[ML-General] windows 7 movement

[joshua carr]

Take this with a truckload of salt. I'm pretty sure that drivers for that
particular computer were written to the windows registry and included for
use on that computer when Windows was installed on that laptop.

I know that a full driver database is not copied from the installation
media to the target disk when Windows is installed.

It has been my experience that when you try to make serious changes to
hardware on any Windows machine, the install is unable, for whatever
reason, to be modified to run on the new hardware. Probably due to a lack
of any native registry editing tools and a focus toward insuring that you
pay for every copy on every machine, every time.

I carry a programmable live installer ISO for setting up windows 7
machines, that I burn to temporary media when I need windows on a machine.
This is technically piracy, but M$ doesn't support it anymore anyway.

If you want a copy, just leave a blank dvd somewhere I can find it.
Also, additional blanks for any of those games. Finding install ISOs
shouldn't be too hard, if the game was a popular one.
On Mar 22, 2016 11:07 PM, "Chris Bero" <bigbero at gmail.com> wrote:

> Age of Kings - Conquerors
>>
>
> ​Age of Empires? That runs pretty well under Wine/PlayOnLinux for me..
>
> There's also the open source ​version: http://openage.sft.mx/
>
> I don't know much about migrating Windows, but I do remember Windows 7
> locking me out because I took a laptop hard disk and put it in a desktop...
> It thought I'd stolen it.. from myself.
>
> Chris Bero
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 10:58 PM, david <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
>
>> I have a laptop that came with Win7 (as well as a much older one with XP)
>> that doesn't get used often.
>>
>> What tricks do I have to play to move that Win7 to a desktop?
>>
>> I can store a disk image to the backup server then load that image to a
>> (larger) bare hard drive on the desktop with no sweat.  I don't think Win7
>> is cpu-locked but I do think it is UUID-locked, but not sure.
>>
>> Any ideas, guys?
>>
>> There are some old Win games (Age of Kings - Conquerors) I'd like to play
>> again.  And Descent 3D as well.  :)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>
>>
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