Barking_Mad
New Member
Hi, I recently installed a copy of Vista Ultimate for a test run. I got comfortable with it and unfortunatley the 30 Day activation grace period expired before i could migrate some files from it.
I have read that its possible to reset the the activation grace period a few times using "slmgr -rearm", however since im already locked out at login i cant access the cmd shell directly.
I was planning on running a .bat/.cmd script to do it for me at startup using autoexec but it seems that vista doesnt use this anymore.
Anyone know of a good way around this problem? I.E execute a bat/cmd script and rearm an expired Vista account so i can shift some files and settings to my new installation?
Id rather not loose the data if possible and its unfortunatley tied to the user account.
I have read that its possible to reset the the activation grace period a few times using "slmgr -rearm", however since im already locked out at login i cant access the cmd shell directly.
I was planning on running a .bat/.cmd script to do it for me at startup using autoexec but it seems that vista doesnt use this anymore.
Anyone know of a good way around this problem? I.E execute a bat/cmd script and rearm an expired Vista account so i can shift some files and settings to my new installation?
Id rather not loose the data if possible and its unfortunatley tied to the user account.
