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But again you’re comparing 2002 to 2001. Did a two thousand and ONE Linux have support for that Intel chip?

Hey you’re the one claiming to be MS free for 10 years. Not my fault you don’t actually mean it.

WRONG. ANY device that is not recognized will pop up the New Hardware wizard. That’s what the wizard is for, if XP recognizes it XP will run the PnP install on it and not give you the wizard. You get the wizard when it doesn’t know what it is.

And that’s why we don’t do hardware testing on virtual machines. If it doesn’t see the card at all then it can’t popup the new hardware wizard, it doesn’t see new hardware.

But again you’re comparing 2002 to 2001. Did a two thousand and ONE Linux have support for that Intel chip?

Oooooh, one year of difference. Except that it's not. Windows XP SP2 is not from 2001. It's from April 2008.

Hey you’re the one claiming to be MS free for 10 years. Not my fault you don’t actually mean it.

I don't buy Microsoft products. I have access to them through my job, just like any IT person in a sysadmin role would. But I don't buy them, I don't personally use them and I won't recommend them.

ANY device that is not recognized will pop up the New Hardware wizard. That’s what the wizard is for, if XP recognizes it

There you go with your assumptions again. Apparently, XP won't even recognize it.

And that’s why we don’t do hardware testing on virtual machines

I only used the virtual machine as an additional reference to the article (where real hardware was used) and to numerous web forums where users (using real hardware) registered complaints just like his.