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    Updating BIOS and Windows Product Activation

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by hendra, Dec 7, 2009.

  1. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    Does updating BIOS count as a change with Windows Product Activation (XP, Vista and 7)? How about other Microsoft Products or other software that require Product Activation in general?
     
    hendra, Dec 7, 2009
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    Updating your BIOS generally won't change your product activation.
     
    surfasb, Dec 7, 2009
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  3. weinter

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    Depends :D :D
     
    weinter, Dec 7, 2009
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  4. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    in general, no. the only general use case that updates the bios and changes activation is illegal.. and not a "bios update", per se.
     
    davepermen, Dec 7, 2009
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    When i bought Vista (early 2007) the activation tripped on bios updates, driver updates and sometimes it seemed to trip without any cause, i think i had to phone activate it about 10-12 times the first year. But after Vista SP1 i haven't had to activate it even once so i think bios and driver updates should not cause any problem anymore.
     
    stefanp67, Dec 7, 2009
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    Yeah, Vista used a new BIOS activation mechanism, so early vista installations were vulnerable to false positives. This was all over the Internet.
     
    surfasb, Dec 7, 2009
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