Vista: Activation Reset or Delay

Contributor Icon Contributed by cozofdeath Date Icon January 17, 2007  
Tag Icon Tagged: Microsoft Vista

This is not an illegal crack. According to the Sysprep Technical Reference, this method can be used to delay the activation requirements in Vista.


After the installation of Vista you have 30 days to activate.

Failing to active will limit the system to Reduced Functionality Mode (RFM).

Using the following command, you can reset Vista’s activation clock up to 3 times.

This can be done by running the following command from a command prompt:

\windows\system32\sysprep /generalize

*Note: This is not for Key Management Service (KMS) clients.

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  • Anonymous
    Can you please give me a bit more detail on how to use this??
    if my windows drive is c drive am i suppose to type
    "c:windowssystem32sysprepsysprep.exe /generalize" if i do this it launches the sysprep tool. am i suppose to use this??
    Thanks in advance
  • cozofdeath
    Yes, sorry I should have explained more.

    When sysprep tool opens select "Enter System Out-of-Box Experience" and click generalize, then reboot.
  • kwhoff
    Or skip the gui by using the /quiet switch.
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