Activation bypass vista

The same one-line command that postpones Vista's activation deadline to days can be used an indefinite number of times by first changing a Registry key from 0 to 1.

This isn't a hacker exploit. It doesn't require any tools or utilities whatsoever. Microsoft even documented the Registry key, although obtusely, on its Technet site. But dishonest PC sellers could use the procedure to install thousands of copies of Vista and sell them to unsuspecting consumers or businesses as legitimately activated copies. 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. 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 Change this value to any positive integer, such as , save the change, and close the Registry Editor. Step 4. Start a command prompt with administrative rights. 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. 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.

Step 7. To extend the activation deadline of Vista indefinitely, repeat steps 1 through 6 as necessary. Any crooked PC seller with even the slightest technical skill could easily install a command file that would carry out steps 1 through 6 automatically.

The program could run slmgr -rearm three times, 30 days apart, to postpone Vista's activation deadline to days. It could then run skip -rearm every 30 days, for a period of months if not years, by first resetting the SkipRearm key.

The program could be scheduled to check Vista's activation deadline during every reboot, and to remind the user to reboot once a month if a deadline was nearing.

The buyer of such a PC would never even see an activation reminder, much less be required to go through the activation process. If you happen to buy a Vista PC from a little-known seller, and the price was too good to be true, use Vista's search function to look for the string SkipRearm in files. I asked Microsoft why SkipRearm is included in Vista if it can be used to create machines that appear not to need activation for long periods. A Microsoft spokewoman replied, "I connected with my colleagues and learned, unfortunately, we do not have information to share at this time.

In my testing of Microsoft's back-door loophole, I've found that the technique can be used to postpone the activation deadline one year or longer. It may or may not, however, work forever, as I describe below. Why does SkipRearm even exist in Vista? The Vista development teaam apparently inserted the SkipRearm loophole to help major corporations work around Microsoft's new Volume Licensing Agreement.

This new program, which the Redmond company calls "Volume Licensing 2. Companies must choose from two types of digital keys and three different methods of activation to validate thousands of individual Vista machines within the corporate LAN. Activation of Windows XP, by comparison, requires merely that volume purchasers use a single product key. Download the crack Windows. Click OK and close the Properties window.

Restart the computer and boot up in the Safe Mode. Overwrite and replace the tokens. You may need to take ownership and full control of the file by following step 5 — 9. Reboot and restart the computer, and bootup in normal mode.

Alternatively go to Start and type in slui. Or download the Windows. Run the genuine and activated Vista. Set the date to year Create and format the partition or hard disk that will be used to fresh install new Windows Vista. Next, install VISTA, do not enter any serial number so that user has day window period for activation as trial demo that valid till instead of only working for 3 days due to illegal, ban, pirated, expired or not working and not genuine license key. Extract the downloaded archive file into a folder.

Optional: Press in Test button, and it will pop up a message says 4 timers are stopped. At this time, the counter should be freezed, Check with slmgr. The crack will copy the patched stoptimer.

Exit from the crack, and restart the computer. The hacking is basically done. Next few steps to to verify that the activation grace period built-in countdown timer is actually stopped and disable the timers from working properly, and make sure that the crack is installed properly. After restart, log on to Windows Vista. Run for a few minutes. Type slmgr.

With the crack, you will have the following in the registry: Windows Registry Editor Version 5. Update : There are now automated Vista activation crack tools that apply the above patching steps automatically, namely TimerLock more realiable , TimeStop which apply TimerStop.