Windows Loader 4.9.7 - Activate Win 7, Server, Vista, XP.zip
Ainoha Sistek
The primary symptom symptom I was getting was the very helpful (NOT) message from the windows loader (on the blue screen of death) with the words "STOP 0x0000007B" followed by an error message indicating that I probably had a virus on my system. When this happens the whole system locks up and all you can do is power it down.
As this gear checks the windows installation ID for it's proprietary activation am I out of luck? I really need to activate with the specific key that came with the box for it to work... not a hacky work around.... otherwise I am out quite a bit of money (To pay for a new activation)
Normally you need to do a hardware reset of the microcontroller to activate the bootloader, then start an upload before the bootloader times out and starts the user application. However, after burning bootloader the bootloader is perpetually activated so no reset is necessary, meaning the first upload will work with or without a reset. The board may be in that perpetual bootloader state when shipped by the manufacturer. I haven't actually seen this reported before for a manufactured board with built-in USB adapter chip (it has always been DIY circuits or Pro Minis), but it's certainly possible the manufacturer messed up the reset circuit.
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