Vista saying not genuine after flashing bios?

[Chunkee]

vista 64, not activated as of yet due to instability problems...flashed ip35 again and reset cmos..came up not genuine...what gives.

jC

 

[Cutthroat]

Happened to me last time I flashed my BIOS too, I guess it thought I changed my motherboard. I just had to re-activate and everything was fine.

 

[nerp]

My IP35-E BIOS update a while back forced me to re-activate. It said nothing about Windows not being genuine. It activated automatically over the internet. Easy as pie and a piece of cake.

 

[JustaGeek]

Does it happen even if the date in BIOS is set correctly...?

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: nerp
My IP35-E BIOS update a while back forced me to re-activate. It said nothing about Windows not being genuine. It activated automatically over the internet. Easy as pie and a piece of cake.

yeah, what happens when your net is down? or MS site is?

This is bad, just think of your car refusing to start claiming you are not its owner.

 

[Aberforth]

I think this happens if you have OEM version of Vista which is locked to a single computer after installation and it is supposed to check BIOS for Manufacturer's ID and Checksum. The retail version does not check BIOS except for activation clock.

 

[mechBgon]

Flashing the BIOS could reset several important things, such as the mode that your hard-disk controllers are operating in, and conceivably your NIC's MAC address. Well... those factor into the "am I on the same computer or not" process. And that's not new with Vista; WinXP does likewise. Reactivate it and move on 🙂

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: Aberforth
I think this happens if you have OEM version of Vista which is locked to a single computer after installation and it is supposed to check BIOS for Manufacturer's ID and Checksum. The retail version does not check BIOS except for activation clock.

Just an anecdotal observation, not a flame... 🙂

I've flashed my BIOS like 6 times in the last year and never had this happen - and I running an OEM version of Vista HP, soooo...

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: VinDSL

Originally posted by: Aberforth
I think this happens if you have OEM version of Vista which is locked to a single computer after installation and it is supposed to check BIOS for Manufacturer's ID and Checksum. The retail version does not check BIOS except for activation clock.

Just an anecdotal observation, not a flame... 🙂

I've flashed my BIOS like 6 times in the last year and never had this happen - and I running an OEM version of Vista HP, soooo...

Maybe Company ID in your BIOS is empty so checksum doesn't change when you update your BIOS.

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: nerp
My IP35-E BIOS update a while back forced me to re-activate. It said nothing about Windows not being genuine. It activated automatically over the internet. Easy as pie and a piece of cake.

yeah, what happens when your net is down? or MS site is?

This is bad, just think of your car refusing to start claiming you are not its owner.

Net hasn't been down in many years, don't expect MS's site to stop working that often and the chance of that happening after the rare time I do a BIOS update and reactivate is bascially slim to none. I don't live my life in paralysis of "what could happen." I'm up and running and activated. Why are YOU complaining to me about something that didn't happen?

My car and computer aren't the same, so whyare you comparing them? My iPod won't let me sync on more than one computer or install 3rd-party apps without cracking it. Care to complain about that? Imagine if my Toyota wouldn't let me install a Mopar radiator!!!!

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: nerp
My IP35-E BIOS update a while back forced me to re-activate. It said nothing about Windows not being genuine. It activated automatically over the internet. Easy as pie and a piece of cake.

yeah, what happens when your net is down? or MS site is?

This is bad, just think of your car refusing to start claiming you are not its owner.

It just asks you to activate. It doesnt shut down, it doesnt stop you from doing anything, it doesnt remove any major capabilities. Even if vista was absolutely convinced you were a pirate, and/or never activated the software at all, the absolute worst that would happen is you wouldnt be able to use wallpaper, you wouldnt be able to download non-critical updates and a nag screen would pop up every few hours that requires a single click the get rid of.

So what would happen if your net was down? Nothing of consequence, everything will work just fine.