The cool thing about this is that it is relatively easy to uninstall and makes no changes to the actual BIOS like a firmware update would - be warned that if you have a Dell, you'll have to reactivate Windows after installing this utility. Basically all it does is load Grub4Dos before Windows boots and change the memory where the BIOS information is stored with the "correct" information.
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Recently an ingenious member of The Green Button forum figured out how to make any BIOS appear to be OCUR compliant by modifying an old utility known as VistaLoader. How to make any BIOS OCUR ready **this section is depreciated, see the update above** If you are lucky enough to see a successful message, then skip the next section where we explain how to make any BIOS OCUR ready. Unzip it and double click on OCURCHECK.bat and you'll probably see the failure message "The ACPI table 'OSFR' is not present" like in the example above. Although unlikely, it is possible that your BIOS has the required table so first thing you want to do is download the OCUR BIOS Check Utility and find out. The first step is to get by the requirement that has been holding us back up until now, which is that Windows will only allow you to use a DCT if your BIOS has the required OSFR table.
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We suggest you run through these instructions before calling your cable provider to come out and install the CableCARD, otherwise you might run into problems and then you won't be ready when they come. If that utility fails then you might still want to use OSFRLoader, otherwise this next section is depreciated. Microsoft now offers Digital Cable Advisor utility that will enable just about any computer to use a Digital Cable Tuner. So to accommodate the internal version you're going to need a decent size case as well as an internal USB port and free floppy power plug. We will warn you if you're leaning towards the internal though, it is pretty big and puts off some heat. Some prefer the external since it is easier to swap out and doesn't require opening the case to install, while others will do just about anything to eliminate yet another box with a wall wart from their setup. Both the internal and external version of the DCT have the same functionality with the only real difference being where it is mounted. The first requirement you probably already have, but the second can be a bit more difficult. It should go without saying that in order for this to work you'll need a pretty new computer running either Windows Vista Premium (or higher) or Windows 7 as well as an ATI Digital Cable Tuner (DCT).