Why would you want to install Windows on an old PC used for LCNC? I do have a copy of Windows 10 that runs on my main Linux desktop PC but Windows runs inside a Virtual Machine. Virtual Machines make Windows easy to install. All you need is a working VM image.
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 6:18 AM Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users < emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Also, on most computers that came with OEM installs of Windows 7 or 8 or > 8.1 you can install Windows 10 for free, matching the Home or Pro edition > that was originally installed. > > On PCs that originally had an OEM install of Windows 7 Home or Pro you can > install Windows 10 Pro using the GenuineTicket.xml trick. Microsoft used > the same SLIC info in the BIOS for both. Basically, you install an OEM > version of Windows 7 Pro with the OEM information that matches your PC > brand then run a program that's on the Windows 10 disc to generate a > GenuineTixket.xml file specific to that PC. Save that file and do a clean > install of Windows 10 Pro. Copy GenuineTicket.xml to the proper folder and > reboot Windows 10. The XML file is read, then deleted. Windows 10 is > activated. > > But on *some* of those OEM systems Microsoft has things tightened up in > their registration server for Windows 10. The instant it connects to the > internet for the first time it's unregistered. I tried every trick I could > find to get 10 Pro onto a Dell laptop that shipped with 7 Home. Finally had > to give up and do a clean install of 7 Home, do the GenuineTicket thing, > then put 10 Home on it. Getting 10 Pro on it would've required buying a 10 > Pro license. A bit irritating since it would take 7 Pro without any > problems. > > Microsoft cannot block this method because it's what upgrade versions of > Windows 10 do. Any blocking of it would would make doing in-place upgrades > impossible. > > If you have an older PC, especially a laptop, it can be a long and winding > road to get the latest build of Windows 10 on it *and* have all the drivers > installed and working. > > After Build 1607, Microsoft deprecated all method of driver signing other > than the new one introduced with Windows 8.0. If you install any build > newer than 1607, Windows will quietly block the installing of files from > drivers signed with older methods. The installer will go through the > motions but no files will actually be copied, nor will changes be made to > the Registry. If you can extract the driver files and try a manual install > through Device Manager, it will lie to you and say it can't find the > file(s). > > However, if you have Windows 7 or 8.x installed, or Windows 10 Build 1607 > or earlier, with the older drivers installed, you can upgrade to newer > builds and it will keep the drivers. > So do a clean install of 1607 and get all the drivers working. Then > install build 1909. Why that? Because builds after 1909 will only install > on builds 1908 or 1909. What's especially infuriating is that they do not > *start* the upgrade process with a simple version check then inform you > that they cannot work with older builds. They'll waste all the time doing > the install, popping up some cryptic error message like theres a problem > with PC settings, then roll back. > > Sooo, 1607+drivers, 1909, then build 21H2. No hacks, no messing about with > disabling driver signing. The only way to get that old laptop with an old > ATi GPU working. What's extra dumb about this is Microsoft's own driver > library has a Windows *Vista* driver for several older mobile ATi GPUs > that's signed with the new method, and it will *install* in Windows 10, but > it most often doesn't work correctly. They do not have a Windows 7 driver > with the newest signing method. > > The laptop that caused me to discover this mess ended up working, but I > had to completely disable all power management that did anything with the > display, even just blanking it. It would not turn the display back on, just > showed it all black with the mouse cursor. all that could be done was to > hold the power button until it shut down - then it would briefly reveal the > desktop just before shutting down. Microsoft broke that, they know they > broke that, and have been (or were) releasing updates targeted at fixing > the problem on newer laptops rather than simply releasing another patch to > un-break it for all. It smacks of a deliberate attack by MS to force people > to quit using older laptops by inconveniencing them by making power > management of the display not work. > > On Monday, September 12, 2022 at 09:36:17 AM MDT, Todd Zuercher < > to...@pgrahamdunn.com> wrote: > > Actually about installing Windows on a used PC sold sans HD. You actually > can install Windows on them without buying a new license. The OEM Windows > license is tied to the MB serial number in the Bios and you can install the > same Windows version as was OE and register it without buying anything. > (At least that is how it worked on the last HP I did that with.) No more > looking up a number on a sticker required. > > Todd Zuercher > P. 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