Tech Nerd Ramblings

[notabitail]

You should try to dualboot a Hackintosh.

I believe the X260 can Hackintosh. It's not my main laptop anymore, so it won't be as big of an issue for me.

 

[notabitail]

Assuming that laptop doesn't support Win11, how did you get it to upgrade without doing a clean reinstall?

Created the USB with Rufus, then ran the installer off of the USB, told it to upgrade, and Windows 11 popped up with no issues whatsoever. It seems pretty smooth too. I can't imagine how much slower it'd be if I had left the original hard drive in that thing.

 

[Devyn Nagy]

Created the USB with Rufus, then ran the installer off of the USB, told it to upgrade, and Windows 11 popped up with no issues whatsoever. It seems pretty smooth too. I can't imagine how much slower it'd be if I had left the original hard drive in that thing.

Interesting. I've always done clean installs and created registry keys to bypass hardware requirements. Never thought about doing it with Rufus. Also did you know that you can setup Win11 without network? Just access the terminal on setup and enter OOBE /BYPASSNRO. It'll reboot and let you in without an account.

 

[notabitail]

Interesting. I've always done clean installs and created registry keys to bypass hardware requirements. Never thought about doing it with Rufus. Also did you know that you can setup Win11 without network? Just access the terminal on setup and enter OOBE /BYPASSNRO. It'll reboot and let you in without an account.

I had to do the OOBE thing on Windows 10.

Rufus does it all for me. I'm surprised about just how smooth this was.

 

[Devyn Nagy]

I had to do the OOBE thing on Windows 10.

Rufus does it all for me. I'm surprised about just how smooth this was.

Will try next time.

 

[notabitail]

Will try next time.

I still need to try it on a non-UEFI device. I did waste two hours though. I realized that I accidentally set up clean Windows 10 on a device that doesn't have POPCNT and SSE4.2. OOPS.

 

[notabitail]

 

[notabitail]

@Chicken_Obsesser You alright?

 

[notabitail]

I bought a lot of 5 iPhones off of ebay. Two were SE, which have activation lock (essentially for parts). The other three were 5s. One of them has activation lock. The other has a passcode, though I'm not certain if it has activation lock.

I took the battery from the activation locked 5s and put it in my dead 5s. It came back to life and now I have an iPhone.

One of the other 5s phones had a broken screen. On pushing the home button, I could see, at the top, the icons flying off, and when swiping I could see the notification center. One screen swap later, and I have another functioning iPhone minus Touch ID (I broke the cable ).

The Touch ID-less 5s is probably going to go to one of The Siblings.

 

[Devyn Nagy]

I bought a lot of 5 iPhones off of ebay. Two were SE, which have activation lock (essentially for parts). The other three were 5s. One of them has activation lock. The other has a passcode, though I'm not certain if it has activation lock.

I took the battery from the activation locked 5s and put it in my dead 5s. It came back to life and now I have an iPhone.

One of the other 5s phones had a broken screen. On pushing the home button, I could see, at the top, the icons flying off, and when swiping I could see the notification center. One screen swap later, and I have another functioning iPhone minus Touch ID (I broke the cable ).

The Touch ID-less 5s is probably going to go to one of The Siblings.
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