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As many of you will know, a while back my laptop melted, which meant that I splashed out on some new hardware. Said hardware was Windows 10, and for a short glorious time I was able to run a newer version of Maya on my super powerful desktop. But the Microsoft in their infinite wisdom ran an update which killed the FlexiLM license server software, which means I've had to revert back to an old version of Maya on an old XP Pentium 4.
Now, I had this idea that my poor dead laptop had a perfectly serviceable harddrive and has a Windows 7 key. So my thinking is:
1. Install laptop harddrive in the Desktop.
2. License the Windows 7 to the Desktop using the key from my laptop.
3. Dual boot my Desktop from either the Win10 hard drive or the Win7 laptop harddrive.
Now nothing in life is ever simple, so I doubt I could just plug it in and reinstall windows. I'm assuming the BIOS will be all wrong (as it came from a laptop) and that Win10 may have kittens over sharing.
Does anyone have any experience with this type of thing?
Now, I had this idea that my poor dead laptop had a perfectly serviceable harddrive and has a Windows 7 key. So my thinking is:
1. Install laptop harddrive in the Desktop.
2. License the Windows 7 to the Desktop using the key from my laptop.
3. Dual boot my Desktop from either the Win10 hard drive or the Win7 laptop harddrive.
Now nothing in life is ever simple, so I doubt I could just plug it in and reinstall windows. I'm assuming the BIOS will be all wrong (as it came from a laptop) and that Win10 may have kittens over sharing.
Does anyone have any experience with this type of thing?