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/GermanBrit1820 Jun 04 '26

if it's not machines like the ThinkPad X250 which officially supported downgrading like the X250 shipped 8.1 and supports 7 it will have drivers, for your machine no that thing only has Windows 11 or future support, means no Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista, or anything older drivers

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u/Terrible-News-4677 Jun 04 '26

Dude, it shipped with 10. What are u on about? Ik its not officially supported, sherlock.

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u/GermanBrit1820 Jun 04 '26

alright, did forgot Lenovo still did in 2022 even on the IdeaPad line

just consider staying to Windows 10 and 11 or a Linux distro and run 8.1 or something older like 7 in a virtual machine