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Thank you for all the details!
Assisted by those I want on a trek through internet and I think I understand now more about what happened. I had asked you for more details because I wanted to clarify seeming contradictions, as getting this installation right is very important to me - it spares me from later nasty surprises.
I understand now that this COA is required, and provided for, only as a backupWindows License Type: COA SLP
Today - just before running the MGA[/CODE]I've boldened the critical pieces
Starting from the top....
The Validation Code shows that the system passed the test that MGADiag applied
The Cached Online Vaidation Code whows thatteh System has been validated online, and passed (but doesn't specify on what date!)
Thank you for checking into this section anyway.The Licentiestatus shows that the native language isn't English! <g> - and also that the machine is licensed.
Certainly!HTH?
I hope you let me presume upon your time some more for the questions that still remain:
I read in MyDigitalLife: "COA product key is provided as it would be required if a reinstallation of Windows is needed, unless users backup OEM activation beforehand." (Differences Between OEM Channel SLP, NONSLP and COA License Product Keys « My Digital Life)
Does this mean I could have spared myself the aggrevation of having to deal with this BIOS-problem by having done that backup? It seems that there are various programs out there to do this, but that it isn't a standard function available within Windows 7.
Concerning the BIOS error, I understand now that the OEM Bios Flag apparently had not been set (or not correctly). Has that to be done by hand by the manufacturer?