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cabbyman  2 stars
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Registered: 2003-1-6 07:48:53
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: TECH SAVVY FOLKS
Koneg posted:
ZigmundZag posted:
It's economically favorable to Microsoft to prevent hardware swapping as much as their users will tolerate.

Never ascribe to malice what can be accurately blamed on incompetence... especially when it comes to Microsoft engineering.


cabbyman posted:
A new motherboard (of a different brand or model) means a new install. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

You can safely ignore ignorant bullsh!at like this.

You can do a motherboard swap without having to reinstall. It isn't even extremely difficult - it's just time consuming. You also have to be very meticulous in how you go about doing it.

In general it's easier and often times faster to just reinstall. If you don't mind learning some new tricks however it can be beneficial, even "fun", to do it the hard way and swap the MB and make Windows work on the new hardware.



So you can ignore it and then do exactly as I said.

Gotcha.

 

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Koneg  3 stars
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Registered: 2001-12-4 15:31:28
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: TECH SAVVY FOLKS
cabbyman posted:
So you can ignore it and then do exactly as I said.

You stated categorically that it Could Not Be Done.


Which is, as pointed out, bullsh!at.

 

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cabbyman  2 stars
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Koneg posted:
cabbyman posted:
So you can ignore it and then do exactly as I said.

You stated categorically that it Could Not Be Done.

Which is, as pointed out, bullsh!at.



Alrighty, I guess you're overlooking the obvious but I suppose I can give you that. My point was not that it couldn't be done. My point was that it shouldn't be done.

However, for the record, I did NOT state categorically that it could not be done.

 

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RHWarrior  3 stars
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Registered: 2009-9-30 18:42:12
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: TECH SAVVY FOLKS
For most people it's not just the time to "install windows", it's:

Installing windows
Installing drivers+any system app
Installing updates
Installing the rest of the apps
Installing games
Configuring settings
etc.
etc.

So yeah a repair install or other method to make Winblows redetect hardware is an option to consider.

 

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ZigmundZag  4 stars
Title: Grammar Nazi
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Registered: 2002-3-25 23:03:00
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: TECH SAVVY FOLKS
Koneg posted:
ZigmundZag posted:
It's economically favorable to Microsoft to prevent hardware swapping as much as their users will tolerate.

Never ascribe to malice what can be accurately blamed on incompetence... especially when it comes to Microsoft engineering.

It's not malice, it's just business. Same reason their antipiracy protection got so bad that you actually had to call MS Support after 10 hardware updates with XP. As for incompetence...Linux has had swappable hardware for years now. If their engineers know to do it, I'm sure people who actually make decent wages doing it should be able to figure it out. Unless you really think the free market is such a failure that it couldn't compete with something like Linux...

 

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the_great_intex  4 stars
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Registered: 2002-6-27 08:18:27
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: TECH SAVVY FOLKS
I would try using the repair install on your windows disk first. That typically should reinstall core drivers

 

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cabbyman  2 stars
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Registered: 2003-1-6 07:48:53
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: TECH SAVVY FOLKS
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/how-do-i-upgrade-with-a-new-cpu-and-motherboard/11e0b06a-70c7-451f-9071-72c 17f810947

or tiny url:

http://tinyurl.com/bvgzswx

That's all I'm saying...

 

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