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smoothnobody
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i just built a new computer. i had an windows image with all my programs and settings exactly the way i like it. doing it all over sucks and takes a few hours. but i decided to install fresh windows. the thought i had was i'm going from X570 chipset with DDR4 to X650E chipset with DDR5 and didn't want any potential conflicts loading an old image on different hardware. but now that's it's done i'm wondering, would this work? drivers is my first concern, but i guess i could uninstall the old stuff. the next thought was windows assigns every computer a unique identifying number and not sure how it would respond to a new board and cpu. can you guys think of any other potential problems? has anybody ever tried this?

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On 10/17/2023 at 5:47 AM, smoothnobody said:

didn't want any potential conflicts loading an old image on different hardware.

This is what Windows sysprep /generalize

 

will achieve.  It takes away device software and reloads it on the next reboot.

 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/sysprep--generalize--a-windows-installation?view=windows-11

 

Hopefully that will help the next time you want to restore to an image.

 

Linux runs fine when swapping a hard disk from one system to another but that is because most of the system is completely packed with almost every possible device softwarw built-in whether you have that device or not.  It is the difference between a micro-kernel (Windows vista was about 40MB kernel and some of the developers were saying this was more than they would like) vs a monolithic kernel.

: JRE #1914 Siddarth Kara

How bad is e-waste?  Listen to that Joe Rogan episode.

 

"Now you get what you want, but do you want more?
- Bob Marley, Rastaman Vibration album 1976

 

Windows 11 will just force business to "recycle" "obscolete" hardware.  Microsoft definitely isn't bothered by this at all, and seems to want hardware produced just a few years ago to be considered obsolete.  They have also not shown any interest nor has any other company in a similar financial position, to help increase tech recycling whatsoever.  Windows 12 might be cloud-based and be a monthly or yearly fee.

 

Software suggestions


Just get f.lux [Link removed due to forum rules] so your screen isn't bright white at night, a golden orange in place of stark 6500K bluish white.

released in 2008 and still being improved.

 

Dark Reader addon for webpages.  Pick any color you want for both background and text (background and foreground page elements).  Enable the preview mode on desktop for Firefox and Chrome addon, by clicking the dark reader addon settings, Choose dev tools amd click preview mode.

 

NoScript or EFF's privacy badger addons can block many scripts and websites that would load and track you, possibly halving page load time!

 

F-droid is a place to install open-source software for android, Antennapod, RethinkDNS, Fennec which is Firefox with about:config, lots of performance and other changes available, mozilla KB has a huge database of what most of the settings do.  Most software in the repository only requires Android 5 and 6!

 

I recommend firewall apps (blocks apps) and dns filters (redirect all dns requests on android, to your choice of dns, even if overridden).  RethinkDNS is my pick and I set it to use pi-hole, installed inside Ubuntu/Debian, which is inside Virtualbox, until I go to a website, nothing at all connects to any other server.  I also use NextDNS.io to do the same when away from home wi-fi or even cellular!  I can even tether from cellular to any device sharing via wi-fi, and block anything with dns set to NextDNS, regardless if the device allows changing dns.  This style of network filtration is being overridden by software updates on some devices, forcing a backup dns provuder, such as google dns, when built in dns requests are not connecting.  Without a complete firewall setup, dns redirection itself is no longer always effective.

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