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License Information for Vista
How to See Windows Vista Current License Information
Published by Brink
08-13-2007

How to See Windows Vista Current License Information


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  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.
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  You will need to be logged on to an administrator account.
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Here's How:
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.

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

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

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

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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.

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3. Click OK to close window.
That's it,
Shawn

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I keep getting permission denied on everything and I'm running the command prompt as Administrator.

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Strange, I'm not sure why you would be getting denied. What happens when you run these commands from the Start menu while logged on to a administrator account?
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Same thing happens but, it looks like I'm having a lot of issues right now. I can't access my control panel through start - control panel, I keep getting a pop-up about windows not being genuine, and my software licensing won't start. I have Windows Vista Ultimate so, it's 64 bit. I might just have to do a clean install which I really don't want to do. I thought that the problem could be a program that I installed thats not compatible with vista 64 but, I have no idea which program it could be. I've already uninstalled a couple programs.
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You might check to see if this is the issue of the C: drive (Vista) not having TrustedInstaller as the owner.

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Other than this, I'm not sure what could be causing this problem. If the above does not pan out, you might try a Repair (upgrade) install before having to do a clean reinstall to see if it will work instead.

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