I have a question. I have a new Acer Aspire 5610Z laptop that came with Vista Basic installed...so I assume that the bios is already updated. If that is the case, can I just reinstall my OEM version of Vista Ultimate? Will it automatically activate? Thanks.
this is the same question (sort of) that i have. Can someone please respond to this thread or mine about the Sony Vaio
Almost... The way I find it works is like this. The BIOS is already up to date and doesn't need a mod, so all that is required is to find the certificate that corresponds with your manufacturer. Install Ultimate, then go through the process of applying the Ultimate key and the certificate, instructions for doing that are already posted here. I have already done this with both an ASUS and a Dell laptop that both came with Vista Home pre-installed. I reformatted, installed Ultimate, applied the appropriate certificate and the Ultimate key and they both activated without any modded BIOS, so I don't see why it shouldn't work the same with Acer.
If you actually have vista home premium dvd just make an ISO of it with ultraiso then change PID.TXT file in sources to Ultimate number, then burn DVD this should work for most but i know for Dell it also has PID.TXT file in Boot.wim Image 2 and that has to be edited also but would take to long to explain how to that , try searching on google.
I am trying to finish up my Vista Universal DVD, which will let you upgrade vista from any version for a manufacturer. Right now though, the easiest way is to do a clean install of vista ultimate trial. Then get the certificate and a universal SLP key. then you use slmgr.vbs to insert them. If you have trouble, once my primary computer is up again, I can upload a batch file to do it automatically. In the meanwhile, install ultimate without a product key so that you are ready.
Update: Tested with an Acer Aspire 5610-4491 Laptop - Activates automatically after the certificate and Ultimate SLP key is inserted using slgmgr.vbs.
And if were to have: 1. A dell machine that shipped with home something 2. A dell cd that shipped with another machine that shipped with Ultimate?? Format disk, install using the dell ultimate cd and do anything else??
Not really... it makes it much easier for the PC makers to ship different Vista editions, and anyway, if you have a machine like this, you have already paid for Vista. You are "semi-legal" Did the same move on a Dell, needed to use a different DVD (the "anytime upgrade" from my HP) and it works atreat. The HP though still needs to use Vistaloader because of some thing that happened to the bios that killed the SLIC. Pisses me off because it has a legal license of Premium but I need to use the pirate version because it thinks pirate
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