Bios Update Problems.....

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Hey all, I am trying to install Vista on a Dell D600 laptop. I am having a
problem and I was trying to update the Bios from version 8 to 13.

The installation instructions say I should be able to run from the desktop,
however I get a "Program Access Denied" Please make sure that you are logged
in as administrator"

I am a Domain Admin on my network, went as far as to make me an local admin,
then even tried logging into the administrator account on the PC and I still
get the same error.

I tried making a boot disc as well, twice even. But the system just boots to
a blinking line prompt and will not accept user input.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks,

John
 
Hey all, I am trying to install Vista on a Dell D600 laptop. I am having a
problem and I was trying to update the Bios from version 8 to 13.

The installation instructions say I should be able to run from the desktop,
however I get a "Program Access Denied" Please make sure that you are logged
in as administrator"

I am a Domain Admin on my network, went as far as to make me an local admin,
then even tried logging into the administrator account on the PC and I still
get the same error.

I tried making a boot disc as well, twice even. But the system just boots to
a blinking line prompt and will not accept user input.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks,

John
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Sounds like Hardware related problems not software. Are you sure your
Boot disk is correct and is this Dell BIOS locked or protected in some
way?

When you use a boot disk nothing OS wise is running that should be
able to stop a BIOS update, have you tried clearing the BIOS with the
jumper and then updating with a boot disk?

Jonah
 
You may not be able to run the Desktop update option due to not being in a
supported OS. You may have to boot into the update utility.
 
You may not be able to run the Desktop update option due to not being in a
supported OS. You may have to boot into the update utility.
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Colin,

I was assuming since the OP was "trying" to upgrade to Vista he had
not actually done so and was still on his original OS. I have been
looking through secpol.msc on Vista and found some references to
stopping floppies and such, if he was on Vista would something in
secpol be able to prevent booting from a floppy?

Jonah
 
I have never given such a policy any thought. The boot order would do it
though. Changing that to, say, CD>HD>Floppy might prevent it.
 
I have never given such a policy any thought. The boot order would do it
though. Changing that to, say, CD>HD>Floppy might prevent it.
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Yeah didn't think so, just seems odd the OP cannot update BIOS with a
boot disk and though Vista has all sorts of surprises this seemed
unlikely, but I thought it may be worth mentioning.

Jonah

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