{"id":363,"date":"2007-01-31T20:17:26","date_gmt":"2007-01-31T20:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/2007\/extend-your-vista-trial-to-a-120-days\/"},"modified":"2013-08-26T18:14:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T23:14:39","slug":"extend-your-vista-trial-to-a-120-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/extend-your-vista-trial-to-a-120-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Extend your Vista "Trial" to a 120 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite posts, warnings, pages, and articles to the contrary all over the web, Windows Vista does<\/em> have a trial version. It may be hard to get your hands on a legal copy of the Vista DVD without resorting to illegal means, but once you do, you can legally use it for 120 days – fully sanctioned and supported by Microsoft itself.\n<\/p>\n

Just boot from the DVD, install without using a product key, and start using Windows. When your 30 day “grace period” prior to activation runs out, open up a command wind (Start -> Run -> cmd.exe) and type this in:\n<\/p>\n

slmgr -rearm <\/code><\/p>\n

Then exit the command prompt, and you’re done. It’s that easy. You “rearm” your copy of Windows Vista like this 3 times, so (including the original 30 day trial), that’s a 120 days total – ignoring the additional time you can by running it in “limited functionality” mode: when the ticker stops ticking and Aero dies out on you.\n<\/p>\n

When the ticker stops ticking and you’ve rearmed Vista all you can, you then have two choices. Either format and reinstall, or get on the line with a Microsoft sales agent, and buy yourself a Vista license – if you get OEM you can save hundreds of dollars:\n<\/p>\n

  • Vista Home Basic OEM – $100 <\/li>\n
  • Vista Home Premium OEM – $120 <\/li>\n
  • Vista Business OEM – $150 <\/li>\n
  • Vista Ultimate OEM – $200\n

    At any rate – at least you now have a choice. It’s ironic given how Microsoft has just decimated everything most people know about upgrade licenses<\/a>, but yes, now they’re being lenient with you.\n<\/p>\n

    [via Coding Horror<\/a>]\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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