Did you know that it is possible to extend the 30 day evaluation period of Windows Vista to a maximum of 120 days with a single command from the command line ? You can use the following command to reset the counter up to three times to use Vista for a period of up to 120 days without activating it.
Open the command line by hitting Windows + R, typing cmd and pressing enter. Use the -rearm option of the file Slmgr.vbs to extend the period, the command would look like this: Slmgr.vbs -rearm ; This if of course not the real deal but should be helpful if you have no time to activate Vista in the first 30 days.
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Just came across these sites:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/techguarantee/worldwide.mspx
and vlite.net seems to be a cool tool before installing it.
Seems like there is no need to actually purchase Vista if I am reading this stuff correctly.
I thought you could use this to extend Vista for basically ever.
Okay Im an idiot, sorry for the above comment. Thats only good if you purchased xp in the past 3-4 months (I had to for work). I should of mentioned that before.
You can only did this 3 times before it locks you out.
First 30 days + 30 + 30 + 30 = 120