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Change Vista Product Key
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If you ever need to change your Vista product key, rest assured you can do so without having to reinstall the operating system. There is a command line tool included with Vista that lets you type in a new product key.
To change your Vista product key:
- Click on the Start Button and type Command Prompt in the search field.
- From the list that appears, right click the Command Prompt shortcut and select Run As Administrator.
- At the administrator command prompt, type in “slmgr.vbs -ipk [insert your product key here]”
- To activate windows after changing the key, run “slmgr.vbs -ato”
3 Comments
the oracle
June 11th, 2008
at 3:32pm
Since Vista can be installed w/o a key, to be added later, that takes away the need for removing it from an image used for many machines, as used with XP.
So what is the valid reason for doing this?
Windows Vista Help
June 16th, 2008
at 2:24pm
Thanks for the informative post.Cheers
John
November 11th, 2008
at 1:37pm
In our computer shop, to bulk install vista on the laptops and then match the COA stickers we use the Vista Key Changer, here it is:
http://www.moonvalleysoft.com/product_info.php?products_id=37
It is good because it has illimited number of changes, did not fail even once till now