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Originally Posted by nffc
And? I can't see why that is so earth-shattering.
Removing the Computer type- the hal, is the driver equivalent of getting a new mobo. [this is why XP won't work if hal.dll is missing]
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Because you cannot update the HAL in this way - there is a way, check out the MS Knowledge Base if you're interested.
The 'earth shattering' part of this is that after extensive searching all over the 'net I had failed to come up with anything that suggested what I did.
Now, if after hours and days of searching, tweaking and rebooting I'd found a little nugget of information like that and it worked for me I'd be pretty damn pleased.
So, it may not be very interesting in your opinion, but it ended a fairly lengthy quest I'd had. Seemed like a nice idea to share it with anyone who might come across the same.
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Originally Posted by nffc
Personally I find the best one seems to be Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC - better than the one XP seems to like which is ACPI Uniprocessor PC.
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In all that searching on the 'net I never did come across anyone who actually had the answer - seems like I should have asked here first...