Windows7 Installation on Icelake [ Lenovo Thinkbook15 IIL ]

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        Hello, everyone ! These days I am trying to install Windows 7 on my thinkbook15iil. Before that, I have read some posts about the installation  and learnt that there are several diffculties to achieve the goal :

• A5 BSOD caused by ACPI [1]
• stuck on Win7 logo because of the lack of gop support in Win7 [2]
• [Already Solved] Integrating drivers into Windows7 installation media [3]

 

     After I got the basic usage of OpenCore, the open-source boot manager of modern machines, I have some new ideas:

             Is it possible to use OC to avoid the chaoes[2] in Windows7 installation?

             Is it  feasible to bypass chaoes[1] caused by old ACPI.sys?

             Is it necessary to unlock the advanced menu of UEFI-BIOS of the computer? The feasibility? And if the answer is positive, how to do it?

     

 

 

 

 

 

[mooms]

Hello and welcome here,

 

What is the purpose of running such an old OS on such a machine ?

 

With this tool, you can install Windows 7 with the boot.wim of Windows 7, maybe that will help with installation: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/mdl-win-7-tool-for-simplix-updatepack-aio-iso-with-install-wim-esd-creation.79421/

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Thanks a lot . The reason is that the stability of Windows7 is better and some softwares only support Windows7.

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And when it comes to register in MDL, a dreadful problem occurred: I was always regarded as an automatic program even after passing the recaptcha procedure. I tried to contact MDL forum's hoster, but got no replies.  How can I solve this ?

[mooms]

Maybe you can try with a proxy/VPN ?

 

You can also try bugmenot:

https://bugmenot.com/view/forums.mydigitallife.net

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Thank you. I finally made it using js-replacer .[ A tool to help people whose net condition is not good to load resources of web pages ]

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Now I am trying to make use of the utility.

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Unfortubately it didn't go smoothly.

I guess the problem roots in the acpi.sys?

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Or the lack of support of VGA-GOP? 

[mooms]

You should find an older machine to use Windows 7, and use 10 or 11 on this one.

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Thank you for your reply. Maybe it's a time to buy a second-hand PC.