Comments on: Does the Skiprearm hack really work to extend the Vista activation?

By: H3R3T3K

H3R3T3K — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:00:22 +0000

thanks Michael ..

There is a 64 bit version..
thats what i’m after now..

I’ll post the link incase anyone else
is interested ..

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:45:25 +0000

H3R3T3K, Wikipedia says that Vista supports softice: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftICE

By: H3R3T3K

H3R3T3K — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:51:24 +0000

I am running vista ultimate x64..
none of the hacks online work for a machine in RFM
i am running keygens atm to get a legit serial

is there an app like softice for vista ?

ill post if i find 1

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:12:29 +0000

Joel, not that I know of. But feel free to digg it.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:12:32 +0000

Just curious, was this posted on Digg?

By: chris

chris — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:28:36 +0000

Id have to say this does indeed work for me,no not the skiprearm but the 3 extention’s,im using ultimate upgrade.And yes it does not work at all,ive tried everything. So its bullsh*t.But you dont have to wait 3 month’s,instead forward your clock and reboot ,the activation date will change.then try slmgr and will set back to 30days .Oh ya dont update certain updates from microsoft,they seem to be setting up more updates for hack’s then fixes,assholes.There is a fix of course and work’s,as long as you dont update some updates from asshole’s.Extend 30days works!.www.darksith.com

By: Joel

Joel — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:12:41 +0000

I let my vista test machine slip into RFM – which basically leaves you with only a web browser when you logon. This happens 30 days after Installing Vista (I am using the Enterprise Edition for my testing). One old trick I used was to type C:\ into IE address bar, which allowed me to browse and run regedit. From here I modified the registry key SkipRearm per Brian Livingston’s article, and ran the slmgr command (as administrator). This seemed to work as described to extend my activation period for another 30 days. I will keep trying this and see if I get more that 120 days of unactivated Vista testing.

By: The Geek

The Geek — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:30:39 +0000

I’ve tested it quite a bit using Ultimate edition, and it doesn’t work for me at all.

Frankly, I think the need to extend past 120 days is nonexistent and would only be used by scammers. If the hole really does exist, nobody could fault MS for fixing the problem.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:01:46 +0000

Thanks, I am not so sure about it. Livingston is still insisting that it works. Check out this article at Computerworld.

By: The Geek

The Geek — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:48:41 +0000

Good post.

I found the same thing, it doesn’t work at all, and the explanation from MS makes a lot of sense.