Again that’s BS. It DID work, it just needed some additional drivers, which shipped with the computer. It’s not an indication of anything. IT’S A SEVEN YEAR OLD OPERATING SYSTEM, IT HAS ZERO BEARING ON TODAY. You and the author need to get that through your heads.
XP DOES have generic drivers for things like network adapters.
XP’s generic driver DO work with many devices even today.
here have ALWAYS been devices that didn’t work with the generic drivers in XP and other OSes for a variety of reasons.
As an OS gets older that list of things that don’t work with the generic drivers tends to get longer, it’s a natural part of OS aging.
It's the most commonly used Windows OS. It failed to recognize industry standard Ethernet.
XP DOES have generic drivers for things like network adapters.
Obviously not, since his didn't work.
XP’s generic driver DO work with many devices even today.
Except for his Ethernet card.
here have ALWAYS been devices that didn’t work with the generic drivers in XP and other OSes for a variety of reasons.
No, just one reason. Microsoft.
As an OS gets older that list of things that don’t work with the generic drivers tends to get longer, it’s a natural part of OS aging.
Only under two circumstances.
One is on completely new types of hardware. If his SATA controller hadn't worked, well that would be understandable. SATA didn't even exist when XP came out.
Second, poor coding. An OS should recognize standardized hardware. It doesn't have to fully support it, but it should run in some kind of minimal function.
If it doesn't, the OS is poorly coded.