Recently a new method to bypass Windows Vista’s 30 day trial period has surfaced. With a simple registry tweak, you can take that 30-day activation deadline and bypass it! possibly forever.
How?!
Step 1. While running a copy of Windows Vista that hasn’t yet been activated, click the Start button, type regedit into the Search box, then press Enter to launch the Registry Editor.
Step 2. Explore down to the following Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ SL
Step 3. Right-click the Registry key named SkipRearm and click Edit. The default is a Dword (a double word or 4 bytes) with a hex value of 00000000. Change this value to any positive integer, such as 00000001, save the change, and close the Registry Editor.
Step 4. Start a command prompt with administrative rights. The fastest way to do this is to click the Start button, enter cmd in the Search box, then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter. If you’re asked for a network username and password, provide the ones that log you into your domain. You may be asked to approve a User Account Control prompt and to provide an administrator password.
Step 5. Type one of the following two commands and press Enter:
slmgr -rearm
or
rundll32 slc.dll,SLReArmWindows
Either command uses Vista’s built-in Software Licensing Manager (SLMGR) to push the activation deadline out to 30 days after the command is run. Changing SkipRearm from 0 to 1 allows SLMGR to do this an indefinite number of times. Running either command initializes the value of SkipRearm back to 0.
Step 6. Reboot the PC to make the postponement take effect. (After you log in, if you like, you can open a command prompt and run the command slmgr -xpr to see Vista’s new expiration date and time.)
Enjoy!
Source: /.
By Dan July 13, 2007 - 5:35 pm
I wish this really worked, it doesnt seem to do anything and i followed the intructions, i wish it would
By Varz October 17, 2007 - 6:03 am
Hey Dan! Use the Vista one click activation crack by team Paradox!
It totally works! By the way i have vista home premium and i used the activation crack and now my copy is activated!
By Drake December 22, 2007 - 12:33 am
VISTA SUX HARDCORE
By Zeke December 22, 2007 - 1:16 am
Just download linux. Its free, no hassle. I’m not some uber fanboy, just give it a shot. You may like it.
http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
By Mkcornick December 22, 2007 - 7:22 am
or try this: http://rufino-city.myminicity.com/
By :evil: December 24, 2007 - 2:02 am
By dave December 26, 2007 - 3:04 pm
I’m with Zeke on this one – Ubuntu is probably the simplest distro for the Linux n00b, yet it offers some pretty serious firepower to more advanced users. It’s a great distro, and every six months it just gets better.
I wouldn’t consider myself an uber fanboy either. Ubuntu is on par with XP, far superior to Win2k or Vista (and no, I didn’t screw that up… Vista is primarily composed of bloated suck and fail. It is designed to separate fools from their money, both as an OS and in its obscene hardware requirements)
By John December 27, 2007 - 6:43 pm
I’m using Ubuntu right now. its way better then both xp and vista, both of which I have used extensively.
By Stan December 30, 2007 - 6:29 pm
vista sucks
By Leon January 8, 2008 - 4:37 am
Knowing Micro$oft, they’ve probably fixed this by now, and will release it in Vista SP1.
By Angelo January 8, 2008 - 12:08 pm
Vista? LOL!
Oh my GOD the worst program ever. Stay with XP!
By AntiOldschoolPPL January 15, 2008 - 5:00 am
Angelo..
I remember there are lots of people saying the same thing.. stay with Windows2000, XP is the worst program ever.. you’re now using XP.. I’m sure you’ll stay stay with Vista.. few years later.. MUHAHAHA… old school fool
By antuz March 27, 2008 - 1:07 pm
It worked perfetly well for me! Thanks!!!
By insespeli October 23, 2008 - 9:33 am
There was this guy see.
He wasn’t very bright and he reached his adult life without ever having learned “the facts”.
Somehow, it gets to be his wedding day.
While he is walking down the isle, his father tugs his sleeve and says,
“Son, when you get to the hotel room…Call me”
Hours later he gets to the hotel room with his beautiful blushing bride and he calls his father,
“Dad, we are the hotel, what do I do?”
“O.K. Son, listen up, take off your clothes and get in the bed, then she should take off her clothes and get in the bed, if not help her. Then either way, ah, call me”
A few moments later…
“Dad we took off our clothes and we are in the bed, what do I do?”
O.K. Son, listen up. Move real close to her and she should move real close to you, and then… Ah, call me.”
A few moments later…
“DAD! WE TOOK OFF OUR CLOTHES, GOT IN THE BED AND MOVED REAL CLOSE, WHAT DO I DO???”
“O.K. Son, Listen up, this is the most important part. Stick the long part of your body into the place where she goes to the bathroom.”
A few moments later…
“Dad, I’ve got my foot in the toilet, what do I do?”
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