Fix: Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer hardware

There are quite a few error codes which will definitely annoy every user. However, this one differs from the rest as it won’t allow you to even install Windows on your computer in the first place, as can be understood from the error message.

The error usually appears when trying to run Windows Setup and the process simply stops with the message above. This is a clear sign that something is wrong on your computer, especially if you own a PC which can support the version of Windows you are trying to install. Follow the steps below to try and solve the problem easily.

Solution 1: A Command Prompt Tweak

This tweak has proven itself useful to countless users who struggled with this error message for months and it’s amazing how the solution can turn out to be so easy yet so difficult to think off. The solution should be executed the first time you see the error when only starting the installation of Windows and you should be able to go through the installation process successfully.

1. Once you receive the error message on your PC while the Windows installation media is still connected to your computer, use the Shift + F10 key combination in order to bring up a Command Prompt window.
2. Type in the following commands and make sure you click Enter after each one:

CD C:\windows\system32\oobe
msoobe

1. Check to see if you are able to continue with the process once again.

Solution 2: Change Some BIOS Settings

There are several caused for this problem, but one of them is definitely the fact that there are certain settings in BIOS which works great for older versions of the Windows operating system but they display poor execution on Windows 10 and it can often cause this error to occur. Follow the steps below in order to fix this.

1. Turn off your computer by going to the Start Menu >> Power Button >> Shut down.
2. Turn your PC on again and try to enter BIOS settigns by pressing the BIOS key while the system starts. The BIOS key is typically displayed on the boot screen, saying “Press ___ to enter Setup.” There are other common messages as wel. Common BIOS keys are F1, F2, Del, Esc and F10. Note that you will have to be quick about this as the message disappears pretty fast meaning you will need to restart to try again.

1. The SATA option which you will need to change is located under various tabs on BIOS firmware tools made by different manufacturers and these is no general rule to where the setting should be located. It’s usually located under Onboard devices entry, Integrated Peripherals, or even simply under the Advanced tab. No matter what, the name of the option is SATA operation.

1. Once you locate the correct settings, change it from AHCI or RAID, ATA, or IDE. ATA is the most reasonable option for the process of installing new updates or upgrading. Navigate to the Exit section and choose to Exit Saving Changes. This will proceed with the boot. Make sure you try to run the update again.
   Note: If the setting was not AHCI to begin with, try changing it to something else no matter what as there are cases where any change produced great results!
2. Don’t forget to change the settings back to their original state after you have finished with the process and installed Windows 10 successfully on your computer.

Solution 3: Stop Overclocking Your CPU

Overclocking your processor usually causes these errors and it was confirmed by many users that the problem occurred when they started to overclock their PCs.

Overclocking is a process where you change the frequency and speed of your processor to a greater value and above the recommended factory settings. This can give your PC a significant speed advantage but you have to absolutely careful since there were situations where entire PCs went down in fire after users overclocked them too much or because they were careless.

Returning your CPU’s rate and frequency to its original state depends on which software you used to overclock in the first place. Intel and AMD have their own applications available to download which let users overclock their CPUs but there are dozens of programs available to choose from so use them to stop overclocking.

Stop overclocking your PC and check to see if the error appears again.

Solution 4: Having a Problem with a Certain Device

In order to be ready to apply this solution, first you will need to be sure that this is indeed causing the problem. You can check this by disconnecting or disabling various devices on your computer via Device Manager >> Right-click on device >> Disable Device. This way you can restart the process and check to see when the error does not appear -> that device is causing problems.

You should see the following message when you choose the install option if you are really having problems with your drivers in the first place:

“To continue installation, use the Load Driver option to install 32-bit and signed 64-bit drivers. Installing an unsigned 64-bit device driver is not supported and might result in an unusable windows installation”

This usually means that the driver for that specific device is not installing properly and you may need to load it manually. Follow the steps below in order to try and do it yourself.

1. Download the driver for the device which is causing issues and extract it. You will need to end up with a .sys and a .inf file in order for the process to succeed.
2. Copy these files to an external media device such as a USB driver, DVD, or CD, connect the device to your computer, and start the Windows setup by loading the Windows installation media and restarting your computer. This time, it’s important that you don’t choose install. Choose the Repair option and choose the Load driver option.

