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This document provides a guide to modifying the BIOS file of Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to add SLP 2.0 and SLP 1.0 strings to enable OEM activation of Windows XP and Vista installations. It describes using ResourceHacker to extract the BIOS file, MMTool to modify the BIOS modules, and a hex editor to insert the SLP tables and strings at specific memory offsets. The SLP 2.0 SLIC table is added to the BIOS and memory offsets are updated in tables. The SLP 1.0 string is inserted at an offset located prior to an identifying string in the BIOS. After saving the modified BIOS file, it is replaced in the Virtual PC executable to enable

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This document provides a guide to modifying the BIOS file of Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to add SLP 2.0 and SLP 1.0 strings to enable OEM activation of Windows XP and Vista installations. It describes using ResourceHacker to extract the BIOS file, MMTool to modify the BIOS modules, and a hex editor to insert the SLP tables and strings at specific memory offsets. The SLP 2.0 SLIC table is added to the BIOS and memory offsets are updated in tables. The SLP 1.0 string is inserted at an offset located prior to an identifying string in the BIOS. After saving the modified BIOS file, it is replaced in the Virtual PC executable to enable

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This document provides a guide to modifying the BIOS file of Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to add SLP 2.0 and SLP 1.0 strings to enable OEM activation of Windows XP and Vista installations. It describes using ResourceHacker to extract the BIOS file, MMTool to modify the BIOS modules, and a hex editor to insert the SLP tables and strings at specific memory offsets. The SLP 2.0 SLIC table is added to the BIOS and memory offsets are updated in tables. The SLP 1.0 string is inserted at an offset located prior to an identifying string in the BIOS. After saving the modified BIOS file, it is replaced in the Virtual PC executable to enable

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This document provides a guide to modifying the BIOS file of Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to add SLP 2.0 and SLP 1.0 strings to enable OEM activation of Windows XP and Vista installations. It describes using ResourceHacker to extract the BIOS file, MMTool to modify the BIOS modules, and a hex editor to insert the SLP tables and strings at specific memory offsets. The SLP 2.0 SLIC table is added to the BIOS and memory offsets are updated in tables. The SLP 1.0 string is inserted at an offset located prior to an identifying string in the BIOS. After saving the modified BIOS file, it is replaced in the Virtual PC executable to enable

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Howtoguide:AddaSLP2.0SLICandSLP1.

0stringtoVirtualPC2007
Toolsused:

ResourceHackerhttp://angusj.com/resourcehacker/
AMIMMToolv2.22.1Beta
HexEditor(forexampleWinHex,likeiusedinthisguide)

Whatelsedoyouneed:
MicrosoftVirtualPC2007
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=04D26402319948A3AFA2
2DC0B40A73B6&displaylang=en
ValidXPoembiosfileset(ASUSinthisguidecase)http://www.oembios.net
'f000','c000','3fff','ASUS_FLASH'
ValidVistaSLP2.0SLICtable(InthisguideiusetheASUSslic)

1. FirstthingwehavetodoistoextracttheBIOSfilefromtheVirtualPC2007executable.
OpenVirtualPC.exewiththeResourceHacker,SelectBIOSfromthetreeviewontheleftside,
rightclickwithyourmouseandchooseSave[BIOS]resources...

Fourfilesareextractedtothedirectoryyouspecifiedtosavetheresourcesto,eg:*.rc,
Data_1.bin,Data_3.binandData_3.bin.WeonlyneedData_1.binsoyoucandeletetheothers.

RenameData_1.bin,InthisguideirenamedittoBIOS.ROM.

2. StartMMTool,opentheBIOS.ROMyoujustextractedandclickthePowerMMToolbutton.
ClicktheExtracttab,selectthe1Bmoduleandextract.

3. OkwewillstartbyaddingtheSLP2.0Slictable.
StartyourHexEditor,openthe1B.ROMfileyoujustextractedandsavedusingMMTool.
Findthefollowingtextstring:AMIBIOS0800
Ok,onceyouhavefoundityouwillseeitislocatedatoffset:137FD

ThisAMIBIOS0800stringisquiteuniqueasitisalwaysremappedto000FF400hmemoryaddress
inyourrunningbios.
KnowingthiswecanaddtheSLP2.0Slictablehere,andmakeitsoitwillalsoberemappedtoa
fixedaddressinyourbiosmemory.
StarttheCalculator,ChooseScientificview,nowtaketheoffsetwefoundtheAMIBIOS0800
stringminus200h,eg:137FD200=135FD
BydoingthiswenowknowforsuretheSlicaddresswillberemappedto000FF200hmemory
adrress(000FF400h200h=000FF200h)

NowopentheASUSSlicintheHexEditor,Selectall(Ctrl+a)>ClickEdit>CopyBlock>Hex
Valuesandwriteit(Edit>ClipboardData>Write)inthe1B.ROMatoffset135FDfoundabove.

IntheHexEditorsearchstring:RSDT(Shouldbefoundatoffset2882C)

RaisetheRSDTtablelengthbycounting+4htoit,eg:taketheHEXvaluerightaftertheRSDT
string,inthiscase28+4=2C

ReplaceAMIOEMRSDTwith_ASUS_Notebook
FromtheRcharacterofRSDTstringcount40bytesupandinsert000FF200hinreverseorder,eg:
00F20F00

RepeataboveactionfortheXSDTtable,raisetheXSDTtablelengthwith+8h(2C=8=34)
ReplaceAMIOEMRSDTwith_ASUS_Notebook
Andlastcount44bytes(40+4asits4byteslongernow)uptotheXcharacteroftheXSDT
string.

4. AddingtheSLP1.0String

NOTE:SLP1.0requirementscanbeachievedforabout90%oftheOEMpartnersbysimply
addingthedesiredSLP1.0stringtoyourcomputersDMItable.
Thereareexceptiontothis,forexamplethe'ASUS_FLASH'stringshouldbelocatedimmemory
priortotheDMItable.

Whatis'f000','c000','3fff','ASUS_FLASH'?

- F000,C000 -> Start Address (0x000FC000) of the SLP Address


- 3FFF -> Address range in bytes (in hex)
- ASUS_FLASH -> SLP 1.0 String which must be placed in the address range

Todeterminewheretheslp1.0stringshouldbelocatedrunHWDirectonaVirtualPCinstalled
OS,SelectMemoryDumpinprogramleftsidetreeview.
Type:000FC000asPhysicaladdress,3FFFasLength,ClickDumpbutton.
Findastringyoucanfindbackinthe1B.ROMmodule,scrollabitdownintheHWDirectdump
andyouwillfindaIBMCOMPATIBLE...string

In1B.ROMstillopenintheHexEditorfindstring:IBM,makesureyouattheexactsamelocation
asshownabove,NowyoucaninserttheASUS_FLASHstring.
Makesure,youdontoverwriteanythingthatmightcorrupttheVirtualPCBIOS,normallyempty
space000000000000canbeusedwithoutrisk,inthisexampleiwrotethestringatoffset:
123FD(Notexactlyemptyblockhere,butthatdoesntmatterinthiscase)

5. Savechangesto1b.ROM,SwithbacktoMMToolInthereplaceTabreplace1BModulewithour
newone,savetheBIOS.ROMfile.
InResourceHacker,replaceBIOS>13500>1033Filewithournewbiosfile,andsavethenew
VirtualPC.exe

6. Done!
YoucannowuseASUSVistaOEMCertifcatetopreactivateVistaonthisVirtualPC,futhermore
youalsocanuseASUSXPoembiosfilestopreactivateXPOEMmediaonthisVirtualPC

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