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Paul K · 06-03-2006, 17:54

HAL = Hardware Abstraction Layer. It's how windows recognises your hardware, when you do a major hardware change (especially one that changes your power management hardwre) it can cause problems with the HAL that a new install is needed to fix.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=309283

06-03-2006, 17:54	#8
Paul K Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Essex innit Age: 52 Services: Sky HD + 16Mb ADSL BT Telephone Posts: 15,735	Re: HyperThreading isn't detected by XP HAL = Hardware Abstraction Layer. It's how windows recognises your hardware, when you do a major hardware change (especially one that changes your power management hardwre) it can cause problems with the HAL that a new install is needed to fix. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=309283