Help! changed OEM Bios files - now it asks to activte

after OEM bios files change it asks me to activate upon login. Hope I can get the computer back to normal again???

I'm having a real problem here. I have an Acer desktop Model AM1641 that came with Windows Vista but I installed XP on it. Now I came across the OEM Bios changer and thought to convert the VLK to OEM on the Acer.

when I ran the program the Acer file it showed 717B6EF3 (Acer) and no other numbers. So I put those files in the uncompressed folder and ran the change program but it said OEM.cat missing. I got those files from a torrents.

Then I used a different Acer sting 700A8481 and that ran just fine but upon reboot I get the Windows Product activation screen.

any suggestions? Is there no SLP in the Bios??

I have to dig on the Acer Taiwan Website to find the Bios for the desktop. It's all in Chinese so it will take me a while to translate with Goole the pages.


thanks
BD

 

fixed it as I found the correct OEM 717B6EF3 in the OEM Bios thread.

whew. that was a close call since that is not my computer.

thanks

BD

 

yes, I have used your tool and it always works great but this time I think it was user error on my end. I should have never loaded a different OEM Bios files number then that was given from the output at option number 1.

For some reason 717B6EF3 for Acer which I got from the OEM Bios files through a torrent seems to be damaged and does not work. So I just loaded another Acer number which I found and that was not even listed in the output.

I did not know that it does make a backup but I will keep that in mind in the future. So far I have converted many PC's with your tool and it always worked and so far I only had troubles with two Acer Desktops.

thanks again for the great tool.

BD