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Except windows 10s drivers are compatible with windows 8 and 7, since the driver model haven't changed since then. So using that install media you can extract

Except windows 10s drivers are compatible with windows 8 and 7, since the driver model haven't changed since then. So using that install media you can extract the drivers and install older windows versions anyway. So it's a pretty crappy conspiracy :)

tunap 10y ago
To clarify, the extracted drivers will load for 7/8/8.1 without editing an inf file?
- josteink 10y ago
  I'm speaking of Windows drivers in general. I can't make any specific guarantees for these particular drivers, but I don't see why they should be different.
- edoceo 10y ago
  You will have lots of manual digging to find the right drivers and will likely need to edit inf files. The API/ABI for drivers didn't change between 7,8,10
beagle3 10y ago
Not at all. To be effective, it doesn't need to stop a very determined user (as evidence, someone reflashed the bios so they could install Linux). And it does effectively stop users from installing Linux, Win7, Win8 and even Win10 - except from the provided Lenovo install media; which makes Microsoft happy (no Win7/Win8) and Lenovo happy (full control of installed versions).