Delay or Extend Windows Vista Trial Install and Activation (WPA) Grace Timeout Period Hack
With just a few days after officially released to manufacturing (RTM), Windows Vista is widely distributed on the web, and any users with BT clients such as BitComet can download Windows Vista final release with built 6000 (Windows version 6.0.6000). Windows Vista users will need a valid RTM product key in order to activate the installed Vista in order to avoid computer been locked out into reduced functionality mode.
However, Windows Vista comes with a “trial” or “demo” evaluation mode that allows users to use Windows Vista with full features and functionalities with access to Windows Update for up to 30 days without the need to activate the OS. To install Windows Vista as trial demo or evaludation copy, DO NOT key in and type any product key when prompted during the Vista installation, so that Vista will be installed with default Microsoft key. Note that if any invalid or leaked Vista RTM product key is used, you will only have 3 days (or 14 days for pre-RTM product keys) to activate the Windows Vista operating system installed on your computer.
In trial or demo mode the trick is that there is a built in command that can be executed to extend or reset the activation expiry date twice, indirectly allows users to use Windows Vista in full functionality mode for up to 90 days without activation required. Only annoying part is the desktop will be marked with “‘Evaluation Copy Build 6000″. (Ways to remove evaluation copy watermark)
With 90 days, users can just wait for the retail release of Windows Vista to purchase it, or until some hackers releases a proper RTM product key, activation crack, bypass or workaround so that the Windows Vista will not lock down into reduced functionality mode 14 days (or 3 days) after entering the product key during installation. Anyway, the following trick should also extend the activation timeout period for another 14 days or 3 days even if you input the illegal or invalid product keys.
To extend the period of Windows Vista Product Activation grace period, use the following hack when the activation grace period of 30 days is almost timeout:
- Press WinKey + R to open the Run window, or open Command Prompt.
- Type the following command into the Open textbox, or from the Command Prompt:
sysprep /generalize
or
slmgr.vbs –rearm
or
rundll32 slc.dll,SLReArmWindows
- Click OK or press ENTER.
- Reboot the computer, and Windows Vista will give users another 30 more days for users to activate Windows Vista.
Simplified and updated tutorial on how to recover from RFM.
Related Articles
- How to Rearm and Extend Free Usage (Activation Grace Period) of Windows 7 to 120 Days
- How to Automatically Rearm and Extend Activation Grace Period in Windows Vista and Server 2008
- Use Rearm to Reset and Extend No-Activation Grace Period on Windows 7 Build 6956
- Windows Vista Activation Grace Period and 5 License States Explained
- Windows Vista ReArm Unlimited Patch Grace Period Crack to Skip Activation
- Vista OEM BIOS and Grace Period Exploit Activation Crack Detector To Release via WU
- Extend or Reset Trial Period of Trial Demo Software
- Official Way to Install and Use Windows Vista without Activation for Free for 120 Days
- Use Rearm and SkipRearm to Delay and Skip Vista Activation (Almost) Forever
- 64-bit (x64) Windows Vista Activation Timer Stopper Hack with TimerStop Crack
Entries (RSS)
November 23rd, 2007 10:06
[...] The computer has recovered from Reduced Functionality for this session. To permanently stop RFM to happen again, Vista has to be rearmed. [...]
November 14th, 2007 13:50
[...] Else you can temporarily instead without any serial key for evaluation usage up to 120 days (by rearm up to 3 times) or search for anti WPA or activation crack for Windows Vista. Get help or contribute tips or [...]
November 14th, 2007 13:28
[...] features of Windows Vista. By default too, Microsoft allows not yet validated Windows Vista to be ‘rearmed’ (or extend the grace period to activate Windows Vista without restricting to R… for up to 3 times. Hackers have released a crack called Vista Re-arm Unlimited Patch which is a [...]
November 6th, 2007 21:49
[...] series of operating system, can be extended for free usage for up to 120 days with this simple rearm hack. Microsoft also built in a variable named SkipRearm as a key in registry. According to Vista [...]
February 17th, 2007 16:48
[...] full administrator rights and credentials to perform administrative tasks such as Vista activation, rearm or reset Vista trial period, changing product key and using “net use” command much faster than accessing the [...]
