Driverpack Solution 17.3.1 -2015- Link
solved the NIC loop perfectly. It was the "offline full" edition—meaning it contained nearly every driver released up to late 2015 on a single ISO or standalone executable.
Because this software is nearly a decade old, official sources (DriverPack's own site) have pushed users to the new online versions. However, archival sites like or MajorGeeks (historical section) hold the original 17.3.1 ISO. DriverPack Solution 17.3.1 -2015-
sits in a strange purgatory. It is too dangerous for production Windows 11 machines, yet too useful for retro Windows 7 maintenance to be discarded entirely. solved the NIC loop perfectly

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