I ordered the Dell Latitude E5440 14" Laptop i5-4310U 4GB 500GB SSHD Windows 8.1 Pro, but I hate to use the windows 8.1, is there anyway I can downgrade the windows to 7 Pro ???
View 3 Replieshaving issues with my Dell Latitude E5440. The BIOS does not recognise it, I tested the HD with a external caddy and it works fine. I messed a lot with BIOS thinking it could be a settings but had no luck.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI am stuck with a dell E5440 here power light comes on and then laptop switches off and back on again and just repeat itself! I did not tried anything yet. It is i5 vpro and I installed 1TB HDD few months ago, it has been working no problem since yesterday.
View 4 Replies View RelatedAnother on my growing list of unwelcome "features" of this machine...
Around 20 seconds after logging in after a full reboot my Wi-Fi connection is dropped (having already connected during the boot/login).
I'm using the Intel software to manage the Wi-Fi connection and it says it can't connect because the hardware switch is set to off. This is obviously untrue.
Only solution I've found is to manually flick the hardware switch to OFF and then back to ON, then it automatically connects.
Seems like a BIOS issue if it's suddenly turning the adapter off for no reason. I'm already on the latest A07. Problem does not occur when hibernating and resuming from hibernation.
I previously let Windows manage the Wi-Fi connection but it never automatically connected at all, hence the switch to the Intel utility.
I would like very much for the USB ports (or at least one of them) to stay on when the computer is in sleep. I travel frequently and hotel rooms have limited power and I would like to keep my mobile phone plugged into the laptop. I've seen you answer a few questions on USB limitations and settings...
View 1 Replies View RelatedI was given a Dell Latitude E5440 and a docking station for my work. I brought in a wireless mouse and keyboard that I use for input (the reason for mentioning this will become evident later). The computer and dock were NIB and are ~ 2 months old. I have a Dell external monitor plugged into the dock via a DVI cable, and use it as a secondary monitor.
One thing I noticed early on with this setup is that the interconnection between the computer and dock is 'flimsy', at best. If I move the computer/dock on my desk by sliding it around, I lose connection and the external monitor image disappears.
My current issue is related but a bit different, I think. On 3 separate occasions in the past couple of weeks, the notebook screen has gone black without warning and the system has shut down. Once I was able to get the system back on, I was able to determine that the cause was that the battery had drained to 5%, and the system had shut down.
What I find odd is that this has happened while the unit is on the dock. What is even more odd to me is that, apparently, while the notebook has lost power connection to the dock, the video connection to the external monitor remained in tact. That is, in fact, the main reason I did not notice that the battery was draining. That, and the fact that I was never shown a warning that the battery was getting low and I should find an outlet. So, only the power connection pin or pins of the dock appear to be affected. This happened last night when I left for home. I had not touched the computer all day, since I have the wireless keyboard/mouse I mentioned above, but I did shut the lid to put the system into sleep mode. However, during the night, it apparently shut off because, the next morning, when I went to turn it on, I was greeted with a black screen stating the system had shut down unexpectedly and did I want to boot into Safe Mode. Upon booting, both PowerPoint and Word prompted me to 'recovery' my files that had been opened when the power was lost.
Questions: Why I would not receive a warning from the PC that the battery was getting low, so that I could either check the power connection or have time to gracefully shut down. That is much more preferable than the system behaving the same way it would if I had simply removed the battery when it was on.
Having done a lot of monitoring of my Latitude E5440 because of fan issues I spotted large CPU spikes every 9 seconds (no apps open or network traffic):
I can see it's caused by a group of "DcomLaunch" services. My old laptop with same OS, software, Anti-Virus (Avast) does not show these spikes.
Looking at similar problems reported on the net it was down to a third-party service/driver or malware but I have done a full scan and it still occurs in Safe Mode:
I have also gone through disabling as many services and drivers as possible but no luck. Seems like it must be something to do with power management?
I'm not a gamer as a 25% CPU spike every 9 seconds would be totally unacceptable.
i have recently purchased a vostro 5460 which comes with windows 8 and not windows 8 pro which appears to be a requirement if i wish to downgrade, as tabled here: [URL] .....
but if i do wish to downgrade, do i have any other options?
I am constantly losing wifi connectivity with this new laptop or having slowed down connectivity with 2 out of 5 bars even from 20 feet away; the pages i try to load constantly jump to loading pages previously loaded, etc. I have an inspiron desktop at home with windows 7 i have used for the past three years which have given me no such problems, so i am finding all this interruptions extremely frustrating.
I have an HP pavilion 15-e035tx that came with widows 8 preinstalled. I have since downgraded to windows 7 professional but now the computer doesn't have any internet drivers. I have searched for drivers online but can only seem to find drivers for windows 8
View 9 Replies View Relatedmy sisters new computer out of the rubish bin after she threw it there in disgust and frustration at the W8 operating system... Her daughters disabled and uses specialised mobility software that works well with W7 but not W8... Looking for a complete set of drivers so we can install Win 7 and save the day (and this computer from an untimley death)... here are its specs...
