Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Aug 2009 09:21 UTC
Last week we talked about what Linux (well, okay, X) could learn from Windows Vista and Windows 7, focusing on the graphics stack. A short article over at TechWorld lists seven things Windows 7 should learn from the Linux world. Some of them are spot-on, a few are nonsensical, and of course, and I'm sure you have a few to add too.
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RE[3]: a bit of everything
by phoenix on Wed 19th Aug 2009 15:55
in reply to "RE[2]: a bit of everything"
Member since:2005-07-11
Hi,
"I recently changed the motherboard in my computer and Windows refused to boot.
It turns out that Windows can't properly detect hardware changes - yet linux can.
"I recently changed the motherboard in my computer and Windows refused to boot.
It turns out that Windows can't properly detect hardware changes - yet linux can.
For some versions of Windows (I'm not too sure if it's only OEM versions or what), you are only allowed to change 3 pieces of hardware before the OS decides it's running on a "different" computer (rather than the computer it should be running on), and then refuses to boot because of that. If you change the motherboard, then chances are you changed memory, CPU, hard disk controllers, USB controllers, ethernet, onboard sound, etc (they're all counted as separate devices), so you went past the "3 changes" limit.
If this is the case, then reinstall Windows from scratch and it'll probably detect everything. "
It doesn't "refuse to boot", it just pops up a screen saying you've changed a lot of hardware, and it needs to be reactivated. You read a bit of text, make sure you have a network connection, and click a couple buttons. 30 seconds later, you're back in a working Windows install.
I just went through this with Windows XP on my mom's computer. Windows would BSOD on normal startup, but worked in Safe Mode. Removed all the non-generic chipset drivers, moved the harddrive into another computer, booted, re-activated, waited for all the new hardware to be detected and drivers installed, and was able to fix the issue.
Then did the process again to move the drive back into the original computer.
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2005-11-16
Hi,
It turns out that Windows can't properly detect hardware changes - yet linux can.
For some versions of Windows (I'm not too sure if it's only OEM versions or what), you are only allowed to change 3 pieces of hardware before the OS decides it's running on a "different" computer (rather than the computer it should be running on), and then refuses to boot because of that. If you change the motherboard, then chances are you changed memory, CPU, hard disk controllers, USB controllers, ethernet, onboard sound, etc (they're all counted as separate devices), so you went past the "3 changes" limit.
If this is the case, then reinstall Windows from scratch and it'll probably detect everything.
-Brendan