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Rob
Flightless Bird
BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
> Rob wrote on 06 Sep 2010 15:288 GMT:
>> BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>>> Rob wrote on 06 Sep 2010 07:440 GMT:
>>>> Jeff Strickland <crwlrjeff@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> I don't think it's MSoft's fault if HP had to come out with a patch that
>>>>> makes its machines work right, and the other machines already work right.
>>>>> Think what you want.
>>>> HP used an invalid method of putting the OS on their systems, which
>>>> caused an invalid file to be present in their image.
>>>>
>>>> I never install systems using disk imaging, but only using unattended
>>>> install from the network. This problem never occurs in that case
>>>> because Windows autodetects the hardware including processor.
>>> Microsoft never heard of beta testing before? There are millions of HP
>>> computers out there and Microsoft was too lazy to test one of them?
>>
>> They probably test only with machines that were installed according
>> to their directions, not with machines that violate those rules.
>>
>> And HP violated the rules.
>
> What rules Rob? All major manufactures image the drives. Are you telling
> me all major manufactures don't follow the rules? Whatever they are?
Ottmar already answered it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828287/
The rules are clear but HP violated them.
Other major manufacturers did not make this mistake, that is why you don't
read about the same problem on computers from Dell, for example.
> Rob wrote on 06 Sep 2010 15:288 GMT:
>> BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>>> Rob wrote on 06 Sep 2010 07:440 GMT:
>>>> Jeff Strickland <crwlrjeff@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> I don't think it's MSoft's fault if HP had to come out with a patch that
>>>>> makes its machines work right, and the other machines already work right.
>>>>> Think what you want.
>>>> HP used an invalid method of putting the OS on their systems, which
>>>> caused an invalid file to be present in their image.
>>>>
>>>> I never install systems using disk imaging, but only using unattended
>>>> install from the network. This problem never occurs in that case
>>>> because Windows autodetects the hardware including processor.
>>> Microsoft never heard of beta testing before? There are millions of HP
>>> computers out there and Microsoft was too lazy to test one of them?
>>
>> They probably test only with machines that were installed according
>> to their directions, not with machines that violate those rules.
>>
>> And HP violated the rules.
>
> What rules Rob? All major manufactures image the drives. Are you telling
> me all major manufactures don't follow the rules? Whatever they are?
Ottmar already answered it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828287/
The rules are clear but HP violated them.
Other major manufacturers did not make this mistake, that is why you don't
read about the same problem on computers from Dell, for example.