blueriver649 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Hi there, Is it possible that I can install Windows 8.1 on Windows 10 laptop? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 You are better off with Windows 10 Enterprise version. www.ghacks.net/2017/03/17/microsoft-blocks-updates-for-new-cpus-on-windows-7-and-8-1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, blueriver649 said: Hi there, Is it possible that I can install Windows 8.1 on Windows 10 laptop? thanks. First, explain what a Windows 10 laptop means; How do you want to install Windows 8.1, ie as the primary OP system or as the second OP system; What kind of computer is it, ie is it specific or common and what is its specs. Before we know what a computer is it and what your question means, nothing can be said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 yes its possible to install Windows 8.1 but nothing guarantees that drivers will be available and 8.1 will be in usable state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragdd Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Depends on the CPU, the latest generations CPU4s from Intel and AMD are Windows 10 only. If you use a non-Windows 10 O.S., you will get messages in Windows about not supported CPU and also Windows updates will give problems. When use Windows 8.1, special reason? Windows 10 is a collection of the best features of Windows 7/8/8.1 in one O.S. You could also use Oracle Virtualbox to run Windows 8.1 in Windows 10 (depending on what CPU, RAM en storage you have). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 CPU not emulated . VirtualBox will show the same cpu which brings the same problems in virtualized environment minus few things that virtualized (GPU, Network ...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truemate Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 yes u can install it... go for it.. a stable OS and get rid of .. gb's update frm win 10 BETA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragdd Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Yes, but his main O.S. will receive Windows updates and will not get these unsupported messages. Maybe he needs Windows 8.1 for one specific program of hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueriver649 Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 Thank a lot for quick replies, Gents. I have a laptop with windows 10 preinstalled, bought it 3 years ago worked perfect fine until big update from MS(could be my perception). The Screen started turn snow white, White screen of death and froze I updated BIOS, reset BIOS updated anything in Device manager, used Microsoft Basic Adapter ......I believed this is a software problem, it is something about Parameter Service.If it was Video card, I could n't use my computer anymore. I checked Reliability and Event viewer , anytime crashing happened, it was about Parameter Service so I want to install 8.1 to test it out.One instance I were able to use my computer for 2 days without any problem. PS : I don't use my computer for playing games. ParameterService.txt IntelParameterService.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haris_sane69 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Greetings @blueriver649, I would suggest to you do not install Windows 8.1 OS on your system as drivers for the same is not available on Acer's website(Only Windows® 10 64-bit's drivers available) as seen in screenshot. Do perform a clean install of Windows 10 OS, this may resolve issue hopefully. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueriver649 Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 Hi, Haris I did that 3 times already.............. Drivers on Acer didn't do me any good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edion Gecos Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 It is possible to install Windows 8.1 on a laptop that came pre-installed with windows 10. I recently did it with a new laptop just bought at the end of last year as Win 10 simply sucks and seems to be in a perpetually unstable beta state. The only thing to be careful about is that some manufactures unfortunately do not provide new drivers for Win 8.1 anymore and some new program versions (notably from Adobe or Office 2019) are not supported on that OS. If your laptop/hardware was bought three years ago as you say, chances are very high that you can find all the drivers you need and in many cases (Nvidia for instance) you can use the newest drivers still provided for Windows 7, the will work on Win 8.1 as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueriver649 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 Thanks Edion, will definitely give it a try and see if the problem go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZeb Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 @blueriver649 your processor is from the Kaby Lake family, Microsoft created some blocks to make it difficult to install Windows 7/8.x on machines with processors like those, even if you manage to find drivers to install on Windows 8.1, Windows Update will not work unless you use some hack... https://github.com/zeffy/wufuc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueriver649 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 Thanks MrZeb, I just installed Windows 8.1 and have problem with update and Drivers. I am still unable to update my display driver, is there anyway to solve this problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro75000 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 http://dl.driverpack.io/driverpacks/repack/Video_Intel-NT/Intel/FORCED/6Xx64/HD600_21.20.16.5077/Intel-FORCED-6Xx64-HD600_21.20.16.5077-drp.zip windows 8.1 driver for your gpu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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