License Information for Vista

Information

This will allow you to check to see whether your computer has been activated properly by telling you the operating system and the edition, what type of license you have such as a Volume License or Multiple Activation key or a standard retail copy, gives part of the product key for your verification and the status of the activation.

NOTE

You can verify if you have a genuine copy of Vista here: Genuine Microsoft Software To see the license terms for Vista, see: Microsoft: License Terms for Software Licensed from Microsoft

WARNING

You will need to be logged on to an administrator account.

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1. Open the Start Menu.
2. In the white line (Start Search) area, Copy and Paste a command option (A to D) below in bold below that you want to do and press Enter. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: It will take about 10 seconds for the display window to pop up with the license information. For a complete list of commands, see step 2D.

A) slmgr.vbs -dli = To display partial license information. (See screenshot below)



B) slmgr.vbs -dlv = To display detailed license information. (See screenshot below)



C) slmgr.vbs -xpr = To display expiration date for current license state. (See screenshot below)



D) slmgr.vbs = To display a complete list of options for license. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: You can also use type these commands to do what they describe.

3. Click OK to close window.