Need drivers after installation clean win 7 on win 8 machine

Curve minimum smarts learning difficult for an old man with a computer. Try to restore a HP 500-075, which came with Win 8 installed and upgraded to 8.1. A day after the reboot, I couldn't past password logon screen (I had not created one). After much googling that didn't serve me without success, I gave up and decided to reinstall the OS, but instead to install Win 7, didn't like 8 in all. Bought a drive OEM installation and after a lot of help from online, managed to install it. But no drivers. When I look up the drivers available at HP for this PC there is not an option for Windows 7. So my main question is will drivers for 8.1 work now that 7 is installed. Or I have to go back to 8? Moreover, I try the option of restoration of HP at the start, but was caught in an infinite loop. I'm about to launch this box and buy a new one!

Bill, welcome to the forum.

As one old man to another, I suggest you save yourself some frustration and come back to Win 8.  We can probably find some drivers for the computer, but you may have problems because the computer is equipped with a UEFI BIOS with Secure Boot.

There are a lot of very good guides available to help you learn how to use Win 8.1.  I have a desktop with Win 7 and a laptop with Win 8.1.  I'm going from one to the other without any problem at all.  However, I use the desktop with Win 8.1 computer most of the time.  In fact, it is possible to start directly on the desktop instead of the start of Metro screen.  Here's a guide that will help you do it.

Once you have read the guide and tried to use the desktop computer, if you want to continue using Windows 7, I'll see if I can find the drivers for you.

Please, click on "Thumbs Up +" if I helped you and click "Accept as Solution" If your problem is resolved.

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