Anything from Vista up to Windows 8.1 should work in Windows 10 (exceptions are very rare), as long as they are of the same architecture (32-bit or 64-bit). Some drivers will install as normal.
One article stated that The chances are very less that a Vista driver would work with Windows 10. You may try the driver in compatibility mode (Properties> Compatiablity) but there is no guarantee.
You could be wondering “Do Windows 7 drivers work on Windows 10?”
However, Win 8.1 drivers should work OK in Win 10, but Win 7 specific drivers will not. I had a specific example of coding drivers for an OS. Roland (music equipment) coded the drivers for many of their devices for a specific OS and had different driver for each OS they supported.
The next thing we wondered was can old drivers be made to work in Windows 10?
There are instances where old driver cannot be made to work in Win 10. Sound drivers are an example because Windows, in some OS change the way some sound functions are handled. Thus a sound driver not designed for that OS either will not work or not work correctly.
Does Windows Vista still have support?
Due to some reasons, Microsoft ended the mainstream support for Vista on April 10, 2012, and stopped the extended support on April 11, 2017. This means Microsoft won’t provide any kind of support and your machine no longer receives any more maintenance like security and performance updates.
How to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 10. While there is not a direct path to upgrade a decade-old OS, it’s possible to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7, and then to Windows 10. But that’s not an ideal approach, as you’ll be wasting time and additional licenses. The best way to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 10 is to start fresh.
Now, the latest operating system is Windows 10. Due to some reasons, Microsoft ended the mainstream support for Vista on April 10, 2012, and stopped the extended support on April 11, 2017. This means Microsoft won’t provide any kind of support and your machine no longer receives any more maintenance like security and performance updates.
Why won’t Windows 7 install Vista drivers correctly?
Often, especially on 64 bit systems, Windows 7 will not install Vista drivers correctly first time, due to it not reporting itself properly. You end up with XP drivers that don’t work. This tutorial will show you how to fix that. This method should be used whenever you have a “setup file” or .exe extension to run to install the drivers.