So, if I move the OS drive to the same model computer, what problems should I expect? I've done this before with no problem, but there could be a security or licensing issue that wasn't present on older laptops or OSs.
I'm doing this to determine if some issues (windows crashes when resuming) are hardware issues; if they do not occur on the 2nd computer, I"ll stay on that machine. The only difference between these computers is the cpu. These are both business laptops on the same volume license, win 7 x64 pro.
The first problem I have experienced was that this computer does not connect to known secured networks with either wifi or ethernet. It accepts the wpa passphrase but fails to connect to the network. This could be a router issue if it is identifying the computer by more than just the mac address. Or it could be that some encryption keys derive from hardware IDs. Or maybe a driver issue is confused about the mac address change.
I'm doing this to determine if some issues (windows crashes when resuming) are hardware issues; if they do not occur on the 2nd computer, I"ll stay on that machine. The only difference between these computers is the cpu. These are both business laptops on the same volume license, win 7 x64 pro.
The first problem I have experienced was that this computer does not connect to known secured networks with either wifi or ethernet. It accepts the wpa passphrase but fails to connect to the network. This could be a router issue if it is identifying the computer by more than just the mac address. Or it could be that some encryption keys derive from hardware IDs. Or maybe a driver issue is confused about the mac address change.