[Solved] Nvidia's latest Graphics Drivers do not work with Win7!

@canonkong

I have tried with the latest 475.14 drivers following your instructions. I am unable to run setup as I get an error about certificates. I can manually install the drivers but I get hit with Code 52. I have tried multiple times on a clean Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 install with all updates installed. This includes of course the SHA2 updates.

Graphics Card is an RTX 3050

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Charles
Cert_error

@dartraiden

I have also attempted your files/instructions. As a general update I found the root certificate from digicert and installed it which does make the Nvidia installer function as expected.

However after following your instructions with your files it still resulted in a code 52.

Continuing testing with an RTX 3050 on Windows 7 ultimate sp1 x64

I figured it out, I thought I would reply here and explain what I did to get it working. I used the graphics driver “474.11-desktop-windows7-64bit-international-whql.exe” which I obtained from the NVIDIA website. By default it wouldn’t install. Windows 7 would state that the driver didn’t support this version of Windows. Using Notepad++ I modified the nv_dispi.inf file. I added two lines to the file (see below). The driver is functional and while Windows 7 says its unsigned. Windows 7 does not prevent me from using it.

At line 491 %NVIDIA_DEV.2584% = Section165, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_2584
At line 14094 NVIDIA_DEV.2584 = “NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050”

RTX_3050_W7_Driver_Details

You probably have Windows Test Mode enabled

I thought the same. I reinstalled Windows 7 and with no other changes than the modified INF file the driver installs fine. As you can see the BCD is default and there is no watermark in the corner of the desktop.

I have since installed other applications and no issues. Windows 7 was fully updated before anything else so I have not tested Windows Update since the driver install as it says there are no updates available.

HI, are there any drivers for the 4000 series? Anyone running win7 on the 4000 series?

Why is 475.14 missing the 2nd signature? What was modified in it?

Because the software I use can’t add a signature, it completely replaces the signature

I have tried all the drivers mentioned above, but none of them were able to successfully drive my 3050 graphics card on Windows 7. My graphics card hardware ID is: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_25A2&SUBSYS_000010DE&REV_A1

anyone can help me?
thanks.

I’m afraid nothing’s really solved for me. I’m struggling to install 475.14 on an arcade system that will run Windows 7. The file posted by @canonkong https://www.mediafire.com/file/83wus4vwcjnndch/nvlddmkm_475.14.7z/file does not work. More so, the 475.14 driver from @dartraiden Releases · dartraiden/NVIDIA-WIn7-Win8-Signed-Driver · GitHub doesn’t work either. I’ve a hunch that none of this would be an issue if the system was maintained by Windows Update, which doesn’t work in this day and age. I tried to install all kinds of KB updates but I’ve only managed to weather down the initial obstacle of having no extra kernel32.dll functions.

What video card are you using? Attach a GPU-Z screenshot.

GeForce 750 Ti. I’ve figured it out, I was running in a mode that doesn’t check driver signatures. When I retraced my steps on a normal, fresh instance of Windows 7, I needed to do these things to get your driver working:

  1. Install all updates - as far as I know, only 2 are really needed - one that adds missing kernel calls, and one that adds sha256 support for driver signatures, because when Windows 7 was released only sha1 was supported and everyone only jumped on the sha1 bad bandwagon in 2014. The first one installs ootb on a fresh install. The latter one is entangled in dependency hell, so you’re better off getting it from an AIO install or from SP2.
  2. Add the DigiCert CA, it will shut Windows up and allow it to actually start setup.exe once the driver’s installer unpacks.
  3. Before running setup.exe, your files need to be applied or else it won’t go.

I would have posted the file as an attachment, but the forum won’t let me since I’m a new user. :confused:

Hi, please try:
https://w7.thecompany.pl/drivers/nvidia/475.14-desktop-win7-64bit-international-whql-TheCompany.exe

@dartraiden hey yo - thank you for method :blush: