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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2011
Andrew W. Wilks, Austin, TX (US);
Keung S. Kim, Round Rock, TX (US);
Myphuong N. Sang, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew W. Wilks, Austin, TX (US);
Keung S. Kim, Round Rock, TX (US);
MyPhuong N. Sang, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed that may be implemented to install and use a replacement BIOS code stored in non-volatile memory of the system BIOS to facilitate activation of a new or replacement OS on an information handling system. The replacement BIOS code may include an activation certificate of authority information to activate a different version operating system for use on an information handling system that has been previously configured with a different operating system version along with a previous BIOS code that did not include the updated OEM activation string.