Hi,
Does anybody email me HP tatoo utility with password? Pls
my mail id is m.naeem@live.in

If the file and password is being given out, I would not mind to have that it in case I need it in the future. Thanks

I am very sorry, but you must buy a retail copy of VISTA 32 bit OS and reinstall, or buy the proper motherboard from HP.
What you are attempting to do is circumvent your OEM software Licensing Agreement. THIS IS CALLED PIRACY!!!
Read your the EULA (END-USER-LICENSING-AGREEMENT)
Your OEM copy of 32 bit Vista is licensed to run on the original motherboard that came with your HP Pavilion m9040n desktop.

HP is the only one that can Tattoo your NON HP board.

What do you guys mean when you say tattoo a motherboard?

dear
tatoo is being used to update the dmi in m/b as well as hdd

hi all
i've hp dv2401tu and i got PREINSTALLED VISTA with this and same model is avalable with xp also. i want to create the recovery discs with xp. is it possible in any manner ?? plz help me

NO!!! You can not make XP recovery disks if your system came pre installed with Visa. You can only make the Vista Recovery Disks!!!.
You can make the vista recovery disks from within a XP environment by connecting the hard drive to a XP machine and run the recovery disk creator from the vista drive provided the recovery disks have not been created before or if the drive has a password set.
If the drive password has been set you must first unlock the drive.
If the recovery disks have been made previously you must purchase them from HP by providing the model number build number and serial number.

I thought you said in your Pm's that you worked for HP/Compaq tech support in India.
You should know this....

I'm having the same problem. My HP Pav got trashed by BestBuy while they were trying to boot it up. They somehow deleted the recovery partition, and apparently tried to install XP home instead of XP MCE. I ordered recovery disks from HP which gives me the message "These PC recovery disks do NOT support this PC model" So...I got the MB and HD tattoo utilities, but don't have the PW to unlock. PLEASE!!!! Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

You issue should be taken up with Bestbuy or HP. If they are responsible for deleting your recover partition and the store you took it to is a HP warranty center and your system is under warranty then they are responsible to fix it. If they refuse then contact HP

I called BestBuy. They claim that they did nothing wrong. They said the HD crashed and to replace it would run approx. $300. (This was 3 months ago). I said not a chance. I found out later that the front side USB port shorted out, and by disconnecting it, the computer booted up, but with XP home instead of XP MCE. This tells me that they screwed up, but they won't admit it. As far as a new tattoo, they said they don't do it there, but will have to send it to HP for repair for $160 or so. I'll never buy or recommend HP or Compaq again. This is merely a racket so you'll have to pay them one way or another, either with overpriced service work or overpriced HP replacement parts. I'm done with them!

Is anyone sharing the system tattoo/DMI Flash utility? I really need a working copy.

pm me if you can help me out thanks!

I think you could buy them through HP for $10-$15 if you don't have the originals. I would go that way because you get the dv2400 series driver and apps dvd with it also.

If this is correct, it is worth the investment and not getting the chance downloading some malware that would render the notebook unusable.

cheers ...

You will not find both recovery dvd's available for download anywhere for your model. The best you will find is a OEM which doesn't install drivers, software but just basic windows. If you got the laptop recently, call 1800-hp-invent and say your machine doesn't show a partition or didn't come with discs depending on what they originally provided. You would get them free if under warranty and in the past I was charged $15 for a tablet tx1000 pc recovery set and since I repair notebooks - I must of had them send me over 35+ sets for different series and models lol. Hope you get somewhere, if not let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Hey yezok can you PLEASE!! send me the Tattoo and HD Utility or the encryption password, cuz I have both files but can't open them. You can send or cantact me at ldn95210@yahoo.com
Thanks!