Downgrade from Windows 11 at an old machine.

James · Jun 20, 2023

zebal said:
.part file means download didn't complete, it's a leftover from your web browser download session
try downloading again.

some drivers come as zip files which contains driver files and executable.
if driver package is only exe file you can still try to open it with 7-zip and expand it, it will work only if package is self-extracting.
In which case in device manager right click unknown device and locate expanded archive to install driver.

otherwise it's executable and it either installs or not.

Thank you, Zebal. I will try to download the file again.

zebal · Jun 20, 2023

James said:
Thank you, Zebal. I will try to download the file again.

btw. those links you shared all contains exe file, I just donwloaded one and it's *.exe not .part
.part could also mean archive split into multiple files, in which case you need all parts and open them with 7-zip, but there is no archive on those links.

SIW2 · Jun 20, 2023

I dont think

Code:

http://www.driver-dell.com

is the official dell site, though it might be ok.

In post #73 I already linked to the official dell site which has the win7 drivers for your machine.

Support for Inspiron 3252 | Drivers & Downloads | Dell UK

www.dell.com

just select your os and the drivers appear below

James · Jun 20, 2023

SIW2 said:
I dont think

Code:

http://www.driver-dell.com

is the official dell site, though it might be ok.

In post #73 I already linked to the official dell site which has the win7 drivers for your machine.

Support for Inspiron 3252 | Drivers & Downloads | Dell UK

www.dell.com

just select your os and the drivers appear below

View attachment 62888

Thank you for this, I just could not find the windows 7 section on dell website. Other drivers didn’t work, they were intel but they were incompatible.

James · Jun 20, 2023

SIW2 said:
I dont think

Code:

http://www.driver-dell.com

is the official dell site, though it might be ok.

In post #73 I already linked to the official dell site which has the win7 drivers for your machine.

Support for Inspiron 3252 | Drivers & Downloads | Dell UK

www.dell.com

just select your os and the drivers appear below

View attachment 62888

Aarrrghhhhhh

I once again got the same issue…

zebal · Jun 20, 2023

@James
You're not by any chance running the installer from DVD right?

James · Jun 20, 2023

zebal said:
@James
You're not by any chance running the installer from DVD right?

No, i copied it over to the downloads folder. Although, I had the dvd still in the pc.

Just checked without the Dvd in the pc, no change.

P.s congrats on 100 posts over here

zebal · Jun 20, 2023

If running as Administrator does not help then I'm out of suggestions.
Some driver installers will not let you know this.

SIW2 · Jun 20, 2023

I suggested installing the sha2 update earlier in thread. Have you done it?

that Dell Update Packages (DUP) contains drivers for several os. The win 7 drivers inside are both sha1 and sha2. But the DUP ( the executable you are trying to run ) is only sha2

Fabler2 · Jun 20, 2023

James said:
No, i copied it over to the downloads folder. Although, I had the dvd still in the pc.

Just checked without the Dvd in the pc, no change.

P.s congrats on 100 posts over here

This is a safe site although I usually don't recommend driver finding software. In this case, though, I will recommend this one seeing Win 7 drivers are hard to find. It's a portable so no installation. Worth checking out IMHO.

Snappy Driver Installer Origin – The original driver installation tool for Windows.

www.snappy-driver-installer.org

SIW2 · Jun 20, 2023

Win 7 drivers are hard to find.

they are not hard to find they are on the dell website.

sha2 update

https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2019/09/windows6.1-kb4474419-v3-x64_b5614c6cea5cb4e198717789633dca16308ef79c.msu

SIW2 · Jun 20, 2023

SIW2 said:
MS win7 iso files dont have the most recent drivers so you might want to add usb3 and nvme support which is very simple. And you might need net driver.

I would also suggest manually installing the sha2 update because some recent drivers are sha2 signed and also it is needed for the mse update definitions.

Service unavailable

easily done, d/l the msu file and dble click it.

https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2019/09/windows6.1-kb4474419-v3-x64_b5614c6cea5cb4e198717789633dca16308ef79c.msu

from my post #44 on this thread.

James · Jun 20, 2023

Fabler2 said:
This is a safe site although I usually don't recommend driver finding software. In this case, though, I will recommend this one seeing Win 7 drivers are hard to find. It's a portable so no installation. Worth checking out IMHO.

Snappy Driver Installer Origin – The original driver installation tool for Windows.

www.snappy-driver-installer.org

Thank you, I will check it out.

James · Jun 20, 2023

SIW2 said:
post #44

Thanks. Will try this out on top of Fabler2’s suggestion.

SIW2 · Jun 20, 2023

Rt click on the Intel-3160-7260-3165-7265-Wi-Fi-Driver_5TJF1_WIN_20.10.1.1190_A00.EXE and select properties > digital signature.

what does it say ?

it says this

James · Jun 20, 2023

SIW2 said:
Rt click on the Intel-3160-7260-3165-7265-Wi-Fi-Driver_5TJF1_WIN_20.10.1.1190_A00.EXE and select properties > digital signature.

what does it say ?

Under details:

SIW2 · Jun 20, 2023

SDI can sometimes be useful if any drivers are hard to find. That is not the case for you.
It also requires internet connection ( unless you d/l the giant pack )

Do I have to say install the sha2 update a fourth time?

win7 doesn't have sha2 support out of the box. That is why there is the update.

James · Jun 20, 2023

SIW2 said:
SDI can sometimes be useful if any drivers are hard to find. That is not the case for you.

It also requires internet connection ( unless you d/l the giant pack )

I can use this after getting the key driver, internet. On the Dell website, there were many options on the Internet drivers, so I didn’t know which one to choose. I just chose the biggest file, and the one that said critical next to it.

James · Jun 20, 2023

I think this must be a sha issue. I will follow your advice, @SIW2 tomorrow, and get back to you on it. Thank you for your extensive help, and you have taught me a lot..

Bug locker · Jun 21, 2023

James said:
I think this must be a sha issue. I will follow your advice, @SIW2 tomorrow, and get back to you on it. Thank you for your extensive help, and you have taught me a lot..

IF Windows 7 installation isnt possible cause of incompatible hardware or drivers problem , at your position i give a try to a Windows 10 clean install. I, however, have stopped trying and if an issue arises I will try Windows 10 since the same old laptop had no performance issues except for slow boot (45-60sec.)

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