Activate WIndows Vista

A simple trick that let's you use Vista infinitely..

Registry Instructions for SkipRearm

1. Preliminary experiment, check the activation expiry date with the command: slmgr -xpr
2. Launch Regedit. Click the Start Orb and write regedit and click on it.
3. Navigate to this path:
   ** HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SL
4. Double-click SkipRearm and change the value to 1.
5. Note: this registry hack does not make any sense on a machine which has already been activated!
6. Now remember to run the 30 day extension command: slmgr -rearm
7. Restart the machine. After it reboots, run slmgr -xpr and check the expiry date.
8. Check the registry setting SkipRearm, slmgr resets the value to zero.

Screen Shot of SkipRearm