1. Navigate to your unsigned driver which should be located at the root folder of the device you used to save the driver to. Wait for the scanner to locate the driver and click the x button in order to close the Repair window.
2. Now you can choose the install option and proceed with the normal installation of Windows.

Решено — Windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computer’s hardware

Доброго дня дорогие друзья!

С вами снова я, SpaceWolf и как обычно мы поговорим с вами о часто возникающих ошибках при установке windows на компьютер.

Гость сегодняшней статьи ошибка: «Windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computer’s hardware » — которая после копирования информации для установки Windows на жесткий диск возникает на вашем экране и дает вам возможность лишь кликнуть на «ок», в последствии следует перезагрузка компьютера.

Вот собственно эта страшная ошибка:

Решение проблемы — Windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computer’s hardware.

1) Повторяем ошибку «Windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computer’s hardware». (то есть, снова вставляем диск ( флэшку) и ожидаем когда появится данная ошибка.)

2) Далее нажимаем на сочетание клавиш Shift+F10. ( появится черное консольное окно)

3) В появившемся окне пишем следующий путь C:\Windows\System32\oobe\msoobe.exe . (возможно у когото уже будет прописано C:\Windows\System32\ вам останется только дописать oobe\msoobe.exe)

4) После этого в течении 5 секунд должно появится окно с предложением вписать ваше имя и имя ПК. В обще далее действуем по накатанному процессу установки Windows.

5) После всех действий у вас снова появится это окно с ошибкой, не бойтесь нажать «ок» и перезагрузить компьютер. Windows будет исправно работать ( проверено на собственном опыте).

Ну вот собственно и все. Если статья помогла вам, пишите комментарии, репостите и не забывайте сказать «Спасибо».

Если у кого-то возникают другие не понятные ошибки, присылайте нам и мы в кратчайшие сроки опубликуем её решение или предложим выход с данной ситуации. Ждем ваших писем.

How to run ./configure on windows

I know ./configure is an unix command, but I found a lot of source code which can be compiled on windows contain configure file but the command «.\configure» cannot run on cmd. A lot of tutorial wrote the compile steps like:

But the command «.\configure» cannot be recongnize by windows cmd. Could anyone please how to run this command on windows?

p.s. I have installed MinGW on my computer.

1 Answer 1

Usually ‘you do not run configure’.

If the source code you try to compile has those instructions, you might be lucky with some mingw build environment (e.g. msys or something more modern). Sometimes it works with Cygwin or inside Interix, but often it just adds to the troubles.

But if the README etc. does not mention Windows, you will probably not get very far that way, as usually some headers or libraries will be missing etc. A configure script is just a unix shell script, so it might call all kinds of unix tools or use unix shell features. Only a very limited set of those tools work on Windows, or make sense on windows.

So, it all depends on what you really want to build. For a lot of things there are portable buildsystems like CMake or special build instructions for Windows.

As you now mentioned, you want to compile CLANG, you surely do not want to use the configure step. See the clang/llvm documentation or the link mentioned by @Fruch (How to compile Clang on Windows) in the comments.

Windows setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer’s hardware

Some users when installing a Feature Update or full install/re-install of Windows 10 may receive the error Windows setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer’s hardware right after or during the “Completing installation” stage of the process. The installation process will not continue past the error. If you restart the computer, the install process will arrive back at the same error with no further progress. In this post, we will provide the solution for both cases of when performing a feature update or installing Windows 10 and you encounter this error.

This error is triggered due to a number of reasons such as corrupted update’s installation files (especially during a major update such as the Windows 10 Feature Updates), an unseen problem with the Windows Update services, Windows activation error (if you’re installing Windows 10), OS system file error, or even conflicts between existing software.

Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer’s hardware

If you were installing Windows 10 and the error occurred, you can try the following steps to resolve this issue.

1] Manually run msoobe.exe to finish the install

A possible resolution to this issue is to manually run the msoobe.exe program (which ensures the Microsoft Windows version is activated and registered properly) to allow the install to complete.

Here’s how to manually run the msoobe.exe program:

• While on the screen where the error appears, press Shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt.
• Type or copy and paste the command below (replace the x place-holder with the actual drive letter where Windows is installed and hit Enter.