January 18th, 2007 00:48
[...] TimeStop v2 is a Chinese program that enhance and automate the Windows Vista activation crack of TimerStop.sys which used to permanently activate Windows Vista. TimerStop.sys hack stop the countdown timer of Vista activation, so that Windows Vista system will always have 30 days or 43200 minutes left without the need to reset or rearm the Vista timer. With countdown timer always at 30 days, technically Windows Vista is recognized as legitimate and genuine by Microsoft as evaluation period. The TimeStop crack for Windows Vista is called a idiot style of crack patch by the author, as the whole Windows Vista activation crack process is fully automated. The TimeStop patch v2 update the Timer Stopper patch (timerstop.sys) so that the crack can be applied and used to crack Windows activation on Windows Vista 64-bit (x64). Beside, it also include an algorithm to check if it’s run on Windows Vista operating system. If it detects that your OS is not Vista, it will prompt a critical error message (in Chinese language, basically mean “You aren’t using Windows Vista system, right? Are you trying to play me?”), and stop you from continue using the smart utility. Although the Vista activation crack utility is in Chinese, but it should work on English edition of Vista, as the core of it, TimerStop.sys is the same. [...]
December 23rd, 2006 00:17
[...] By default, Windows Vista allows interested users to evaluate the operating system with trial or demonstration (demo) period of up to 30 days. However, it’s possible to extend the time left to activate Windows Vista even after 30 days grace period has timeout or expired, by using -rearm switch for slmgr or slmrg.vbs command and script (software licensing manager). In normal installation, users are allowed to extend and delay the activation grace timing or use the Windows Vista without activation (in trial or evaluation mode) for up to the 30 days for maximum of 3 times (3 months or 120 days). With Vista ReArm Unlimited Patch, you can extend the 30 days no activation period for unlimited times. [...]
December 21st, 2006 14:33
[...] Hackers are going all out to crack Windows Vista activation procedure which is enhanced by Software Protection Platform (SPP). Until now, Microsoft has an upper hand, with no permanent or foolproof ways to crack or bypass Windows Vista activation request emerged. Instead, various workarounds and tricks to bypass, skip, delay, disable or spoof Vista activation has been suggestion, to various degree of success, such as extend evaluation period, rearm method, install Vista in future year, ‘frankenbuild’ Vista by replacing RTM build WPA files with RC build files, activate against spoofed KMS server, or run and activate Vista with own local KMS server and etc. Now, there is new crack method that able to permanently stop the countdown timer of time left to activate Windows Vista, effectively running Vista OS in full functionality evaluation mode forever. [...]
December 14th, 2006 05:46
Running ’slmgr -rearm’ at a command prompt as an administrator seems to do the same thing.
Also… I’ve installed Vista Ultimate from the MSDN release with no key and I’ve noticed no watermark before or after ‘rearming’.
November 23rd, 2006 00:59
[...] If an user install Windows Vista in trial or demo or evaluation mode, by skipping and not keying in any Windows product registration key when asked during installation of Windows Vista. The problem is that in evaluation copy of Windows Vista RTM final release, a watermark message will display on the right corner of the desktop: [...]
November 12th, 2006 08:33
[...] Windows Vista enthusiasts and lovers already can download final RTM version gold release of Windows Vista from the Internet, way before the scheduled and target release date of Windows Vista to retail customer on early 2007. However, unless you have a hand on corporate volume license key (VLK), as Windows Vista is not yet officially goes on sale, so you won’t possible to purchase a license to get hold on a legal and genuine product key to activate and Windows Vista product activation (WPA) process to validate that the copy of Vista is genuine. In this situation, so in the situation that you’re having problem to successfully complete Windows Vista activation, or wish to bypass and skip the activation process, you can install Windows Vista in trial demo mode and extend the grace period for activation for longer usage when the activation expiry date closing by. Else, users need to use some tricks and hacks to “activate” Windows Vista (or make Windows Vista to believe itself has been activated). Try the following cracks and hacks to properly install Windows Vista without activation or to crack Vista activation so that WPA can be bypassed, skipped or avoided. (both not tested, but should works) [...]
November 12th, 2006 00:49
[...] Trick: Extend Windows Vista activation grace period timeout. [...]