My suggestion is to wait for flagmax's method. I feel it is a better method. I am still trying to work out the kinks in the 1 click AutoExNT method. It works in VMware but I think there is room for improvements. Do you want to try out what I have so far?
ok, I can wait, but serious I don't even know, what is a Flagmax method. awww.... what a pitty(?). because i though I have active my vista... and if I have to waiting, my counting down is on. PS. does flagmax method will be universal for example hp 6715s, 6710s, 6820?? PPS. if it work, be able to vista 64 bit??? sorry 4 english
Yes, flagmax' method is universal. ANY bios with a SLIC will be patched AND it works for 32 and 64 bit Vista! One program that installs it, same that de-installs it, comfortable, and fast. There is one little issue. After applying the patch there is drive letter A: missing (real floppy) at my test machine. Notebooks usually don't have a floppy............but the method isn't 100% perfect yet. I don't know why it's missing. (bug at grub or at my bios). I've tried several hours to resolve that issue, no success. Booting with 'physical' floppy works perfect. Another way could be to map a HDD image.....what do you think, flagmax? Btw: To write to first sector of first partition (Vista) gave write error. @all You have to wait, we want a perfect method, sorry for delay.
Yen I have hp compaq 6715s, so I haven't floppy... when It'll be working, You make this patch available to us?? & if this will be "one click method"?? and one the most important question... when it will be?? :]
Almost a one click method But not difficult to install /de-install. When? I don't know exactly, have to do more tests....don't want to release it now, I'm a perfectionist. Flagmax wrote the code, I'm trying to integrate all to Vista's boot process...
ok... I'll waiting patient... but I have a huge hope, that patch will be working on my notebook... because I have so giant bad luck(
@ reginakampher I used your method on my 6820s (bios f9 with apropriate .rw file), I installed vista with the clock set back 4 months, all was good, vista activated and genuine but when I set the clock to actual date vista was still activated but not genuine, and a weird screen appeared after logon, it wasn't the countdown, it just informed me that vista was activated, blank desktop and the counterfeit message in the corner where there. So I guess that something still does a check before autoexnt executes. Now I'm waiting for a final version of the flagmax method.
@flagmax Another idea of a chain: BCDW boot installer, which is specialised for boot from CDimage, then CD executes patch and grub runs Vista...
@reginakampher Hi, I've updated RW Scripter, check it out, if you find problems/errors/bugs there will be an award (next updated version ) 08/08/08 v1.2 -Added ability to calculate RSDT/XSDT/SLIC/RSD PTR 8bit checksums -Detects four table signature and then calculates checksum by default(can be unchecked) -Added confirmation message on Exit if Output changed -Implemented Byte Array (needed for checksum calculation) Note: If you want it to calculate the checksum, you must provide full tables, partial will generate wrong checksums. I will make the next version ckeck table length first before it decides to calculate or not to. Edit: newer 1.3 few posts down.
Thank you so much again flagmax. The new features are invaluable. I was manually figuring out the checksum for the RSDT. WOW. I no longer need to do this. This is so great. The "award" should go to for your amazing tool. I will report on bugs if there is any. Thanks again.
Fist of all, let me clearly state that the AutoExNT method is a combined effort of vladman, Yen, and flagmax. I just wrote the instructions. I presume you used flagmx,'s tool to write your .rw file. Don't you love that tool? Anyways, he updated the tool so now it corrects the checksum. I read somewhere in this forum that Vista checks for OEM ID/Table ID in RSDT OR XSDT. So you may not need to edit your RSDT as your XSDT is valid. But then again, I guess it's best to have both correct. I have ricardo testing his patch on a physical machine and I didn't edit the RSDT as he had a valid XSDT and it appears to be working fine so far. I guess we have to wait until he reports back after his 30 days to see hat happens.
08/08/08 v1.3 -Improved Checksum function that checks table length bytes 4 to 7 with total entered -FYI: RSD PTR checksum function complies with ACPI 1.0 specs only (needs to be updated)
That was so quick, I didn't even get a chance to download the previous version. Imagine a freeware having this kind of support. If your product was commercial/shareware, you would be making millions. Thanks again. I am going to download this now in case it gets updated again in the next hour....lol.