all when trying to install/format with Win7 anyways, as the drive is usually already formatted for GPT due to how it was setup for Win10 already.

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

So to answer the OP's question...in short, you cannot use Windows 7 on Kabelake CPU's...