For most BIOSes, the tool can insert one. The method(s) vary for the BIOS types - Award/AMI/Phoenix/Dell/EFI - although there is some overlap in basic principles. Is this what you mean?? Andy
Hmmm how do I phrase this.... I guess my main question and yes I am that inexperienced regarding the Slic in the Bios is what exactly does the Slic do and is it necessary for a machine to be activated (aka genuine).... Thanks...
It is needed to Activate with an OEM SLP Key and Certificate. If you use a Retail key (or Volume License, I believe) you don't need SLIC 2.1 in BIOS or inserted by a a loader.
Basically, Win Vista/7 offline activation needs 3 things 1) A SLIC table embedded as an ACPI table in BIOS. Each manufacturer has a different SLIC table. They contain a digital signature Version 2.0 tables activate Vista. Version 2.1 tables activate Vista AND 7 2) A certificate file appropriate to the manufacturer. 3) An appropriate key for the manufactuer and package type (eg. Ultimate, Professional) The latter 2 are inserted into the OS. The former has to be embedded in BIOS. This is the difficult bit, that the tools try to automate. Once all 3 are done you are permenantly activated and genuine. No on-line activation is needed at any point. Other than the very first leaked key for Win7 this method survives all MS validation updates. There is no need to patch any windows files. Hope this clarifies. Ask away. Thanks for all your good work on Office 2010. Andy
Apologies for my lameness squire, much appreciated Confirmed flashing working on my bios (Via usb dos boot)
andy, v1.37 link doesn't work, the new tool isn't on the server. It looks like you forgot to transfer it to the server.
Thanks for the cool tool andyp, I just modded my Gigabyte GA-7VA bios with a SLP1.0 and slic2.1 successfully. budzos