Thx, Rafe.
> Sorry, kind of wixed my mords :)
> If you amputate the ENUM branch of the registry (just as you stated)
> then change the hardware you will only have the drivers, etc. loaded
> that pertain to your NEW system. Once Windoze loads them.
> Some ppl seem to have resonable success with just letting windoze
> change to the new hardware automatically (like John below), but this
> has never worked for me. Horses for courses, but I do believe that the
> ENUM trick works better.
> Rafe Mc
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:46:21 GMT, "Stephen Smith"
> >Rafe,
> >So what yer saying is I should amputate the ENUM branch of the Registry
> >tree, shut down, swap mobos, then fire it up & let Win discover the new
h/w?
> >Or are you saying never mind messing w. the Reg, just shut down, swap, &
> >reboot? (I'm not changing anything BUT the mobo & CPU: same RAM, HD,
video,
> >sound, NIC, mouse, kybd., monitor, all apps, etc.)
> >--Steve
> >> If you let Windoze detect the new hardware, etc. by itself then it
> >> *should* work fine still. But the old hardware will still be left in
> >> the system, drivers etc. will still be loaded. You can boot to safe
> >> mode and clear them out but it's still not 100%.
> >> This way Windoze starts from a clear slate and re-detects all new
> >> hardware. The drivers will still be present on the system but not
> >> loaded, so it will only utilise the ones it needs.
> >> It won't fix a broken windoze but it should work well 99% of the time.
> >> And heaps easier than a full reinstall :)
> >> Rafe Mc
> >> On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:02:11 GMT, "Stephen Smith"
> >> >Yeah, Simon, I'm abt. to try this trick (new AMD CPU & mobo replacing
an
> >> >elderly P3-650), so I'm curious, too.
> >> >> Just curious, I have WinME and have just installed a new motherboard
> >and
> >> >> CPU. ME detected the new board and everything seems fine. When is
> >this
> >> >> ENUM trick necessary?
> >> >> > I don't know about Win 2k, but I did the ENUM trick in Win98SE
with
> >no
> >> >> > probs. Just delete the HKLM/ENUM from the registry the last time
you
> >> >> > boot before installing the hardware.
> >> >> > Rafe Mc