First, there is NO RTM Windows 7 version - I am saying this against a tide of people on the internet who claim to have a RTM Windows 7 version.... The ACTUAL and TRUE RTM version of Windows 7 will not be available until October 24th...and anyone who claims to have an RTM version of Windows 7 is blowing smoke up everyone's butt. Second, you will not be able to activate Windows 7 as an OEM until Windows 7 certificates and OEM SLP Product Keys are issued. And since Windows 7 has yet to go RTM, there are no Windows 7 OEM SLP Product Keys and Windows 7 Certificates. Therefore, there is no activation of Windows 7 as OEM...
Then why did you asked a question about activation of Windows 7? The reason is because you are under the impression that Windows 7 has gone RTM when it has not... I am not here to pick a fight with you but there is truth and then there is BS....and the hype which says Windows 7 has gone RTM is BS.
I didn't ask any questions about Windows 7 activation and wasn't asking for anything from anyone. What I was saying is that with the BIOS you so generously created, Windows 7 should activate when OEM Certs and Keys become available. I fully understand the current state of things. In all of Microsoft's history of Windows, they have never changed ISO images after they declared them to be RTM as they did on 7/22 and then posted them on 7/24. If this time becomes an exception, it will be a major surprise. I was not trying to anger you. I was trying to thank you for your hard work and let you know the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe BIOS was working properly.
I was never angry.....I just did not want you to installs Windows 7 as an OEM only to find that this so-call version is not genuine.
Windows 7 will go on the store shelves on Oct. 22, but that is not the definition of RTM. RTM means "Released to Manufacturing". That means the ISO images are frozen and copies have been sent to factories to produce boxed packages for placement on store shelves on Oct. 22. Even significant bugs discovered at this point will likely not alter the ISO images as factories are already in the process of mass producing retail boxed packages. Any last minute show-stoppers will be fixed with a hot-fix that will be available on Windows Update on Oct. 22.
The only real differences between Retail and OEM discs are a couple of key validation files (PIDGEN.DLL, DPCDLL.DLL, SETUPP.INI, etc.). This is already well known information and easily handled without the need for reinstalling later. Update: I just downloaded the leaked OEM image and compared it to the RETAIL image. The *ONLY* difference is the words OEM vs Retail under the [Channel] heading in ei.cfg. Since ei.cfg is expendable and used only for the express install of a particular version instead of being prompted, there's clearly no operational or functional difference between the OEM and RETAIL discs.
I know, I did read that MSDN and technet users will be able to download it around 6 august (english only), and at 1 october they can download the other languages as well... Anyway many many thanks Busykid508 for modding both BIOS versions, it works great with Windows XP Pro (Dell) and Windows Vista now hope it also will work with Windows 7, otherwise I did re-install everything for nothing..... but I have good hopes it will work I used the Beta version instead of the last official BIOS since it has some important updates for my Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 and some SATA controller updates.... Did already test this beta for some months and never had issue's that is why I asked to modded it.....