Delay Windows Vista Product Activation
Microsoft requires that Windows Vista owners activate their copy with a valid product activation key within 30 days. Failure to do so would cause the operating system to enter into a "reduced functionality" mode.
However, there's a workaround using a registry key called SkipRearm, that was created for IT departments and OEMs to delay Windows Vista's 30-day product activation time-limit indefinitely:
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Specifies that the computer will be rearmed, restoring the computer to the original, out-of-box state. All activation-related licensing and registry data is removed or reset, and any grace period timers are also reset. This is the default value.
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Specifies that the computer will not be rearmed and the computer will not be restored to its original, out-of-box state. All activation-related licensing and registry data will remain and will not be reset. Similarly, any grace period timers will not be reset.
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Makes us wonder if software pirates would take advantage of this feature to indefinitely use unactivated copies of Windows Vista ;)
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