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|    August Abolins to Mike Dippel    |
|    Problems With Windows 11    |
|    21 Feb 22 14:08:00    |
      MSGID: 1:396/45.29@fidonet f9a55dd3       REPLY: 3:640/1116 f37a61ca       PID: OpenXP/5.0.51 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: -0500       Hello Mike Dippel!              ** On Monday 14.02.22 - 22:37, Mike Dippel wrote to Tristan Greaves:               MD> I found a solution. Since it is an HP computer, I entered the serial        MD> number onto their support page and downloaded every Device Manager for        MD> this model and loaded them onto my USB stick that I was going to use to        MD> install the OS.               MD> While booting up with the stick, I selected each folder containing the        MD> various drivers, and finally the OS installed successfully. I have to        MD> admit how elated I was that after about 5 days of trial and error, it        MD> finally worked! Windows 11 machine.              Win11 is bootable/installable from files on a stick? I would        not have expected that.                      MD> The customer was happy too.              For now. :/ Does the customer have previous Win7/Win7        experience?              --        ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.51        * Origin: (1:396/45.29)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 90/1 105/81 106/201 633 987 120/340 123/131 124/5014       SEEN-BY: 124/5016 129/305 330 331 153/7715 218/700 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/110 206 317 400 424 426 428 452 550 664 700 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 266/512 280/464 282/1038 292/854 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 342/200 387/25 26 28 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848       PATH: 396/45 229/426           |
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