simple question re bios upgrade

Can anyone positively state whether a bios upgrade will make Vista think
that I have new hardware (and thus need to do the activation thing again)?
Checking the Intel site, there have been quite a number of bios updates
since the board was released around September last year, and since my own
bios version from end of November last year, and many of the updates address
specific Vista issues. Have never had need to do a bios update before, so
understandably wary, but one of the few remaining avenues to possibly
solving the heartaches am having with Vista.

Any other comments on bios upgrading and Vista would also be welcomed, may
perhaps help others having headaches with Vista.

R.

vista 32 blocks download due to digital signature?


All this it is a printer driver.

http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-per...indows%20Vista

any ideas?

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Timothy
Arizona

vista is more picky with hardware changes than xp was....

but Im not sure about the bios...

there is no limit to how many times you can activate on the same machine

its only a chore if you have to do it by phone


"Romane" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Can anyone positively state whether a bios upgrade will make Vista think
> that I have new hardware (and thus need to do the activation thing again)?
> Checking the Intel site, there have been quite a number of bios updates
> since the board was released around September last year, and since my own
> bios version from end of November last year, and many of the updates
> address specific Vista issues. Have never had need to do a bios update
> before, so understandably wary, but one of the few remaining avenues to
> possibly solving the heartaches am having with Vista.
>
> Any other comments on bios upgrading and Vista would also be welcomed, may
> perhaps help others having headaches with Vista.
>
> R.

A BIOS update will most likely (if not surely) require re-activation of Vista.
However, in my experience, this was quick, less than 5 minutes, and painless.

When doing a BIOS update, always read and follow the instructions to the letter.
My new computer now even allows me do do BIOS updates from within Windows
itself, before my computers have always required a bootable disk.

--
I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!


"Romane" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Can anyone positively state whether a bios upgrade will make Vista think that
> I have new hardware (and thus need to do the activation thing again)? Checking
> the Intel site, there have been quite a number of bios updates since the board
> was released around September last year, and since my own bios version from
> end of November last year, and many of the updates address specific Vista
> issues. Have never had need to do a bios update before, so understandably
> wary, but one of the few remaining avenues to possibly solving the heartaches
> am having with Vista.
>
> Any other comments on bios upgrading and Vista would also be welcomed, may
> perhaps help others having headaches with Vista.
>
> R.

>less than 5 minutes, and painless

be extremely careful with the bios update.. if one thing goes wrong your
motherboard is fried!!! (unless you have a dual bios type)

it happened to me once and I had to throw away the motherboard.. now I
update bios
ONLY when absolutely necessary!


"Cal Bear '66" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>A BIOS update will most likely (if not surely) require re-activation of
>Vista. However, in my experience, this was quick, less than 5 minutes, and
>painless.
>
> When doing a BIOS update, always read and follow the instructions to the
> letter. My new computer now even allows me do do BIOS updates from within
> Windows itself, before my computers have always required a bootable disk.
>
> --
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "Romane" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Can anyone positively state whether a bios upgrade will make Vista think
>> that I have new hardware (and thus need to do the activation thing
>> again)? Checking the Intel site, there have been quite a number of bios
>> updates since the board was released around September last year, and
>> since my own bios version from end of November last year, and many of the
>> updates address specific Vista issues. Have never had need to do a bios
>> update before, so understandably wary, but one of the few remaining
>> avenues to possibly solving the heartaches am having with Vista.
>>
>> Any other comments on bios upgrading and Vista would also be welcomed,
>> may perhaps help others having headaches with Vista.
>>
>> R.
>
>

The Vista re-activation was quick and painless.

YES -- be very,very careful when doing a BIOS update and carefully read and
follow the instructions to the letter.

--
I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!


