Hack 5

Since Launch of SP1 many cracks have been disabled by Microsoft.. But if you want to enjoy Vista / Server 2008 forever.. Here is a nifty solution you could follow to activate vista/ server 2008 with the help of Task Scheduler
 


On the Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 system, copy and paste the following Task code to text editor such as Notepad. In the Task, change the value of the following UserID tag (as in domain\alias line) to contain domain name and user name alias (for user on domain Active Directory), or local host name and user ID (for standalone Windows Vista user). Then save it as a .xml file. For example, ReArm.xml or Extend.xml.

Full text code for XML file is here

Or, download a copy of ReArm.xml directly (you still need to change the “UserID”.
Click Start, point to Administrative Tools (in Windows Vista, go to Control Panel -> System and Maintenance), and then click Task Scheduler.
In the Task Scheduler, click Import Task on the “Action” menu.
Select the task .xml file saved from above above. For example, click Extend.xml or ReArm.xml.
Click Import.
A “Create Task” window will appear. Click the Triggers tab.


Click the One Time trigger, and then click Edit.
Change the start date of the task to a date just before the end of current evaluation period (activation grace period expiry date).

User can also customize the schedule so that the Task Scheduler automates the rearm of system license status every 30 days (for Windows Vista) or 60 days (for Windows Server 2008) for 3 times. For example, change to Daily with recurring every 30 or 60 days, and then set an Expire date for the task after 120 days or 240 days.
Click OK, and then exit the Task Scheduler.

The Task Scheduler will now run the evaluation reset and rearm operation on the date that been specified automatically to extend the free usage of Windows operating system.

Via : [ mydigitallife ]

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