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A couple of years back, I installed Windows Vista on a Lenovo something (no idea what). Took me three days to find most of the drivers and get it all running, and about an hour to do the actual install. I ran it for a few weeks, then the software I was using had a Linux release, so I threw on Kubuntu (15.04 I think it was). Took me no effort to get drivers, as everything (bar the ancient Geforce 3D drivers) just worked out of the box. The system prompted me to install the 3D drivers, and I was done in under an hour.

Windows Licensing had a funny issue, though - I typed the number in, it rejected it, so I typed it in again, verified every character, it rejected it, typed it in a third time, it accepted it. Installed, booted up, and then it told me that I didn't have a genuine Vista (although the sticker on the system was genuine). I used it for a bit, intending to fix it later, and then one day it popped up telling me I needed to activate the system with a genuine number, which it did without asking for a new one, told me happy things and enjoy my Windows experience.

It's enough to drive you to drink...