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The manual does state you can downgrade it to windows 7, however the driver/software install can be the issue. I believe the manual stated (but you'd have to check the vendor site) that they have drivers for the Win 7 OS. I would assume as plug and play windows 7 is, you 'should' be ok....however, like normal, if the hardware is newer than the plug and play drivers, and the vendor site does not have them online....you'll be combing the hardware manufacturer for their software/drivers to try to get them to work on your systems. And that could lead to other issues if it's not compatible with other drivers/DLL files on the system. Good luck
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The simple answer is no. Technically you can install windows 7 OS over ANY computer however the reason why this is not considered viable is because newer hardware components do not have drivers made for Windows 7 and some hardware components may not function or have stability problems. I tried this a few years back with a Vista that I installed XP over and unfortunately the motherboard was built with components only intended for Vista so I had no sound or network drivers as the manufactures did not make Windows XP drivers for the components.
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