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Extend Windows Vista Trial to 120 Days
NOTE: This is not illegal! It simply allows those who need more time to test/trial Vista the ability to do so before making a choice as to whether or not they will buy it. Many people don't know it, but there is actually a way to extend the trial period of Windows Vista from 30 days to 120 days (roughly). If you haven't activated Vista yet, press the Windows Start + Pause/Break buttons on your keyboard. This should open a window which will display basic information about your computer. You will see the remaining trial days left... for the time being anyway! Type cmd into the Start menu search box and then press Crtl+Shift+Enter. This will open the command prompt in administrator mode. Now run the following command from the prompt: slmgr -rearm
It will take a minute or two but eventually you a window will pop up. Click OK and then restart your computer. After it has restarted, press the Windows Start + Pause/Break buttons on your keyboard and you should see that your trial period has now gone back to 30 days. Note: If you want to get a full 120 days trial, you will need to use this command on day 29 or 30 of your trial. You can only use this command 3 times before Microsoft ends you Vista trialling experience and chucks you into Reduced Functionality Mode, which you can't do a great deal with! If you are already locked out (Reduced Functionality Mode) Good news, you can still reactivate Vista if you have more resets left. If you've already used up all 3, then you are out of luck, but if not, you can follow these steps to unlock your computer again. 1. Open up Internet Explorer and type C:\ into the address bar. You'll be prompted by the UAC.
2. Now type in C:\Windows\System32\ into the address bar, and find the cmd.exe file. Right-click it and choose Run as Administrator.
3. Now use the same command as mentioned above.
4. You should see a message saying that the computer is rearmed. Restart the computer at this point. |
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