Until now, Microsoft has an upper hand, with no permanent or foolproof ways to crack or bypass Windows Vista activation request emerged. Instead, various workarounds and tricks to bypass, skip, delay, disable or spoof Vista activation has been suggestion, to various degree of success, such as extend evaluation period, rearm method, install Vista in future year, ‘frankenbuild’ Vista by replacing RTM build WPA files with RC build files, activate against spoofed KMS server, or run and activate Vista with own local KMS server and etc. Now, there is new crack method that able to permanently stop the countdown timer of time left to activate Windows Vista, effectively running Vista OS in full functionality evaluation mode forever.

   1. Install Windows Vista Ultimate edition (or other edition) without product key.
   2. Windows Vista needs to be applied with 2099-ReArm trick, so that the counter of minutes to no activation required period will not return to normal after reboot. Click on Start Orb button.
   3. Select “All Programs”, then “Accessories”.
   4. Right click on “Command Prompt, then select “Run as Administrator (A)”.
   5. If User Account Control (UAC) prompt a warning message, click on “Continue”.
   6. In the command prompt, type date and press Enter. You will see the following:

      Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
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