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    Intel AC 7260 Driver for Vista?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by abstravel, Oct 18, 2014.

  1. abstravel

    abstravel Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone know where I could find a Vista drver for the Intel AC 7260? I've searched around, even on Intel's page. Only Win7 and above.. Really need it as my NP8278 has Vista installed.
    I know, I know. I just like Vista.

    Any ideas?

    Douglas
     
    abstravel, Oct 18, 2014
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  2. Ashen-Shugar

    Ashen-Shugar Notebook Evangelist

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    For giggles, have you tried installing the Windows 7 drivers?
    A lot of time you see drivers are for Vista/Windows 7.

    Vista is pretty much just Windows 7 beta :)

    In fact, is there any reason you are using Vista over Windows 7? I test drove Vista when it was beta for a company, and Windows 7 feels like a much more polished and much MUCH more stable Vista :)
     
    Ashen-Shugar, Oct 19, 2014
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    The windows 7 driver has a good chance of working, I agree that 7 is a worthy upgrade too.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 21, 2014
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    gregconquest Newbie

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    Douglas, did the Windows 7 driver work for Vista? I'm looking at ordering the 7260 card, and I'll be using it with Vista 32-bit, Windows 10, 64-bit (I think the 8.1, 64-bit driver will work), and Linux Mint 17.1, 64-bit.
     
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  5. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Interesting, is this for testing for a company with a wide range of OSs?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 2, 2015
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    I got a second-hand, though rather new pc that had an unused Vista DVD, and I wanted a working Windows machine, so I installed that. I know Vista has long had problems, and the Windows 10 preview was looking good, so I installed that. And I'm used to Linux and it usually suffices, so I installed that.

    My install notes are here:
    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-8925-4126-a14d-6a9bdff4f02b?tm=1427856530727
     
    gregconquest, Apr 3, 2015
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  7. Meaker@Sager

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    Interesting, well from my reading then since intel has dropped support of vista it may be tricky to get things working properly.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 4, 2015
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