Sleep Mode

[Char Jackson]

Windows can be made to boot from USB devices, but it requires the
BootBusExtenders stuff to work. And of course, activation. If the
computer hardware changes (because you moved the USB disk from
one computer to another), then it's going to ask to be
activated again.

If I were to ever go down that road, rather than be bothered by
repeated activations, I think I would just permanently activate it and
be done with it.

 

[Brian Matthews]

I have the exact same processor, and it is fine running with fanless
sleep mode.

Yousuf Khan

Great. Thank You. I was a little concerned about it but now I know it
should be OK. Will the fans turn on for a short time if it gets too
hot? Or will the system just shut down/reboot?

Brian

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

In

The Windows Live version is called WinPE. Runs on anything that is
Windows compatible. While I have WinPE 3, I still like BartPE
better.

Which, of course, is a far cry from an actual, working version of
Windows. PE is useful for diagnosis and troubleshooting, but useless
for day to day operation of an arbitrary hardware platform.

And both Acronis (Restore to dissimilar hardware) and Paragon
(Adaptive Restore) allows you to move Windows from one system to
another completely different system. How they work is by plugging in
all generic drivers once again.

No idea why you even bring this up, as it has nothing to do with the
conversation.

And some branded OEM version of Windows doesn't require any
activation.

Actually they do, they just self activate against a BIOS signature.

And you can change the hardware as much as you would like and these
versions of Windows just don't care.

Nope, see above. If you are on the wrong hardware, self activation
will fail and you are back to square one.

--
Zaphod

Arthur: All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's
something big and sinister going on in the world.
Slartibartfast: No, that's perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the
universe gets that.

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

If I were to ever go down that road, rather than be bothered by
repeated activations, I think I would just permanently activate it
and
be done with it.

Not sure what you mean by "permanently activate it", could you
explain?

 

[Char Jackson]

Not sure what you mean by "permanently activate it", could you
explain?

I mean by using one of the tools usually used for piracy. It's not for
everyone and not a first choice, but it's there as a last resort.

 

[Char Jackson]

I mean by using one of the tools usually used for piracy. It's not for
everyone and not a first choice, but it's there as a last resort.

On second thought, even that may not work as I imagined. OTOH, don't
you have 30 days to activate? Plenty of time to do some work before
moving on.

 

[BillW50]

In

Which, of course, is a far cry from an actual, working version of
Windows. PE is useful for diagnosis and troubleshooting, but useless
for day to day operation of an arbitrary hardware platform.

I too would think so. But apparently Microsoft feels differently. As
WinPE reboots if ran for 72 hours straight. Why would they do that?
Microsoft claims so nobody can use WinPE as an OS.

No idea why you even bring this up, as it has nothing to do with the
conversation.

What do you mean? You have an image of Windows that will boot on
anything. It is like having Windows on a VM without the VM.

Actually they do, they just self activate against a BIOS signature.

Well I have tested swapping hard drives from one machine to another of
the same model. So you are saying it is still self activating? So how
many times can I swap them? I also have cloned one image and tested on
another and that works too.

Nope, see above. If you are on the wrong hardware, self activation
will fail and you are back to square one.

Well you apparently know more about this stuff than I do. ;-)

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Great. Thank You. I was a little concerned about it but now I know it
should be OK. Will the fans turn on for a short time if it gets too
hot? Or will the system just shut down/reboot?

I think the processor is basically just turned off during this time,
while the RAM is refreshed by the +5Vsb power rail. So the fan never
comes on as I recall, since there's no need for it to, since no power is
going to the processor. The VSB is also used to power on external
devices such as keyboards or mice which would be used later to reawaken
the computer.

Yousuf Khan