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    From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 13 20:48:25 2024
    I know Jaimie has one of these. Playing with Win 8.1 again and it doesn't recognise the NVMe slot (unless I've put the device in incorrectly).

    I 'think' the drivers are in 8.1, can anybody confirm please?

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    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Remember, the Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe.

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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 13 23:05:03 2024
    On 13 Jan 2024 at 20:48:25 GMT, ""Jeff Gaines"" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
    wrote:


    I know Jaimie has one of these. Playing with Win 8.1 again and it doesn't recognise the NVMe slot (unless I've put the device in incorrectly).

    I 'think' the drivers are in 8.1, can anybody confirm please?

    I've a Z170-I but I think it's the same kit (well, a bit less of it
    since it's ITX!).
    Fairly sure Win8.1 did get NVMe boot support after a while; I've never
    run anything except Win10 on mine though. Is your install media up to
    date?

    Cheers - Jaimie

    --
    "Meanwhile, guinea pigs are displaying the survival
    instincts of lemmings ... quite astonishingly, 2.86 per
    cent of the little blighters have been damaged by a
    karaoke machine."
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/17/pet_wii_problem/

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to Vandenbergh on Sun Jan 14 10:01:06 2024
    On 13/01/2024 in message <l0gj8vFt76hU1@mid.individual.net> Jaimie
    Vandenbergh wrote:

    On 13 Jan 2024 at 20:48:25 GMT, ""Jeff Gaines"" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
    wrote:


    I know Jaimie has one of these. Playing with Win 8.1 again and it doesn't >>recognise the NVMe slot (unless I've put the device in incorrectly).

    I 'think' the drivers are in 8.1, can anybody confirm please?

    I've a Z170-I but I think it's the same kit (well, a bit less of it
    since it's ITX!).
    Fairly sure Win8.1 did get NVMe boot support after a while; I've never
    run anything except Win10 on mine though. Is your install media up to
    date?

    Cheers - Jaimie

    Many thanks Jaimie :-)

    I hadn't quite seated the NVMe properly, always a bit wary as the
    electronics are exposed. Anyway Win 8.1 has gone on from a DVD with an
    unused key, will see if it activates later, MSFT have tightened up substantially on activation.

    Still getting a stream of suggestions on how to stop Win 10 re-booting,
    all old tips from the Internet that don't work any more! I have discovered
    that Win 10 v 2400 (need to check, I have it bookmarked) is the last to
    allow 365 day deferrals, and you can set a key in the registry for the
    highest version allowed (I have used it to stop "upgrade" to Win 11) so
    that's another possibility.

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand.

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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 14 18:48:34 2024
    On 14 Jan 2024 at 10:01:06 GMT, ""Jeff Gaines"" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
    wrote:

    On 13/01/2024 in message <l0gj8vFt76hU1@mid.individual.net> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:

    On 13 Jan 2024 at 20:48:25 GMT, ""Jeff Gaines"" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
    wrote:


    I know Jaimie has one of these. Playing with Win 8.1 again and it doesn't >>> recognise the NVMe slot (unless I've put the device in incorrectly).

    I 'think' the drivers are in 8.1, can anybody confirm please?

    I've a Z170-I but I think it's the same kit (well, a bit less of it
    since it's ITX!).
    Fairly sure Win8.1 did get NVMe boot support after a while; I've never
    run anything except Win10 on mine though. Is your install media up to
    date?

    Cheers - Jaimie

    Many thanks Jaimie :-)

    I hadn't quite seated the NVMe properly, always a bit wary as the
    electronics are exposed. Anyway Win 8.1 has gone on from a DVD with an
    unused key, will see if it activates later, MSFT have tightened up substantially on activation.

    Nice - the old win8 activation hasn't been changed AFAIK so should be
    fine. It's only the last Win10/11 releases since December where the old
    keys won't work now.

    Cheers - Jaimie
    --
    Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere will not hate it.
    -- Frederik Pohl

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to Vandenbergh on Sun Jan 14 22:08:37 2024
    On 14/01/2024 in message <l0iok2FamvpU1@mid.individual.net> Jaimie
    Vandenbergh wrote:

    I hadn't quite seated the NVMe properly, always a bit wary as the >>electronics are exposed. Anyway Win 8.1 has gone on from a DVD with an >>unused key, will see if it activates later, MSFT have tightened up >>substantially on activation.

    Nice - the old win8 activation hasn't been changed AFAIK so should be
    fine. It's only the last Win10/11 releases since December where the old
    keys won't work now.

    I had an original OEM DVD (never used) and the original sticky label with
    the key and it refused to activate so I went through my list of licences
    until I found one that worked. I had forgotten that if the original
    version was US English you had to use a US English key and if it's UK
    English UK English key. Even downloading a new iso today it was quite
    picky about language and bitness.

    I will try and find a way to get to MSFT to ask about the OEM DVD, I
    thought if you had the original DVD and the original label you were OK. I
    think also where you could get away with going back to an 8.1 key that has
    been used to upgrade to Win 10 (even on the same machine) in the past you
    can't now.

    Anyway it's up and running nicely on the Z170-K, I need to think about the
    new build which may be Win 10 only but I will try for my own satisfaction.
    I'll use an old install thumb-drive and work my way through updates until
    I get to the one where control of updating was lost.

    Keeps me out of mischief :-)

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    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    The only thing necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to do or
    say nothing. (Edmund Burke)

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