Paradox activate + WGA for 32bit Vista
section: download, for your questions: KezNews forum, 23.4.2007
Thanks to shudogg for this post in our forum. shudogg wrote: This is the best Windows Vista Crack I have found. It is by Paradox, and some of you may have seen it in Pantheon's Vista Ultimate release.
Included is keys for every version so you can install which one you want, and then follow the fix rules. This is the best way to crack Vista, no timestop bs. Also with this fix, you can still get Windows Updates Wink and MS can't tell the difference.
How does it work?
Microsoft allows large hardware manufacturers (e.g. ASUS, HP, Dell) to ship their products
containing a Windows Vista installation that does NOT require any kind of product activation as
this might be considered an unnecessary inconvenience for the end-user.
Instead these so-called 'Royalty OEMs' are granted the right to embed certain license information
into their hardware products, which can be validated by Windows Vista to make obtaining further
activation information (online or by phone) obsolete.
This mechanism is commonly referred to as 'SLP 2.0' ('system-locked pre-installation 2.0') and
consists of the following three key elements:
1. The OEM's hardware-embedded BIOS ACPI_SLIC information signed by Microsoft.
2. A certificate issued by Microsoft that corresponds to the specific ACPI_SLIC information.
The certificate is an XML file found on the OEM's installation/recovery media,
ususally called something like 'oemname.xrm-ms'.
3. A special type of product key that corresponds to the installed edition of Windows Vista.
This key can usually be obtained from some installation script found on the OEM's
installation/recovery media or directly from a pre-installed OEM system.
If all three elements match Windows Vista's licensing mechansim considers the given
installation a valid system-locked pre-activated copy (that does not require any
additional product activation procedures).
So the basic concept of the tool at hand is to present any given BIOS ACPI_SLIC information to Windows
Vista's licensing mechanism by means of a device driver.
In combination with a matching product key and OEM certificate this allows for rendering any system
practically indistinguishable from a legit pre-activated system shipped by the respective OEM.
How do I use it?
Preliminary hint:
Most operations described below require elevated privileges, so disabling UAC (Run->MSCONFIG.EXE->
Tools->Disable UAC) for the time being is recommended, Of course, it can be safely re-enabled after
all steps have been performed. Otherwise OEMTOOL.EXE and some SLMGR.VBS operations must be explicitly
run with adminstrative privileges.
1. Install the Windows Vista x86 edition of your choice without entering any product key during setup.
Basically any Windows Vista x86 installation media will do, regardless if it's MSDN/Retail/OEM/...,
MSDN/Retail are recommended though.
2. Install the emulation driver.
Run OEMTOOL.EXE, select the OEM BIOS information to emulate (ASUS might be a good choice given the
fact that it's the only OEM for which a complete set of product keys is provided ;)) and hit the
'
' button.
Alternatively you can just right-click the ROYAL.INF file and chose 'Install' from the appearing
menu. This only allows for installing the default OEM BIOS information (ASUS) though and is strongly
discouraged unless OEMTOOL.EXE fails for some unknown reason.
When prompted about whether to install an unsigned driver, allow it.
(For some odd reason Microsoft didn't wanna sign this one...;))
3. Reboot your machine.
4. Install the OEM certificate matching your OEM selection during driver installation by running
SLMGR.VBS -ilc .XRM-MS
(e.g. "SLMGR.VBS -ilc C:\ASUS.XRM-MS" if you chose to install the default driver and extracted
the certificate file to C:\)
Note that this operation might take quite a while depending on your system, so be patient.
5. Install an OEM product key matching the installed edition of Windows Vista x86 by running
SLMGR.VBS -ipk
(e.g. "SLMGR.VBS -ipk 6F2D7-2PCG6-YQQTB-FWK9V-932CC" if you're running Windows Vista Ultimate using
the default emulation driver)
Note that this operation might take quite a while depending on your system, so be patient.
See PKEYS.TXT for a list of OEM product keys published by different OEMs.
6. Run 'SLMGR.VBS -dlv' or right-click 'Computer' and chose 'Properties' to verify your licensing status.
Due to the variety of possible combinations of different earlier Vista activation hacks we're not gonna
provide details on 'persuading' existing installations to accept this method.
During our test the general procedure depicted above worked out fine though, i.e. installing the emulation
driver, rebooting the machine and then using the officially documented ways of installing a matching OEM
certificate and product key should do the trick in all but the most messed up cases.
What's that '' button in OEMTOOL.EXE for?
It dumps the BIOS ACPI_SLIC information of any SLP 2.0-enabled OEM system.
The dump can consecutively be used to emulate ('clone') that information on any other system by specifying
the 'Custom' option.
Using this function on a system booted using the emulation driver will give a dump identical to the currently
emulated OEM BIOS information, so be sure to uninstall the driver and reboot the source machine first if you
intend to dump the actual hardware-embedded OEM BIOS data.
What are all those files for?
DIFXAPI.DLL - a runtime dll for Microsoft's DIFx API used by oemtool.exe
OEMTOOL.EXE - an application for installing/uninstalling the emulation driver
and dumping BIOS ACPI_SLIC information from any SLP 2.0-enabled
Windows Vista OEM system
PKEYS.TXT - contains a list of validated OEM product keys
README.TXT - this file
ROYAL.INF - driver .INF file, can be (ab)used to install the emulation driver
in case oemtool.exe fails to perform this task
ROYAL.SYS - the emulation device driver
CERTS\ACER.XRM-MS - the certificate that corresponds to the ACPI_SLIC information
emulated by the driver when 'Acer' has been selected during
driver installation
CERTS\ASUS.XRM-MS - the certificate that corresponds to the ACPI_SLIC information
emulated by the driver when 'ASUS' has been selected during
driver installation
CERTS\HEWLETT-PACKARD.XRM-MS - the certificate that corresponds to the ACPI_SLIC information
emulated by the driver when 'Hewlett-Packard' has been selected
during driver installation
CERTS\LENOVO.XRM-MS - the certificate that corresponds to the ACPI_SLIC information
emulated by the driver when 'Lenovo' has been selected during
driver installation
Enjoy,
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Comments(43)
disabled due to recent vista updates get with the times...
