Are W10 drivers working properly on W11?

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ddiaconu21

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• Oct 6, 2021

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Hi again,

My laptop is an Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-51), which has a i7-7700HQ chipset. This one is not supported officially by W11, so I'm not holding my breath about some driver updates for my laptop.
Were there any reports about how compatible are the W10 drivers with W11? I don't have any issues (I've installed them), except for some IRST update that fails every time I try to do it.

 

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• Oct 6, 2021

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Generally speaking I've found that the Win10 drivers work fine with 11.. but keep in mind there should be updates coming to support 11 some time soon.

 

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  Windows 11 Home(Release Preview) - 24H2 - 26100.3025

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  Banana Junior 5600-G Series

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  AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

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  Asus ROG Strix B550-F

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  G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 64GB 4x16

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  Zalman i3 NEO

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  ARCTIC Freezer 7 X

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  Amazon Generic with Cord

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• Oct 6, 2021

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Well, the drivers must be working okay for most of us, as we have been playing and testing on 11 for quite a while and most of our hardware doesn't have a dedicated 11 driver.

 

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System One System Two

• OS

  Windows 11 Pro

  Computer type

  PC/Desktop

  Manufacturer/Model

  Beelink SEI8

  CPU

  Intel Core i5-8279u

  Motherboard

  AZW SEI

  Memory

  32GB DDR4 2666Mhz

  Graphics Card(s)

  Intel Iris Plus 655

  Sound Card

  Intel SST

  Monitor(s) Displays

  Asus ProArt PA278QV

  Screen Resolution

  2560x1440

  Hard Drives

  512GB NVMe

  PSU

  NA

  Case

  NA

  Cooling

  NA

  Keyboard

  NA

  Mouse

  NA

  Internet Speed

  500/50

  Browser

  Edge

  Antivirus

  Defender

  Other Info

  Mini PC used for testing Windows 11.

• Operating System

  Windows 10 Pro

  Computer type

  PC/Desktop

  Manufacturer/Model

  Custom

  CPU

  Ryzen 9 5900x

  Motherboard

  Asus Rog Strix X570-E Gaming

  Memory

  64GB DDR4-3600

  Graphics card(s)

  EVGA GeForce 3080 FT3 Ultra

  Sound Card

  Onboard

  Monitor(s) Displays

  ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQ. ASUS ProArt Display PA278QV 27” WQHD

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  2560x1440

  Hard Drives

  2TB WD SN850 PCI-E Gen 4 NVMe
  2TB Sandisk Ultra 2.5" SATA SSD

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  Seasonic Focus 850

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  Fractal Meshify S2 in White

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  Dark Rock Pro CPU cooler, 3 x 140mm case fans

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  Logitech G9 Laser Mouse

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  Corsiar K65 RGB Lux

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Mark Phelps

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• Oct 6, 2021

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I "upgraded" my rebuilt desktop PC from Win10 to Win11 yesterday -- and in checking the driver versions, they are the same across both OS versions. So yes, Win10 drivers are working in Win11 without issue -- as are all the Win10 apps.

 

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System One

• OS

  Windows 11

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  PC/Desktop

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  Custom built

  CPU

  Ryzen 5600X

  Motherboard

  ASRock Steel Legend

  Memory

  16GB

  Graphics Card(s)

  EVGA GT 710

  Sound Card

  None

  Monitor(s) Displays

  23",24", 19" - flat panels

  Screen Resolution

  1920x1200

  Hard Drives

  None - only M.2 SATA and NVMe drives

  PSU

  750W

  Case

  Antec

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  stock Wraith cooler

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  Corsair gaming

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  Logitech M720

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• Oct 6, 2021

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I have had no driver issues when moving from Win 10 to the Win 11 Insider Program. After doing a clean install from the official Win 11 ISO I found that many drivers were not installed. I did not check if they could be found from a network search but pointed the process to the "driver store" that I had created earlier. All working smoothly.

 

My Computer

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• OS

  Windows 11

  Computer type

  Laptop

  Manufacturer/Model

  HP / Spectre x360 Convertible 13

  CPU

  i5-8250U

  Motherboard

  83B9 56.50

  Memory

  8GB

  Graphics Card(s)

  Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620

  Sound Card

  Realtek High Definition Audio(SST)

  Screen Resolution

  1920 x 1080

  Hard Drives

  Toshiba 256GB SSD

  Internet Speed

  500Mbps

  Browser

  Firefox, Edge

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  Windows Defender