When you install Vista, you don’t actually need to input a license key. Vista will give you 30 days before requiring the key before throttling down to Restricted mode. But you can extend that eight times with this simple fix, allowing you to make major hardware upgrades without having to reactivate the OS.
To reset the timer to 30 days, open a command-line window in Administrative mode, then type slmgr-rearm. This starts the 30-day countdown a new, no matter how much time is left on your first countdown. You can do this three times (for 120 days total) before it won’t work any more.
You can give yourself another 240 days by making one registry tweak. Type regedit in the Start menu search box and press Enter; then navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\SL. In the right pane, right click Skip Rearm and click Modify. Change the 0 to a 1. You should now be able to do the rearm trick above eight more times.
Note: We make no promises that Microsoft won’t patch this behavior before day 360 rolls around.
To reset the timer to 30 days, open a command-line window in Administrative mode, then type slmgr-rearm. This starts the 30-day countdown a new, no matter how much time is left on your first countdown. You can do this three times (for 120 days total) before it won’t work any more.
You can give yourself another 240 days by making one registry tweak. Type regedit in the Start menu search box and press Enter; then navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\SL. In the right pane, right click Skip Rearm and click Modify. Change the 0 to a 1. You should now be able to do the rearm trick above eight more times.
Note: We make no promises that Microsoft won’t patch this behavior before day 360 rolls around.
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