How to Make Windows Vista Activated!

Hackers are going all out to crack Windows Vista activation

procedure which is enhanced by Software Protection Platform

(SPP).

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]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>date
Current date: 12/19/2006 Thursday
Enter new date:

7. Enter 12/31/2099 (December 31, 2099).

8. Next, type cscript slmgr.vbs -rearm. You will see something

like the following:

C:\Windows\system32>cscript slmgr.vbs -rearm
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

The command completed successfully.
To make the change effectively, please restart the system.

9. Then reset the date of the system to current date again by

typing date again. You will see the following:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>date
Current date: 12/31/2099 Thursday
Enter new date:

10. Type in current date, i.e. 12/19/2006.

11. Exit from command prompt, but do not restart the computer.

12. Download Stop Timer

13. Extract the downloaded archive file into a folder. It

should contains “Vista test crack.exe” and “timerstop.sys”.

14. Execute or run the “Vista test crack.exe” by right click

on “Vista test crack.exe”, and select “Run as Administrator

(A)”.

15. Optional: Press in Test button, and it will pop up a

message says 4 timers are stopped. At this time, the counter

should be freezed, Check with slmgr.vbs -dlv command, with the

minutes left should be the same after a few minutes interval.

If it’s the case, continue with the following steps to run the

crack every startup.

16. In the Vista test crack window, click on “Install” button.

You will be prompted with “Service installed” message if

everything is done properly and correctly. The crack will copy

the patched stoptimer.sys to system folder and install a new

service named “timerstop” to stop kernel-mode timers in

spsys.sys system file.

17. Exit from the crack, and restart the computer.

18. The hacking is basically done. Next few steps to to verify

that the activation grace period built-in countdown timer is

actually stopped and disable the timers from working properly,

and make sure that the crack is installed properly. After

restart, log on to Windows Vista. Run for a few minutes.

19. Press on Windows + R keys.

20. Type slmgr.vbs -dlv to check the time left to activate

Windows Vista. If the time left is 43200 minutes that’s mean

the crack is successful.


With the crack, you will have the following in the registry:


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\TimerStop]
“Type”=dword:00000001
“Start”=dword:00000002
“ErrorControl”=dword:00000000
“ImagePath”=hex(2):5c,00,3f,00,3f,00,5c,00,45,00,3a,00,5c,00,5

7,00,69,00,6e,00,\
64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d

,00,33,00,32,\
00,5c,00,54,00,69,00,6d,00,65,00,72,00,53,00,74,00,6f,00,70,00

,2e,00,73,00,\
79,00,73,00,00,00
“DisplayName”=”TimerStop”


Further information:

* The TimerStop vista test crack works on all 32-bit x86

Windows Vista edition such as Vista Ultimate and Vista Home

Premium. Success rate in 64-bit (x64) environment is likely to

be low.

* The crack will make the time left to activate Vista to

become always 43200 minutes (30 days), and will not countdown

or reduce.

* It’s possible to access Windows Update if you install

Windows Vista with default product key (no product key entered

when installation).

* During the first 3 days of activation grace period after

installing Windows Vista, Microsoft has designed it in such a

way that Vista will allow greatest flexibility for users to

install required drivers and application during this period,

so Vista won’t prompt any reminder message for activation.

After crack, Vista OS will always run with 30 days left for

activation, thus there will not be any watermark or reminder

to activate.

* It’s possible to pass Windows Vista Genuine Advantage (WVGA)

validation, so users able to download Microsoft value-added

software for genuine customers.

* As mentioned above, as Vista will also remain in first 3

days of activation grace period, in theory, Microsoft will not

be able to differentiate who is the newly installed system, or

who is the ‘patched’ system, unless of course, they check for

the specific file or system (privacy anyone?).

* Users can only view that there is 30 more days for system to

be activated in the system properties, but it won’t affect

system usage or installation method.