downgrade Win8 home for Win 7

After a few months of sporadically trying to access a Microsoft Account or the store on my Dell Inspiron 660 without success (with some 1,000 others Win8 according to M.S. Articles), more its incompatibility with * all * of my external audio interfaces USB despite the driver updates, the time has come to downgrade to Win7 from Win8 preinstalled host.  I guess the software is the problem as long as the hardware works fine otherwise and everything will work in Win7.

So, the issue will be any retail version of Windows 7, for example. at Amazon, being 100% compatible with this machine, or is there some stuff with the bios that would need fixing.  It's a Dell configured with Win7 version to buy.

There is not a Dell of Windows 7 version to purchase.  Dell Windows 7 media differs from Microsoft media it activates automatically when it is installed on a Dell computer that is eligible, and it has some elements of customization (background/user images, logo support, etc.).

A 'detail' key and the included media will be fine.

You can find drivers Windows 7 x 64 for the 660 here:
http://www.Dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/product/Inspiron-660

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