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AFAIK the UUID field can only be written to if the field is empty or is all FF.

It may depend on the board. But if you go in the BIOS, you may see a way to see events in "Advanced" if such a section exists. Although I have seen cases where the event logging isn't enabled by default. Also, I think you need to be clear as to what you mean by "shut down." Is it a normal Windows shutdown? As in, does it look like what it would if you chose to do a shut down through Windows? Or is the computer just turning off? If the computer is turning itself off, does it make any different kinds of beeps when you turn it back on? Such as maybe a French Police Siren sound?

Welcome to the MSFN!

I hate searching for things with Google. I wish they had an advanced mode that doesn't search for related terms and also supported boolean.

No what I mean is that the user wants to change the UUID for some reason, which means something is using it for a specific reason. I mean there may be some other way to accomplish taking care of whatever that problem is without fiddling with the BIOS. From how the post sounds, there is a valid UUID in the BIOS already, but he wants to change it to an invalid one. The only cases I can think of wanting to change to an invalid one is in an Enterprise environment where inventory or deployment systems will reject an invalid UUID as it is in the common blacklist. For example: http://capawiki.capasystems.com/display/CI4SU4HELP/Non-Unique+UUID http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/76198d2e-5957-4518-afd2-fe5ebee88dc0/getting-sccm-to-ignore-the-uuid

It may have set some different defaults when you flashed it. Unfortunately I am not familiar with Asus notebooks, but I suspect the combination of CSM settings were changed. I personally find Asus BIOS settings to be annoying/confusing and I don't know what they should be set for.

Ah well I would stick with Gateway BIOS. As for the sound, make sure it is enabled in the BIOS.

Your image has IE10 integrated. I already said on TechNet you need to remove the IEWelcomeMessage object from your answer file or else you will get this error. See here for reference: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/f1978c86-3639-489f-b105-5591e59325f7/setup-offlineservicing-error-windows-7-homepremium-sp1-64bit#8edd3366-26e9-4be6-9486-690cf1dfa0d2

Check Event Viewer for any errors. Also check and see if any events are logged in the BIOS event log.

F only does not mean not set. It is just an invalid UUID. If it were truly not set, a properly structured WMI query would fail the object check, aka there is no value in that field, or in other words a null return. And regarding changing items with WMI, you can only change operating system objects. Windows can only read enumerated hardware values. WMI is not so picky on generating an error when you try to write to an unchangeable field. It *seems* to work but as you note the value doesn't actually change. Yes the UUID is stored in the SMBIOS of the motherboard, hence why you'd need to either use a custom BIOS or have the appropriate SMBIOS editing tools. I am wondering if there is another way to accomplish what you are trying to do rather than editing that information on the hardware level.

It is definately possible to change the UUID on your own, but it comes down to having access to the correct tools. Gigabyte would probably be more likely to give you a corrected BIOS rather than the tools to write into the UUID.

Well the drivers are on Intel's website. I would not use their installers except for the chipset. For the other ones, I'd extract those packages with Winrar or 7zip and do the update drivers manually from Device Manager. https://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&keyword=Intel%20Desktop%20Board%20d865GLC You may need a BIOS update. They have a ton. I would look at the versions above the one you currently have, and look at the Release Notes to see if there are any Win9x specific fixes, or fixes for problems you may have encountered.

I know very little about this, so I did some search. Does this help any? Its from here: http://www.osronline.com/showthread.cfm?link=235324 The only thing on MS about 8k I can find is refering to DOS. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/67321/en-us I checked that since in that forum thread there is a link to a 4k OS support article, but makes no mention of 8k.

Yes. Email for thread subs doesn't seem to be working. It does work for PMs and other things. See here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163472-ipb-update-july-2013-to-version-345-bugs-only/?p=1049063

Did you reboot after replacing the file?

If the manufacturer of the computer's name is on the Windows COA, it should activate on its own if you run a recovery.

Also stop making duplicate topics.

Oh yeah, every component should have that in them.

It looks like it will replace the existing one. Also I find that you also need to have the photo viewer program installed as well since they share components. There is a package called Windows Essentials 2012 that apparently has everything included, but installing that will remove Windows Live Mesh. So if you use Mesh then take that into consideration. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/essentials-2012-release-notes?T1=winlivemoviemaker http://www.liveside.net/2012/08/07/windows-essentials-2012-microsoft-updates-windows-live-photo-gallery-and-movie-maker/

public DNS couldn't find MSFN yesterday, however the IP address on record didn't work manually either.

Yes different manufacturers are definately different. For example, Intel's UEFI boards are easier to work with than Asus'. Its mainly about how their "BIOS" screens are laid out. Asus has more things you need to enable/disable to get UEFI boot working. Most manufacturers using UEFI now have a graphical BIOS that supports mouse and even the scroll wheel. There is typically an option to enter Advanced Mode which lets you see the screens in a more familiar layout. Intel, Asus and MSI BIOS screens are like this. About the SATA port isolation, I'm not sure what you mean. Typically you only get to disable the eSATA ports, but some higher end boards have multiple Storage Controllers letting you disable the onboard ports assigned to them.

Also if you want to code you own using VBScript, take a look at the HTA in my sig. The original author (Geezery) had written code to do probably what you are looking for.

Probably. MSSE installs for all users, so I don't think it matters. The only one it doesn't have this problem is with XP, but obviously you can image that without using sysprep.

For my case, sound from TV not so good. Receiver doesn't support HDMI port.