whoa, after using vista for a while and tired for being drag down by it,i installed 7 last nite, using ASUS P5BE-Plus SLIC 2.1 modded BIOS, cert & slp, and it works like a charm mate, no more loader ;-).. thanks for the big help, you did superb works anyway, since im using slic 2.1 activation, is it matter if i (accidentally) instal KB971033 on my 7 ?