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Should I be installing Windows 8 drivers or Windows 7 drivers on a Windows 7 machine?

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So I just reinstalled Windows 7 on my laptop to get rid of all the bloatware it came bundled with.

Now I will need to install Ethernet Drivers, because Windows 7 itself doesn't seem to have any proper drivers for the Ethernet card in my laptop.

When I stumbled upon the driver download page (It's an Acer laptop by the way), I noticed that - when I select Windows 8 as the OS - it actually gives me a newer version of the LAN drivers.

(Windows 7, LAN: 1.0.2.43) https://imgur.com/LOBPO7I

(Windows 8, LAN: 2.1.0.7) https://imgur.com/13oV2bY

So since I have Windows 7 installed on my laptop, should I use the Windows 7 drivers or should I use the Windows 8 drivers? (Because they seem to be newer)

Or could there be compatiblity issues or something?


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