A fresh install won't have drivers specific to this PC. Nothing has changed on this, it's the same old routine of post Windows drivers and app installs. These are specific to each model so only the maker may have a step by step.
But as you wrote above a lot of things won't work.
Do you think that it's time for this issue to end? That is, we see Linux versions that don't have folk hunting for drivers. Why not Windows?
Also, why is this news? That is, this scenario is repeated daily.
I have a Lenovo T440P with a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate. None of the USB ports will work. I checked the device manager and none of them have an exclamation mark. Any clues?

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