Vista May Be Run Without Activation For A Year, legally?
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A simple change to Vista’s registry can postpone activation by at least a year, perhaps indefinitely, reports Computer World.
Microsoft declares it a “hack,” while the well known, Windows researcher and expert, Brian Livingston calls it “a documented feature.”
No matter what you call it, it shouldn’t be used to pirate Vista. Only to postpone activation on legally purchased copies of Enterprise and Ultimate Vista Editions.
[How to run Vista legally without activation … for at least a year]
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Vista Controversary - What’s Legal And What’s Not? « The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP
March 20th, 2007
at 4:46am
[…] I read with interest the posting by fellow Lockergnome writer “userbingeeks musings” in which he made reference to a article by Brian Livingston concerning running Microsoft’s Vista operating system and being able to use it for 1 year without having to activate the software. But what is even more interesting is that Brian Livingston takes this one step further and thinks there may even be a way to extend the activation indefinitely. […]