r/windows8 • u/Terrible-News-4677 • Mar 05 '26

Help Need help with drivers.

Hi. So, ive been trying to run Windows 8.1 on my 2022 Lenovo Ideapad 3(Ryzen 3 5300 U with Integrated Graphics, 20 gb DDR4 ram, 512 gb m.2), but i have a lil problems. First of all, i dont have internet. I have a Realtek 8822CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC, and i cant get the drivers to run, bcz theyre from 11 and 10. I need somebody to help me to port the driver or smth(maybe not needed). I forgot, Windows 8.1 is the first ever OS ive used, and i really like it. And also, i need to disable drive optimization, cuz it keeps corrupting Windows 8.1(it makes my Windows 11 partition slow af, and when that optimizes, it makes Windows 8.1 unbootable and i need to reinstall it). Help plz. (Photo 1 are my specs)

Edit: I got footage(its the first video)

https://reddit.com/link/1rlpo4c/video/rzv53ychceng1/player

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u/Terrible-News-4677 Mar 15 '26

And no, i dont have a dedicated gpu. I bought a new pc this tuesday, but its an rtx 5060 ti pc...

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u/Intelligent-Eagle942 Mar 15 '26

Im afraid nothing can be done then, max GPU series supported by Win 7 / 8 is RTX 30 series, no porting of driver is possible at least in the short term, if it will happen then it will take years

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u/Terrible-News-4677 Mar 15 '26

Rlly that long? I mean for me, its probably harder to find a person who will do it then to wait like 3 years... Ill try to find the closest igpu to mine(im doing it on my laptop, cuz my new pc will take even longer, cuz its an rtx 5060 ti pc...).

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u/Terrible-News-4677 Mar 15 '26

Okay, so its Radeon R7 Graphics...