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I'm trying to do a bios upgrade on a compaq presario f500 and am getting the
message that you must be logged on as administator to run both the bios
program from packed the HP web site (sp3687.exe) and the unpacked executable
(SWinFlash.exe).
I have tried run as administrator on both files, have tried going to dos and
doing a net user administrator /active, etc. and nothing seems to work. HP is
suggesting I completely reinstall vista to fix this problem. They contention
is that i shouldn't have to run as administrator on the packed file, and if I
do, it should work and upgrade the bios.
They also think I shouldn't have to run as administrator on the
swinflash.exe file. however, if I do, I get a little furthter, and get a
phoenix winflash screen looking like it wants to flash the bios, however it
is looking for the location of the existing bios file and the new bios file.
These are blank and i cannot flash the bios.
HP thinks there are registry settings that need to be changed in order to
make this work. Any ideas?
message that you must be logged on as administator to run both the bios
program from packed the HP web site (sp3687.exe) and the unpacked executable
(SWinFlash.exe).
I have tried run as administrator on both files, have tried going to dos and
doing a net user administrator /active, etc. and nothing seems to work. HP is
suggesting I completely reinstall vista to fix this problem. They contention
is that i shouldn't have to run as administrator on the packed file, and if I
do, it should work and upgrade the bios.
They also think I shouldn't have to run as administrator on the
swinflash.exe file. however, if I do, I get a little furthter, and get a
phoenix winflash screen looking like it wants to flash the bios, however it
is looking for the location of the existing bios file and the new bios file.
These are blank and i cannot flash the bios.
HP thinks there are registry settings that need to be changed in order to
make this work. Any ideas?