Operating SystemWindows 8 64-bitCPUAMD A4/A6/A8/A10 79 °CRichland 32nm TechnologyRAM15.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 809MHz (11-11-12-28)MotherboardHewlett-Packard 198A (Socket FT1) 29 °CGraphicsGeneric PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz)768MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 8650G + 8750M
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I decided to downgrade my Acer Aspire E1-470 to windows 7 64 bit! I did make a clean install no error occur during installtion! but after that some drivers was not installed! I cant connect to net and wifi
View 6 Replies View RelatedI decided to downgrade my Acer Aspire E1-470 to windows 7 64 bit! I did make a clean install no error occur during installtion!
but after that some drivers was not installed! I cant connect to net and wifi
I had to downgrade the software of Windows 8 64-bit to Windows 7 64 bit, the problem I did not find a suitable driver
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm want to downgrade my XPS 12 to windows 7. I hate windows 8 and no it will not grow on me. I've been using it for a couple of months now and I hate it. Everything I have tried to to make w8 palatable fails. How can I downgrade and get this crap OS off my computer?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm currently in the middle of attempting to downgrade from Windows 8 to 7, however during the initial reboot from the Windows 7 dvd, I would get the starting windows screen, then it would freeze up.
View 2 Replies View RelatedIn my Inspiron 15R-5520 laptop win-8 was installed, i changed it to win-7, after which web cam is not working what need to do
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have problem which network controller driver when downgrade my hp envy dv7 from windows 8 to windows 7
View 9 Replies View RelatedLatest news is that HP is selling laptops with Windows 7 again instead of Windows 8. I purchased a new laptop in December with Windows 8 and hate it and would like to downgrade to Windows 7. Is there any option to make that happen? Do I need to purchase Windows 7 on my own and, if so, will I be able to install all necessary drivers on this laptop (17-e110dx) to make things work?
View 2 Replies View RelatedThis is a short instruction how to downgrade a Sony Vaio VGN-FW21E from Vista to Windows XP. Please add/comment if anything is missing!
--- Build a Windows XP installation CD
You need to build a new Windows XP installation CD with SATA drivers.
Use a English Windows XP CD with sp1 as base. Download the drivers and use nLite to build and burn a new Windows XP installation CD. (Select all drivers in the list to the new XP installation CD)
SATA drivers download.....
I have a HP Pavilion 15-E016TX Laptop (3rd Gen Ci5/ 4GB/ 1TB/ Win8/ 2GB Graph) that came with windows 8 single language. It recently got upgraded to windows 8.1 without even giving me an option to cancel the upgrade. After the update the system has become a piece of crap. It restarts the desktop screen again and again. When I right click on desktop I can't access the graphics property option or configure switchable property option...It give an error that 'cli' is not found. Even my games are not working properly(its getting Hanged)..
How to downgrade back to windows 8 with detailed steps since I don't have an in depth knowledge about reset or refreshing of systems.
have a HP ENVY TouchSmart 15-j005se laptop running in Windows 8.1 Sinle language. I already have a purchased Windows 7 Professional x64. I tried to downgrade my OS to Windows 7 Pro. I prefer in UEFI installation, so create a OS installation USB in UEFI mode in GPT partition and enabled legacy in BIOS. Then the installer is booting from the USB device and everything is going well till it reaches to the HDD partition window. I can't see my HDD on the installer window. I already have a HDD with 4 visible partition, C (OS), D (Data), E (Recovery) and 100 MB system in FAT 32. i want to format only my C, because D contains all my data backup. I tried to browse intel Storage driver, still it is not detecting my HDD.
I really want to switch back to Windows 7 Pro.
When I downgraded from win 8.1 to win 7 I noticed there were about 11 items with problems being displayed in Device Manager. These ranged form network and ethernet to PCI , USB and various others. NVIDIA indicated it could not load until the Intel stuff had loaded first. That wasn't in DM, it cropped up when I attempted to load some of the drivers manually.
I really don't want to guess at what's gone wrong here but could if have something to do with hardware set up for win 8 being used with win 7 drivers etc?
Just downgraded my new HP n213ca laptop to windows7. I have been able to locate most drivers, but the Ethernet, usb, and Bluetooth drivers are still missing.
Finding the correct drivers?
Would it be straight forward to clean install windows 7 on to my HP ENVY m6-1205sa? Will all the drivers be found easily and will all the HP software be easy to install like HP Advisor, fn key control, simple pass, cool sense, drive guard and the like?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI wanted to downgrade my new HP ENVY 15 TouchSmart 15-j023ea to Windows 7 because it's more familiar/usual to me, but unforunately I've noticed that my laptop does not appear in HP's driver list
Also, recent Envy 15 TouchSmart models do not have windows 7 drivers (At least this is what I've seen)
My laptop came with Windows 8 Installed. I installed my windows 7 on this machine and realised I have NO drivers for it... That's the reason I came back to windows 8 right now, and try to find a solution.
I really want to downgrade to windows 7 x64. Are there any drivers for this OS?
I wanted to downgrade my new Lenovo U330 Touch from Windows 8.1 to Windows 7 (x64 Home Premium).URL...I accidentally deleted the partition with Windows 8.1 on it by mistake.
Now, when I try to install Windows 7 from the boot sequence, I get the message saying that "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style".How do I install Windows 7?
the steps to downgrade or install windows 7 in my HP 15-r111ns notebook?
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy ex has a brand new HP 15-g012dx that came with Windows 8, but has driver support for Win7 x64.She has all the driver files, but none will install; they lack Setup installers as far as I can tell. There is no Chipset driver, so PNP/autodetect will not function. So, how do I install these manually? Essentially, I've unzipped them one-at-a-time to a folder. She has Windows 7 Home x64.
View 5 Replies View RelatedDue to compatibilty issues with other software i have had to downgrade to Win 7 Pro and am now having issues detected the 2 left side usb 3.0 ports. Have power but can not see any devices connected.Have tried
Intel USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver,
Fresco Logic USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver ,
Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver,
NEC Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver
I have installed Windows 7 64 bit on my new HP 15-r011dx laptop and cannot find drivers for the wireless network adapter.
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