John Andersen wrote:
On 5/7/2014 1:24 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
I have re-installed with a retail onto my dell box, but to get it to 'license' correctly, I need to copy over the BIOS authentication mechanisms from a dell-install disk. Once those are on the disk Windows will use those to check for activation & authenticity.
That process (copy over the bios authentication mechanisms) would bear fleshing out a little bit for the Google Spiders if nothing else.
All often, you don't get a disk at all anymore. Where are these mechanisms actually found, what do they look like, where do you have to have them in order to get the COA to be accepted?
---- The COA *isn't* accepted -- unless you resort to the phone. When the phone people hear the COA, they'll check to see if it's a stolen/too many uses license that's been suspended, but if not, they'd give you a validation code. If you have a Professional or Ultimate (maybe just ultimate, I forget), then they should support you running Win7 in a VM. If it's a home version, then it's not supported/not licensed. As for the stuff to copy over...I've done it maybe 2-3 times in 4 years, I really don't remember, but it's not hard to find if you take a retail copy (not hard to find legal copies to download these days cuz the licensing system continues to run on your system every 'N' days and is updated as well. Irritates me to think they can shut me off anytime they make a mistake. FWIW, I don't know f the links are still valid, but they had them on http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vista-enterprise-desktop/tag/win7-... I think even steam had a copy to download at one point. Anyway compare the dirs to they DVD you get from your vendor -- should pop out. If you didn't get a DVD from your vendor, you probably weren't willing to pay for it. Considering it has boot repair and backup restore on it, not having it would be a major pain. FWIW, I usually try to buy my computers from 'Small Business' instead of home. Usually less hassle, and better service options and not getting treated like a newb. I usually push pretty hard on things that are important. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org