"corbomite" <-> wrote in message news:...
> >less than 5 minutes, and painless
>
> be extremely careful with the bios update.. if one thing goes wrong your
> motherboard is fried!!! (unless you have a dual bios type)
>
> it happened to me once and I had to throw away the motherboard.. now I update
> bios
> ONLY when absolutely necessary!
>
>
> "Cal Bear '66" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>A BIOS update will most likely (if not surely) require re-activation of Vista.
>>However, in my experience, this was quick, less than 5 minutes, and painless.
>>
>> When doing a BIOS update, always read and follow the instructions to the
>> letter. My new computer now even allows me do do BIOS updates from within
>> Windows itself, before my computers have always required a bootable disk.
>>
>> --
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "Romane" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> Can anyone positively state whether a bios upgrade will make Vista think
>>> that I have new hardware (and thus need to do the activation thing again)?
>>> Checking the Intel site, there have been quite a number of bios updates
>>> since the board was released around September last year, and since my own
>>> bios version from end of November last year, and many of the updates address
>>> specific Vista issues. Have never had need to do a bios update before, so
>>> understandably wary, but one of the few remaining avenues to possibly
>>> solving the heartaches am having with Vista.
>>>
>>> Any other comments on bios upgrading and Vista would also be welcomed, may
>>> perhaps help others having headaches with Vista.
>>>
>>> R.
>>
>>
>
>

"Romane" wrote in message

> Can anyone positively state whether a bios upgrade will make Vista think
> that I have new hardware (and thus need to do the activation thing again)?

I can positively state that a bios upgrade to this new Dell M1210 running
Vista Business caused no activation issues whatsoever.

As always, YMMV ...

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Last update: 6/1/07
KarlC@ (the obvious)

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:31:45 +1000, "Romane" <>
wrote:

>Can anyone positively state whether a bios upgrade will make Vista think
>that I have new hardware (and thus need to do the activation thing again)?
>Checking the Intel site, there have been quite a number of bios updates
>since the board was released around September last year, and since my own
>bios version from end of November last year, and many of the updates address
>specific Vista issues. Have never had need to do a bios update before, so
>understandably wary, but one of the few remaining avenues to possibly
>solving the heartaches am having with Vista.
>
>Any other comments on bios upgrading and Vista would also be welcomed, may
>perhaps help others having headaches with Vista.
>
>R.

I've flashed my BIOS twice so far on this box with not a peep out of
Vista about reactivation. A BIOS upgrade isn't hardware, it simply
replaced the software that resides in a single chip on your
motherboard giving newer, better instructions. How even the zealots at
Microsoft could stretch that into a "change" in your system requiring
reactivation would be a stretch.

As some will no doubt say doing a BIOS Flash is risky, you never
should do it, blah, blah, blah. Well I must have done a BIOS Flash oh,
maybe a couple dozen times or so over the years and never had a single
problem. That said, don't take it lightly. Don't do a BIOS upgrade
just because there happens to be one. Only do it if you have a REASON,
like something isn't working right.

Is it safe? Oh about 99.9% of the time. About the only major risk is
if your power happens to go out during the minute or so the flash
takes to upgrade the BIOS. Even if that would happen chances are you
could if necessary get a new BIOS chip with little problem and most
motherboards use a socket ed chip that's easy enough to replace.

If you're still worried, many BIOS makers like Award have some
Internet Flash option you can access from your MB's web site to make
the process even simpler.

Upgraged BIOS on this lappie, Toshiba P205-6267, with no issue.

"Romane" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Can anyone positively state whether a bios upgrade will make Vista think
> that I have new hardware (and thus need to do the activation thing again)?
> Checking the Intel site, there have been quite a number of bios updates
> since the board was released around September last year, and since my own
> bios version from end of November last year, and many of the updates
> address specific Vista issues. Have never had need to do a bios update
> before, so understandably wary, but one of the few remaining avenues to
> possibly solving the heartaches am having with Vista.
>
> Any other comments on bios upgrading and Vista would also be welcomed, may
> perhaps help others having headaches with Vista.
>
> R.

I can positively state that it's entirely possible. But even if it's a
certainty, there's no need to worry about it. Vista will ask to be
re-activated and at worst you make a simple phone call to get it
re-activated. No problem, have done this myself.

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"Romane" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Can anyone positively state whether a bios upgrade will make Vista think
> that I have new hardware (and thus need to do the activation thing again)?
> Checking the Intel site, there have been quite a number of bios updates
> since the board was released around September last year, and since my own
> bios version from end of November last year, and many of the updates
> address specific Vista issues. Have never had need to do a bios update
> before, so understandably wary, but one of the few remaining avenues to
> possibly solving the heartaches am having with Vista.
>
> Any other comments on bios upgrading and Vista would also be welcomed, may
> perhaps help others having headaches with Vista.
>
> R.