Recent content by BonzaiDuck

And also thanks to Bree. OK -- I've done some homework. Ten years ago this project would have been a total cluster-f*** ending in a "fresh install" as the only final option. Apparently, moving from 7th gen Intel (Kaby Lake) to 11th gen Rocket Lake is a stretch, because the NVME storage...

I'm leaning in your direction with this. The configuration of hardware and software goes back to 2017 on this system. Licenses have been renewed. I can't speak for others, but I don't pinch pennies on the matter of storage devices and specialized uses of storage devices. As far as personal...

I can agree with that. I just go slow, so I avoid getting things in a tangle.

And to gunrunnerjohn and all the rest. We need a bottle of Calvados or Slivovitz, a tablespoon, some sugar, some heavy glass goblets and a butane lighter -- to melt the sugar wet with the spirits. And heft a few. There are people here who make me feel "not alone!" Desktop Enthusiasts...

I was basically saying that many people who may have purchased and used a "PC" at turn of the millennium don't have the patience for windows updates and the occasional troubleshooting that we suffer. PC desktops (only as much as I know or can guess) include some sort of service arrangement in...

UPDATE: Forgot to mention that for the exorbitant price of $13, through an outfit called "PremiumCDkeys", I purchased a "retail" product key in addition to the as-yet-unopened retail box I already had. I tried to install this key they sent me, and it returned a message with an error code. I...

The old hardware and the OEM OS bound to it is a machine registered as one of three or four on my MS Account. I log in to that system in a local account, but it somehow also logs onto my MS Account. For this crap they put on us with the online MS account, I went through several hoops to get my...

I DO understand the logic of that and didn't realize there are some places where more "mainstreamers" can build their own. Most of my friends here in So. California have desktop PCs but wouldn't have a clue how to put one together. I tend to buy high-end parts, although I only get second-tier...

Also good input, reminding me as to complete preparations. As I said -- I go under the assumption that I "build them better" than the OEMs. All the systems have an ICYDOCK 5.25" bay device for a slim ODD and two 2.5" HDDs, one of which is dedicated to daily Macrium backup which provides...

Thank you. Thank you very much. I might THINK I'm an old veteran and expert, but I'm humble, I'm old with memory starting to fail, and I can't "keep up with everything" anymore, so I certainly seek second opinions. I THOUGHT it likely what you said, prior to your response, but for those of us...

I'm hoping there is someone with enough experience who can give me pointers as to how to avoid trouble with my hardware swap. My system is a Kaby Lake Z170 configuration. It had originally been Win 10/Win-7 dual boot, and with the proper utilities I eliminated Win 7 and it was all "Windows 10...

Probably what I MIGHT have to do or COULD have to do. But I'm watching the " . . . . 5770" installation now as we speak. I did what I should have done to assure best chances for it: uninstall Stablebit Drive-Pool and disable the MalWareBytes Security software. I notice at least one sign that...

For reasons we had discussed here and elsewhere, I discover that my difficulties for being slightly outside the MS hardware requirement are so far less. What I see here are people who've had experience over more than one cycle of version update going back to the initial W11 release. At the...

Y'all are basically "on-topic", so no criticism from me -- who started the thread. Reporting my own trials and tribulations -- I first solved the problem of my "Media PC" proper audio-video connections with the Sony AV Receiver and the Bravia TV. I'm awaiting a cable replacement for the...

Sandy Bridge, hey? Nice to know. I think the prospects may be reasonable for the Feature Update 25H2, but I cannot be sure. Try it! I didn't have to make any registry hacks to get it to go. some of the members here note that the code for it significantly overlaps the 24H2 version. There...