Win7 network adapter driver problem

Question

Hello,

I'm installing win7  on my laptop and all goes well till I have to install my wireless driver which doesn't work no matter what. If I  upgrade to win10 it works fine, but  win10 is slowing down my computer so I can't install it. 

Always when I install win7 I have the Broadcom driver to install the driver but it doesn't work anymore.

Anyone could help me ?

Answer 1

That's an odd one...

I don't know how Windows 10 works so I wonder if you poked around in Device Manager there you could figure out the things that work (driver version, etc.) and compare it to Windows 7 - and they see if you can make Windows 7 look like what works in Windows 10.

But I also don't think I would enjoy flopping back and forth between 10-7-10 to test all that either...

Answer 2

The model is Acer 5738Z

It worked before properly

Win 10 doesn't work on my computer

I can't  install the driver for the network adapter

Answer 3

What is the make and model of the afflicted system?

If a Dell computer what is the Service Tag number?

Has the afflicted system EVER worked properly with Windows 7?

If the system was running Windows 10, how did it come to be running Windows 7 now?

Exactly what does "doesn't work" mean?

Exactly what does "no wifi" mean?

Do you mean no wireless networks are detected?

Do you mean wireless networks are detected and you can't establish a connection?

Since the afflicted computer (I guess) can't get on the Internet you can't copy/paste information, so see if you can do this and include it in your next reply:

From the afflicted system, click the Start button/orb in the lower-left corner of your screen. Or, press the Windows logo key on your keyboard.

In the box enter:

msinfo32

Select/click msinfo32.exe and the System Information dialog box will open.

Click on System Summary.

Tell us what is in the System Manufacturer and System Model fields, for example:

System Manufacturer    Hewlett-Packard

System Model    Presario V4000

Click the Start button/orb in the lower-left corner of your screen. Or, press the Windows logo key on your keyboard.

In the box enter:

devmgmt.msc

Expand Network adapters, right click the Wireless adapter, choose Properties, Driver tab.

What is the:

Driver Provider

Driver Date

Driver Version

Select the Details tab and in the drop down list choose Hardware IDs.

We need to know the VEN and DEV numbers.

In this example the VEN is 10DE and the DEV is 03EF:


What does yours say for VEN and DEV?

Answer 4

I have done this a 100 times and the driver is good. I install it, it tells me that everything is ok just to reboot the computer. I reboot it and after still no wifi.

Answer 5

Hi Eduard,

We need more information for us to determine the correct resolution.

Is there any error message when you are trying to install wireless driver?

Can you visit your manufacturer's website to see if the drivers for Windows 7 are available?

Thanks.