Vista - BIOS Update Problem

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

"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi

Try right clicking on desktop icon, and there will be a run as administrator
option, left click on that, and you should be up and running

> 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

Geoff, thank you I actually tried that already, but I still get the error.
Any other ideas?

"Geoff" wrote:

>
> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:48ECA682-44B9-4391-BB73-0BCBCA6F4F3A@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> Try right clicking on desktop icon, and there will be a run as administrator
> option, left click on that, and you should be up and running
>
> > 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
>

Geoff,
I actually tried that already, but it produced the exact same results. Any
other thoughts?

Thanks,

John

"Geoff" wrote:

>
> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:48ECA682-44B9-4391-BB73-0BCBCA6F4F3A@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> Try right clicking on desktop icon, and there will be a run as administrator
> option, left click on that, and you should be up and running
>
> > 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
>

Well, the dos-boot magically started up this time and I was able to flash the
bios. However, for reference I cannot run from Vista.

Thanks,

John

"John" wrote:

> 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

Well, the dos-boot magically started up this time and I was able to flash the
bios. However, for reference I cannot run from Vista.

Thanks,

John

"John" wrote:

> 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

I would expect that it would not work from Vista.

"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43BF8BE1-79F6-4ADB-A687-B7FDEB0619D2@microsoft.com...
> Well, the dos-boot magically started up this time and I was able to flash
> the
> bios. However, for reference I cannot run from Vista.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
> "John" wrote:
>
>> 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