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[–] 24 points 2 years ago (10 children)

from when this shit comes from, 2000?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    To get it to work in Windows I literally had to go to a website that was only Chinese, download a zip file, and extract a dll that would then work when pointed to.

    It's called manual driver install in Windows... pretty common with older hardware.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Most of those just go over Windows Update now or work with a generic driver that comes with Windows. Only really obscure drivers need manual installation.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I had a similar experience trying to install a m.2 drive in my win7 PC. It needed a hotfix to work but Microsoft had taken down the downloads so I ended up finding out it was in an update pack from I think Lenovo's website and pulled it out of that.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    6 years ago, I was using a USB wifi adapter with my desktop (my friends next door paid for internet and we paid them half the bill to share).

    I had picked this wifi adapter specifically because it had linux support, even though I used windows (I had an inkling I'd switch). So, I tried to switch but upon boot I couldn't wifi because the adapters module wasn't bundled by my distro so I had to instal 'dkms', but I couldn't do that without an internet connection...

    So yeah, it can still bite you.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    lol, could you realize your story would be the same if you just replaced relevant software names?

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