HP Pavilion Notebook - 15-p189sa Downgrade to Window 7

Hi,
I have bought this laptop HP Pavilion Notebook - 15-p189sa with window 8.1 64bit.
I didn't know about the poor performance and issues of Window 8.1 .
Although I have tried this OS , I want to downgrade to a reliable and better operation system.
Why I change ?
- The wifi network icone doesn't work property, when I change the network it disables by itsalf and it is impossible to renable it then I have to restart the laptop.
- The interface is orrible
- Sometimes the laptop takes hours before to turn off or I doesn't turn ever off
So these are the most reasons why I want to change this not usable and unfriendly OS .
The problem to downgrade is the drivers which are not available on the hp support website.
Can I use the wind8 drivers for wind7 ?
maybe a program can adapt the drivers for wind7 ?
I'm not able to develop by myself the drivers so what do you suggest ?
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Hi:
You should be able to use the W7 x64 drivers and software from the 15t-p000, except the BIOS and firmware files.
Make a note now of what model wireless card you have so you don't have to guess which one of the 12 network drivers you need to install.
http://h22207.www2.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-pavilion-15-p000-notebook-pc-series/6936226/m...

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