Vista Tutorial - 30 day activation period

In windows vista, I want to force the automatic activation to delay for the
full 30 days. I need more than three days to familiarize myself with this
software, and don't want to acivate it on my test machine. How do I do that?

Glen

Uncheck the box for automatic online activation during install.

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"techieguy" <techieguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> In windows vista, I want to force the automatic activation to delay for
> the
> full 30 days. I need more than three days to familiarize myself with this
> software, and don't want to acivate it on my test machine. How do I do
> that?
>
> Glen

Thank you for the speedy response. Is there any way of doing that without
running through the installation process again?


"techieguy" wrote:

> In windows vista, I want to force the automatic activation to delay for the
> full 30 days. I need more than three days to familiarize myself with this
> software, and don't want to acivate it on my test machine. How do I do that?
>
> Glen

If you didn't enter a pk it can't activate automatically.

"techieguy" <techieguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> In windows vista, I want to force the automatic activation to delay for
> the
> full 30 days. I need more than three days to familiarize myself with this
> software, and don't want to acivate it on my test machine. How do I do
> that?
>
> Glen

Hello,
This should work.
It is listed in the volume step by step guide but should apply to retail
activation as well:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...n/volact1.mspx

To disable automatic activation attempts, change the registry value
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\
CurrentVersion\SL\Activation\Manual to 1.

Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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|>> In windows vista, I want to force the automatic activation to delay for
the
|>> full 30 days. I need more than three days to familiarize myself with
this
|>> software, and don't want to acivate it on my test machine. How do I do
that?
|>>
|>> Glen
|>

Thank you.

""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:

> Hello,
> This should work.
> It is listed in the volume step by step guide but should apply to retail
> activation as well:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...n/volact1.mspx
>
> To disable automatic activation attempts, change the registry value
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\
> CurrentVersion\SL\Activation\Manual to 1.
>
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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> |>Thank you for the speedy response. Is there any way of doing that
> without
> |>running through the installation process again?
> |>
> |>
> |>"techieguy" wrote:
> |>
> |>> In windows vista, I want to force the automatic activation to delay for
> the
> |>> full 30 days. I need more than three days to familiarize myself with
> this
> |>> software, and don't want to acivate it on my test machine. How do I do
> that?
> |>>
> |>> Glen
> |>
>
>

I thought that was the default Darrell, in any install of RTM/ and possibly
prior builds prior to activation.

CH

""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> This should work.
> It is listed in the volume step by step guide but should apply to retail
> activation as well:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...n/volact1.mspx
>
> To disable automatic activation attempts, change the registry value
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\
> CurrentVersion\SL\Activation\Manual to 1.
>
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
> --------------------
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> |>Thank you for the speedy response. Is there any way of doing that
> without
> |>running through the installation process again?
> |>
> |>
> |>"techieguy" wrote:
> |>
> |>> In windows vista, I want to force the automatic activation to delay
> for
> the
> |>> full 30 days. I need more than three days to familiarize myself with
> this
> |>> software, and don't want to acivate it on my test machine. How do I do
> that?
> |>>
> |>> Glen
> |>
>

Hello Chad,
During setup there is a checkbox to opt out of auto-activating your machine
after three days..
The box is checked by default so you would have to deselect it during setup
to not atttempt to auto-activate.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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|>I thought that was the default Darrell, in any install of RTM/ and
possibly
|>prior builds prior to activation.
|>
|>CH
|>
|>""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
|>news:Fmgg7k8IHHA.2080@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
|>> Hello,
|>> This should work.
|>> It is listed in the volume step by step guide but should apply to retail
|>> activation as well:
|>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...n/volact1.mspx
|>>
|>> To disable automatic activation attempts, change the registry value
|>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\
|>> CurrentVersion\SL\Activation\Manual to 1.
|>>
|>> Thanks,
|>> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
|>>
|>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
|>> --------------------
|>> |>Thread-Topic: 30 day activation period
|>> |>thread-index: Accjw6WfpGeerpBrQiaTmtfToiDsoQ==
|>> |>X-WBNR-Posting-Host: 72.142.2.240
|>> |>From: =?Utf-8?B?dGVjaGllZ3V5?= <techieguy@discussions.microsoft.com>
|>> |>References: <EE607D4A-40CA-4E99-9596-D9F40AEB75E2@microsoft.com>
|>> |>Subject: RE: 30 day activation period
|>> |>Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:16:00 -0800
|>> |>Lines: 11
|>> |>Message-ID: <8CAF6233-F3C7-4DBF-B037-7BEBDC59607C@microsoft.com>
|>> |>MIME-Version: 1.0
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|>> |> charset="Utf-8"
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|>> microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup:1142
|>> |>NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftsbfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.148
|>> |>X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
|>> |>
|>> |>Thank you for the speedy response. Is there any way of doing that
|>> without
|>> |>running through the installation process again?
|>> |>
|>> |>
|>> |>"techieguy" wrote:
|>> |>
|>> |>> In windows vista, I want to force the automatic activation to delay
|>> for
|>> the
|>> |>> full 30 days. I need more than three days to familiarize myself
with
|>> this
|>> |>> software, and don't want to acivate it on my test machine. How do I
do
|>> that?
|>> |>>
|>> |>> Glen
|>> |>
|>>
|>
|>