Using Vista for one year does not require activation?

A computer expert has just discovered how to delay multiple requests to activate the new Windows operating system just by changing some information in the registry. However, Microsoft calls it "hacking".

This vulnerability is located in the " Skip Rearm " function. If the user types " slmgr -rearm " and then adjusts the key value Skip Rearm from 0 to 1, they can "fire" the activation procedure multiple times. Brian Livingston, who found the way, experimented and found the system to accept this eight times, figuring out almost a year of comfortable use.

Microsoft instructions specify how to reset the timer to activate Vista.Screen shot .

" We have recently been notified of Windows Vista hacking ," said David Lazar, WGA copyright protection program director. " Although it is only the initial judgment, we still actively control the acts of stealing intellectual property of the company ."

According to the Vista operating system rules, users need to activate within 30 days after installation to fully enjoy the features. Microsoft will often request this activation process to detect illegal users.

And Livingston thinks this is not stealing. " Skip Rearm feature is written in writing on Microsoft's website ," he said. According to its instructions, users can use the sysprep / generalize command to reset the activation process up to 3 times. " You can skip the reset clock by using SkipRearm in the Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC tool. This will help you run sysprep multiple times without having to reset the clock. ", this document is written.

" Microsoft has disabled this feature in Vista Home Basic and Home Premium versions ," Livingston said. " As I understand it, they leave the ability to reset in the enterprise version so that companies do not have trouble with their work without activating it yet ."

Microsoft representatives said they will lock this feature whenever they want.