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 Posted: Thu, 15th Mar 2007 22:40 Post subject: Indefinately postpone activation with a simple reg change! |
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The following describes the Registry key that's involved.
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. I explained the slmgr command and its parameters in my Feb. 15 article.)
Step 7. To extend the activation deadline of Vista indefinitely, repeat steps 1 through 6 as necessary.
http://windowssecrets.com/comp/070315#story1
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| Posted: Thu, 15th Mar 2007 23:06 Post subject: |
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Yeah, but it's still not a true way to indefinately postpone Activation, it's a workaround. And what happens if you forget to rearm? Go on a vacation? I think timerstop and BIOS cracks are preferable.
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| Posted: Thu, 15th Mar 2007 23:33 Post subject: |
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True. For you and I and other on this site maybe.
However, this is something that genuine users of Windows can use to install Vista on more than one PC with the minimum of effort. They don't have to search for the relevant cracks or hacks and possibly infect their machines with a trojan.
Of course a hack or a crack would save you having to remember to rearm or write a batch file that automatically does it for you. However using this technique you can have a year or more usage of Vista right out of the box with very little tom foolery and without risking your PC to trojans or spyware by downloading the wrong hack/crack.
I was highlighting another weakness in Vista that allows casual copying of its OS, despite all the money and effort that has gone into preventing piracy.
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Mar 2007 00:18 Post subject: |
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Have you personally tried this method beyond 3 re-arms? This was floating around the anti-WPA forums months ago. No one could get it to work for a 4th or 5th rearm. If you are using this for a primary system, I would burn through your "free" re-arms and try this method early before you swear off timerstop or the activation cracks.
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