Activate WIndows Vista
A simple trick that let's you use Vista infinitely.. Registry Instructions for SkipRearm Preliminary experiment, check the activation expiry date with the command: slmgr -xpr Launch Regedit. Click the Start Orb and write regedit and click on it. Navigate to this path: ** HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SL Double-click SkipRearm and change the value to 1. Note: this registry hack does not make any sense on a machine which has already been activated! Now remember to run the 30 day extension command: slmgr -rearm Restart the machine. After it reboots, run slmgr -xpr and check the expiry date. Check the registry setting SkipRearm, slmgr resets the value to zero. Screen Shot of SkipRearm