gHacks technology news » vista activation period http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:08:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Extend the Vista activation period http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/03/extend-the-vista-activation-period/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/03/extend-the-vista-activation-period/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:49:11 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/03/extend-the-vista-activation-period/ 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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