Am I missing something as Vista Ultimate 64 is not activating on a tested mod? I'm using GA-P35C-DS3R Asus mod BIOS 12e found on this site but Vista Ult 64 for Asus distro says that the key provided is invalid.
I flashed my mobo in pure DOS using FLASHSPI.EXE and BIOS P35CDS3R.12E. Then run 30 in 1 Vista Ultimate AIO 28 OEM'S by ORBIT30 selecting ASUS. Vista Ult 64 installed all the way, run updates (SP1 integrated in DVD), in control panel's System says that 30 days left to go as key for ASUS is incorrect. I wonder is the BIOS mod in question actually does work for ultimate 64.
I thought that by selecting ASUS DVD mod no software activators are loaded. Does it mean that I need to reload the existing installation from 0 again?
Probably not.Just try to install the cert and serial as I mentioned..Lets see how this works first.. I do not know about the activator, but there is no need..Often the perceived "easy way" causes too many problems. If the slmgr.vbs does not work..then get VOATKtools and see how that goes.. edit: The activation tool works very well. You need to install the oem key as well as the certificate. Both are on the left upper panels. you need nothing on the right side of the tool.