Subject: Windoze Snoops
From: Rotary Engine
Date: 10/15/2006, 6:51 AM
To: AA-me


> Hi Paul -
>
> I'm Pretty sure that XP reads the CPU identity number , on Intel CPU's
> at least - so a swop to an identical motherboard after cloning hard
> disk contents would ( I presume ) Hiccup on boot - up , if the same
> CPU was not present.
>
> Fly Good - Build Good - Bryan


I haven't had a problem with that. There is an option in AMI and Phoenix
BIOS config to disable CPU ID; on all the OS installs since the ID
"feature" came out,  I noticed it was disabled by default (it didn't go
over well).

Donald Garrett


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