How to bypass Vista 30 days activation
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Next way how to bypass Vista 30 days activation. This how to is for Windows Vista Ultimate Edition.
You’ll get 30 days limit to use it but you can bypass the 30 days activation easily with this hack. Try it at your own risk.
Where to get Windows Vista?
Go here: Windows Vista RTM build 6000.16386 DOWNLOAD
The hack:
1.
When the first time you install Windows Vista, plug-off your internet cable.
2.
Go to BIOS (by pressing F2/DEL/F10) and set your computer date to the maximum (as example: 2070)
3.
Boot in Windows Vista’s installation and install like usual. When “Product Key” screen pop-ups, just leave it blank and press “enter”. Untick the box “automatically activate Windows when I’m online” and continue your installation.
4.
During the first boot to Windows Vista, click the clock at System Tray and choose “change date and time settings”. Click Internet time, and then “change settings”. Untick the box “synchronize with WIndows Time Server” , then click OK and exit.
5.
Restart your Windows Vista. Go to the BIOS again and now set the correct time. You will notice that the time in system tray will follow the time that has been set in BIOS.
6.
Click start and then Run. Type slmgr.vbs -dlv and press enter. Wait for one window to open. There, you will see a lot of data and information. Go to the last line and you will notice that “about 43196 left on evaluation” is written at the line.
7.
Reboot, do step 6 and see if the value is still the same. If not, you have to do all the previous steps again.
8.
In a nutshell, with this hack everytime Windows Vista restart it will reset the evaluation time back to 30 days, until 2070. That’s mean you don’t have to crack anything and can run Windows update as usual.
Note:
The evaluation will expire if you on your computer for 30 days non-stop. Don’t enable “Synchronize with an Internet Time Server” otherwise Vista will overwrite the time that you have set in your BIOS.
