This is because Windows 7 was a free upgrade for such systems e. OptiPlex and but not OptiPlex The system profile of the motherboard will then be stored with a Microsoft Product Activation Server during the initial Upgrade Installation essentially the series of numbers you see in the RW-Everything.
You should compare this with the version offered by your Computer Manufacturer e. Dell , HP and Lenovo. This guide is Dell based so I will use a Dell system as an example. For Dell systems I prefer the use of Downloads. The Product Support is supposed to list drivers and downloads specific for your Service Tag making life easier. In some cases however the latest UEFI BIOS requires an older version to be present first and in such cases you should attempt to take the smallest number of steps to get to the latest version.
If I go to support. I will use my OptiPlex as an example. Get the latest update from Downloads. This means Firmware updates will remain intact once an Operating System is reinstalled and Driver Updates will need to be reapplied. It will result in system death. Accept any other prompts and leave the system in peace to Restart and Update.
Here is my OptiPlex updating as an example:. After the update has proceeded you may want to check msinfo32 again to see that the BIOS version has been updated. Secure Boot as the name suggests only allows verified code to Boot.
This code must have a Microsoft verified signature. This prevent preboot malware from booting before Windows 10 and its inbuilt Windows Defender security hence totally crippling the Operating System. However Microsoft supported these technologies with only Windows 8 and later.
Due to the immense annoyance of the Metro Interface; Windows 8 was shunned by the masses and the lifecycle of the much loved Windows 7 effectively extended. Because Microsoft did not release a proper Windows 7 SP2. Because most IT professionals hated Windows 8 with a passion and Linux enthusiasts seen it as a way of forcing through Windows market dominance by blocking the ability to install any non-Microsoft Operating System, Secure Boot often gets a bad write up… The Microsoft verified signature can also be found in Windows 8 and later as well as the latest versions of Macrium Reflect, Acronis, Parted Magic, Ubuntu, Fedora and Mint.
Remove any peripheral USB storage devices, scanners, printers etc. In the following section note that I display the settings for a Windows 10 64 Bit installation.
Amend these settings as appropriate for Windows 7 64 Bit:. Select Secure Boot Enable. Now for the Boot Sequence. If you currently have a Windows 10 64 Bit Installation or Windows 8.
The purpose of this standard is to allow the operating system to retrieve information about the PC. By parsing this table it is possible to access information about the computer and its capabilities. Now mem contains the address of the Entry Point Table. TableAddress contains the address of the table that contains all the structures with information about the PC. The structures are located directly adjacent to each other in memory, with a new structure beginning as soon as another one ends.
Each structure is composed of a header, a structure specific table, and a string table. The value of Type indicates what element the structure contains information about. The strings are not included in the length. SMBIOS is an industry-standard mechanism for low-level system software to export hardware configuration information to higher-level system management software.
The SMBIOS image consists of a table of structures, each describing some aspect of the system software or hardware configuration. If the —s option is specified, smbios displays a summary of the structures that are present in the image. If smbios does not recognize a structure's type or content, the raw hexadecimal data for the structure is displayed.
By default, smbios attempts to validate the SMBIOS header by verifying the anchor strings, header checksums, and version number. This option might be necessary when a BIOS has a non-compliant header.
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