Bios update on an Tecra M4?

I have a 2006 Tecra M4 and was checking it out for Vista compatability - it looks like thats a no-go at the moment (perhaps a whole other subject though, I have a 'windows vista compatible' sticker and its far from compatible as far as I can see)
However, it did prompt me to try and update the BIOS. According to the download page I can do this via windows rather than make a boot CD. The downloaded file has no .exe though. Am I looking in the wrong place? Is there a BIOS upgrade for an M4 with an .exe in it somewhere?
I have tried a search here and in support in general but I'm not seeing any answers that actually help with this. Updating from a CD makes me nervous so please help me find the file!
Thanks.

Hi,
I used the Tecra M4 beta bios update for Vista when it was available on the USA site. It was the only way I could get Vista to perform an install (Vista new I needed a bios update and would exit the install). Once I updated the BIOS, Vista installed just fine. I have since downloaded and installed the updated drivers and applications from Toshiba and all is work perfectly. Toshiba has posted all of the updates in the support section for my model since the official launch of Vista and taken down the beta Vista page where all of the beta drivers were for all of the different models. I am concerned that they have posted all of the updates, but the BIOS update I had to use is missing from the update list! Does anyone know if they plan to post a final BIOS update, or was the bios just an over sight and left off the list? I am not comfortable running a PC with a BIO version I no longer have access to. I only see the older BIOS versions on the support site.

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