Re: OEM XP Home again
From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 01/07/05
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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 07:15:23 -0700
AMFL98 wrote:
> Well, this question should be easy for most of the guru's here.
>
> My motherboard manufacturer Intel provides Bios updates for my board almost
> monthly. When I update the Bios with the new version will I have to
> re-activate with every update?
>
> Also will Microsoft consider this new Bios to be a different computer? It
> will be the same type of Bios only a different revision.
First and most importantly, it's rarely necessary to update a BIOS
unless you need the newer version to fix a specific problem you're
experiencing, or to provide compatibility with new technologies or a
newer OS. Given the great potential that a botched BIOS-flash has for
rendering a motherboard completely and permanently useless, this is not
something that should be considered just so one can have the "newest and
shiniest."
Secondly, while Intel may have "published" new BIOS revisions that are
labeled as applying to your general motherboard model, this doesn't mean
that these revisions are applicable to your OEM system. Many OEM's need
specifically customized BIOSs to work with the rest of their proprietary
hardware components. You should not even think about using a BIOS
revision that has not been specifically recommended and provided by your
computer's manufacturer.
Third, you'll need to direct these questions to the manufacturer of
your computer. *Only* that agency will know exactly how, or even if,
their OEM WinXP license is bound to the computer. It may or may not be
locked to a specific BIOS version. Microsoft, of course, has no control
over this; it's entirely left to the computer's manufacturer. Microsoft
provides no support for OEM installations. If you do have a BIOS-locked
OEM license, and the BIOS-upgrade does trigger the need to re-activate,
there's a chance that Microsoft will refuse that activation, because
it's the OEM's decision as to exactly what that license is bound.
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