Sounds like you did everything right crazyboy515. This should stay activated permanently as long as you use this bios (or to another one that also has SLIC added).
thank you so much zort! one more question. SLIC BIOS is to activate your windows permanently w/o using activators or anything right?
That's right-- no cracks or bootloaders. All that's needed is a bios with a SLIC table, matching certificate (.xrm-ms), and slp product key. It's possible that an earlier crack already installed the certificate & product key for you.
so your saying it MIGHT not activate vista? like if i used a OEM one. if that happens, do i just get a boot loader? (just curious,might help in the future) also is it safe to download all windows update?
The original bioses from Gigabyte won't have a slic. If you flash one of them Windows will become deactivated. To stay activated you should only update to bioses that have been modded to contain a slic. So far all Windows updates have been safe to install with modded bioses and that's unlikely to change.