• Next, type the command below in succession and hit Enter.

You may then be prompted to create an account name and password, and set the time and date.

• Click Finish when done

If this is a retail version of Windows 10, you may also be prompted to enter a product key for Windows 10. Enter the product key and click Finish.

The installation process should then complete and allow the computer to boot into Windows.

2] Change some BIOS settings

There are certain settings in BIOS which work great for older versions of the Windows operating system but they display poor execution on Windows 10 and it can often cause this error to occur. In this case, do the following:

• Restart your computer and press a specific key to boot into BIOS.
• Locate the SATA option in BIOS. This item can be located under different tabs depending on different manufacturers, and usually they can be the Advanced tab, Integrated Peripherals, etc.
• When you locate it, change it to IDE, RAID, ATA or AHCI and save the change. Note that even if it’s not SATA that is originally there, you can still change it to something else.

Pro tip: ATA is the most reasonable option for the process of installing new updates or upgrading.

Remember to change the settings back to their original state after you have finished with the process and installed Windows 10 successfully on your computer.

3] Stop overclocking your CPU

Overclocking is a process where you change the frequency and speed of your processor to a greater value and above the recommended factory settings. This can give your PC a significant speed advantage.

In this case, returning your CPU’s rate and frequency to its original state depends on which software you used to overclock in the first place.

4] Check for and manually install problematic drivers

You can check this by disconnecting or disabling various devices on your computer via Device Manager. After which you can restart the installation process and check to see when the error does not appear. If so, that device is causing problems.

Pro tip: It has been known that the hard disk drivers is usually the culprit here. So check that first.

You should see the following message when you choose the install option if you are really having problems with your drivers in the first place:

To continue installation, use the Load Driver option to install 32-bit and signed 64-bit drivers. Installing an unsigned 64-bit device driver is not supported and might result in an unusable windows installation.

This usually means that the driver for that specific device is not installing properly and you may need to load it manually. Here’s how:

• Download the driver for the problematic device from the manufacturer’s website.
• Save the driver to a USB flash drive or external hard drive.
• Connect the device to the computer which you are installing Windows on.
• Start the system installation, watch for Load Driver and click this option.
• Once the driver is loaded, proceed with the installation of Windows.

The process should be completed successfully.

Now the solutions outlined above is for when you encounter ‘Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer’s hardware’ error during installation of Windows 10. If however, you encounter this error during a feature update, you can try the following solution.

1] Restart your PC and re-run the Windows Update

It could be some of the installation files that downloaded earlier were corrupted or missing. Before you re-run Windows Update, go to this folder C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution and move all the files to another folder or you can simply delete the Software Distribution folder.

Generally, after removing the files in C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution, Windows will re-download whatever it must when you run Windows Update again. So, try this and if the issue isn’t resolved you can try the next solution.

2] Run Windows Update Troubleshooter

For whatever Windows 10 related problem you encounter, the very first thing you should do is to run the in-built Windows 10 Troubleshooter for that particular area the problem occurred. In this case, you should try to run the Windows Update troubleshooter and see if the issue is resolved.

3] Run the SFC/DISM scan

The SFC & DISM are tools to automatically scan and repair missing files or corrupted system files in the Windows 10 OS – and in some cases rebuild the system image. The procedure does not affect your personal files.

For the purposes of ease and convenience, you can run the scan using the procedure below.

Open Notepad – copy and paste the command below into the text editor.

Save the file with a name and append the .bat file extension – eg; SFC-DISM-scan.bat.

Repeatedly run the batch file with admin privilege (right-click the saved file and select Run as Administrator from the context menu) until it reports no errors – at which point you can now restart your PC and see if the ‘Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer’s hardware’ issue has been resolved when you try updating Windows 10.

4] Install the Windows Update via Windows 10 Update Assistant or Media Creation Tool

Windows Update can be installed via several other methods such as using the Update Assistant or Media Creation Tool. For major updates like the Windows 10 Feature Update, you can manually update to it using the two mentioned tools.

Depending on how you encountered the ‘Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer’s hardware’ error, any of the above solution(s) should fix the issue.