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Software Licensing Management Tool Options

Many users appeal to the Software Licensing Management Tool only to reset the evaluation period of an unregistered copy of Windows. Most of us know it by its shortened name, slmgr, and it can do much more. As its name clearly states, it can handle any operation related to licensing the operating system, from changin...

30 November 2011
22:31 GMT

Installing a Product Key and Activating Windows 8 Developer Preview

Early adopters putting the first public pre-beta of Windows 8 through its paces know by now that not only is a product key not provided by Microsoft along with the ISO images of the Developer Preview Build, but that it’s also not needed during the installation process. There’s a simple enough reason f...

29 October 2011
07:51 GMT

Making Windows 7 Build 6956 Survive Until Expiration

The development milestones of Windows 7, be them pre-Beta or fully-fledged Beta, are time-bombed, as is the case with all Microsoft pre-release software. When it comes down to the Milestone 3 releases of the next iteration of the Windows client, the expiration date is officially set to August 1, 2009. This despite th...

15 December 2008
03:42 GMT

Uninstalling Vista Product Keys Activates the Platform's Kill Switch

Windows Vista introduces a new tool on top of what its predecessor Windows XP had to offer in terms of dealing with licensing resources, from the product key to information related to the activation status of a machine. The Windows Software Licensing Management Tool can be accessed via the "slmg.vbs" command and will...

21 February 2008
04:26 GMT

Rearming Vista SP1 to Live 120 Days with No Product Key

With Windows Vista, Microsoft brought to the table an entirely overhauled activation architecture compared to Windows XP. Vista users had the possibility to install and test drive the operating system, without entering a product key. Deploying Vista without entering an activation code threw the operating system into ...

10 January 2008
10:08 GMT

Extend the Vista Grace Period to 120 Days within a Virtual Machine

The Windows Software Licensing Management Tool is without any doubt a superb feature of Windows Vista. Microsoft's latest operating system, comes with a default Initial Grace Period of 30 days. When you install Windows Vista, the setup process will at a certain point require you to enter the product key. However...

23 May 2007
07:40 GMT

Microsoft Confirms Brute Force Windows Vista Crack

Windows Vista KeyGen is a tool based on SLMGR, the vbs script used as the Licensing Manager in the operating system. Microsoft has confirmed the existence of the Vista hack and the method used. Vista KeyGen is designed to crack out legitimate and valid Windows Vista activation keys. However, a representative from the...

3 March 2007
03:48 GMT


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