Update was successfull with the exception of 1 issue that should be noted. Boot loader v1.00 doesn't seem to be compatable with windows vista. At first attempt I received a 101 Error in communicating with the USB Device at step 5 (Update Utility). This is not an unrecoverable error, a soft reset boots the device as it was. I moved the kitchen to a Win XP machine and was able to upgrade with out incident.
-Thank all of you for all your help. Expecially Ga._Medic, you've gone above and beyond.

gguruua,

i did everything that the tutorial said to do and when I click on the chef, i get this message:

"module ppc_geeks.rar was not found"

and then it says,

"module not found (fd1d0922-0c01-40c7......................), Cyberon Voice Commander)"
"module not found (................................................. .), HTC Smartdialing)
"module not found (................................................. .), Office Excel)
"module not found (................................................. .), Office Powerpoint)
"module not found (................................................. .), Office Word)

You didn't put PPC_Geeks.rar in the right place. Go check where you put it.

Same thing is happening to me. Too bad i don't have an XP machine to go thru with the update.

For some reason when i was trying this i get the message after using the green arrow to "cook" my ROM, 'Please place your PPC into bootloader mode and connect PPC into USB cable' or something along the lines of that i do, I plug my phone in them and then it runs the upgrade utility, and press next. After that it sits at this screen that says

'checking the information on your device...please wait...'

and on the build status window it says 'Starting RUU'

but then it pops up and says

"error 101:Connection Error" it says make sure your cable is connected properly on both ends and make sure the device is on. The cable is connected just fine, and the phone is in bootloader mode, i even tried to different cables still the same message.

Any idea's? This write-up is amazing, props to you GA medic ggrusa, and whoever else contributed.

I had the same issue the other day, with my v1.0 bootloader. I've since had to reinstall MDC 6.1, and that has cleared up a number of problems. I'll retest flashing my v1.0 6700 to see if that too has sorted itself out. If not, v1.2 bootloader may be the minimum necessary for Vista compatibility. There are instructions for bootloader flashing in the main forum (in the recovering from 3.3 upgrade thread).

I've read through a lot of these threads, but my one question before I try to update my ROM is do you have to do anything to the phone (ie, re-activate it) once the ROM update is done? In other words, after the update, will it work as is once it boots (be able to take calls, connect for data usage), or do you have to do something so it knows it's your phone number? Yes, I IZ N00B to this, but I also can't not have my phone out of commission. :P

As long as you use the right carrier, ie. Verizon if you use Verizon or Sprint if you use Sprint then it should work. The only thing you may need to do is update your phone by dialing *228 option 2 once you are done flashing. That updates your PRL on Verizon. I don't know what others carriers have to do.

Windows Mobile 6 only
 

Okay, this looks like a great ROM.

Now my only question, is how do I just leave everything else like it is and install Windows Mobile 6 only?

What "everything else" are you referring to? Radio, bootloader, and ext_rom won't be affected by the kitchen unless you manually added their .nbh files. Applications and PIM info on your PC will all be wiped out when you do the required hard reset.