they already disabled it... im still using it.. but i havent updated the "important"
updates yet... oh well..
i updated all updates and paradox one is still fine
just use autopatcher instead of windows update, pick only the updates you need and it
should be fine
i need to crack windows vista home basic
what's this nonsense about that this is disabled. i have every update and it's still
workning.
yeah wtf im still running this exact crack and i also have all the updates
i have it installed, and have installed all updates minus kb931573, including all windows
defender updates
it's the same file released 2 months ago... nothing new. don't have anything new to
post on the site my friends ?
yes, this is the same paradox crack from before. nothing new here. just the read me text
file has been removed! but it still works great! and no it is not disabled. it is still
working great on my setup! i can download all the upgrades i want or don´t want! this is
just a repost for a great crack!!! i have but together a rar file with all the cracks that
have been post here on keznews and you can download them from these links! :-)
visa links:
http://www.verzend.be/v/1254952/windows_vista_retail_direct_download_links.rar.html
all vista cracks:
http://www.verzend.be/v/9484170/vista_x86_x64_cracks_all_of_them_.rar.html
i hav a assembled pc, the crack worked fine but the updates fixed that up...
but it still works on my hp notebook..
mayb branded pc/nb are not effected
what in the hell are you talking about???????????????????
this crack is a dead beat get over it, if you cant update your os to use certain updates
then y even have the ability to update it.... those of you whom wish to update without
restrictions may use the mbr
it may be old but it still works great on may pc, no problem at all with updates! :-)
wtg. paradox! :-) two thumbs up!!!!!!!
no problems here all updates installed asus p5wd2
it's not been disabled...still working perfectly...no problem at all
i tryed this crack, with it running in admin, and after i frboot, i get the blue screen
for royal.sys. please help!
owner: you probably have an nforce-based motherboard? the paradox crack won't work on
those, although there is a workaround that solves the problem at least for some nforce
chips. check the forums!
hi, i have vista 5840 pre-rtm will the paradox crack activate it???
it works for now. thanks guys for this great thing :) .
will vista ever be cracked ? until now we have only seen timers stopping or shits like
that, but no real cracks :(
everyone just switch to mac or linux and watch bill gates cower with fear.
will this work for 64bit or is there another crack for that?
it works like a magic, crack the vista like a charm.
i'm getting product key not valid messages using the ultimate oem product key. i have
vista running on a release candidate product key (will run out soon) and kb931573 was
installed (just uninstalled it, still doesn't like the product key at stage 5). any
ideas?
no problems here, i have all updates are installing and vista is still kicking. i also
have that update, below is the information on it from my computer. notice how they word
it.
update for windows vista (kb931573)
installation date:
4/13/2007 11:23 am
installation status: successful
update
type: recommended
install this update to resolve an issue where you may be prompted
to activate a pre-installed copy of windows vista. after you install this item, you may
have to restart your computer.
does this crack apply to all computer or laptop.i have a sony vaio can i use this crack
anyone????????????????????????????
if it's not working then obviously you probably shouldn't be messing around with
something that's beyond your mental capacity. i have this on my personal pc and have sold
it to 60+ people who have not had a problem at all.
it is the best vista crack i ever
saw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it's not hard to find bios images that have been modified to include slp, and they are
available online by motherboard model. i'm running a nice mod bios on my asus p5nsli, and
it's impossible to differentiate it from any oem asus bios. the emulator should also be
unpatchable in theory, since it's loaded pre-os. i think those that say patches have
fixed it may be having troubles from anti-virus being picky about the mbr.
guyz really need help, i tried this crack but i was unable to update the os moreover what
happens is that if i use oem bios tool then after i restart royal.sys give me blue screen
of death so i have to use system restore , i need to crack this vista thing cuz just 5days
left.
paradox crack is not working anymore. computer properties still show the few days left to
activate windows.
i applied the paradox crack and in computer properties it showed "windows is
activated". as soon as i run windows updates it shows again "30 days left to activate".
microsoft appears to have busted the paradox crack. so vista is yet to be cracked.
thi is the best
fcuk tihs cark. its jst a tmie wsate.
yuo cna't dwonlaod upadtse
fcuk
kez news
thanks team paradox 07! :)
i have no problem install update im running
ultimate for now
vista ultimate, via chipset, works with updates.
great work :-)
works great! i've installed all available updates without any trouble, running vista
ultimate 32bits on a msi k9n
im having trouble installing this crack.
i can install the emulation drivers(asus)
but i cant install the certificate (e.g. "slmgr.vbs -ilc c:\asus.xrm-ms")...its giving
me an error mesg. any help?
by the way, i have a dual boot system with winxp. will this crack work on it?
repeat process - timing window of slic process hook means successful procedure can fail
in uac disabled cmd fronted vbs store.
10 attempts should give about 75%
success
make first a copy of that file into that directory, it means you need to copy the file
"asus.xrm-ms" that u will find into the crack folder and paste in c:// dir, remember to
disable user control in msconfig utility, hope this helps
not working on
shuttle xpc
by -shuttle- on 16.05.2007 - 05:05
im having trouble installing this
crack.
i can install the emulation drivers(asus) but i cant install the certificate
(e.g. "slmgr.vbs -ilc c:\asus.xrm-ms")...its giving me an error mesg. any help?
donejgf'
By x on 24.04.2007 - 01:04