Vista Update: SpeedStep Now Working

I made a few calls to HP Support, and I was able to solve the heating and battery life issue on my new Presario B1256TU. It turns out that a resetting of the BIOS to defaults would solve things. Now SpeedStep works even at first power-up (without needing to wake up from sleep first).

Next up: making some modifications to the BIOS, to see if things work well even with BIOS changes. I also need to see if disabling the onboard LAN from the BIOS would help extend battery life.