Vista Experience

[rEdshiFt 1]

Hi all

So... Its been a while since vista got officialy cracked, whats the scene at rimweb

What are rimwebians doing with vista...? how many are using it.... ? how do you feel about it?

Share with us ur opinions on pros and cons of the OS

Pls do share your windows experience index scores ... ( mine's 1 - got no dedicated video card, only onboard )

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Will try to add some screenshots a lil later, thro vista

Edited March 23, 2007 by Vishal Gupta

[Vishal Gupta 4]

I'm currently using Only VISTA and I'm very happy with it.

I'm really enjoying its glassy interface, dreamscenes, animations, etc.

I hvnt faced any kind of problem with it.

[@v@nit 3]

I downloaded From Microsoft. but every 14 days it starts dialing USA phone number to validate.

Fadeup with it.

Any way to fix this?

[cracker 0]

another worst os from microsoft i used it for 3 days and than i removed it and now i am back to suse beryl rocks

[Dushie 30]

Have installed Vista on 2 machines at home and no complains, runs smooth and interface is good, no driver issues also.

Using vista enterprise and ultimate version both genuine and activated .

I like the Vista OS .... its cool ...

[Kunal Hemrajani 1]

I m having vista aero glass interface on my xp only...i dun tink i wil switch over to vista

[copperco2 24]

"Vista activation can be bypassed"

INDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK[ FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007 05:23:33 PM]

Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated, according to Windows expert Brian Livingston. A single change to Vista's registry lets users put off the operating system's product activation requirement by an additional eight times, according to Livingston, who publishes the Windows Secret newsletter. This is five times over the three disclosed last month by him.

In an article, Livingston had revealed earlier that a one-line command lets users postpone Vista activation by up to three times. Since Vista comes with initial 30-day grace period. An extension of additional three times means that users could run Vista for as long as 120 days before they are required to activate the OS. According to him, the one-line command can enable even novices postpone the product's activation deadline. In fact, Livingston said, with more research it may even be possible to find a way to postpone activation indefinitely.

Though Microsoft had seemingly stayed unconcerned by Livingston's last month disclosure and flatly stated that using it would not violate the Vista End User License Agreement (EULA), this time the company has labeled the registry change as a "hack."

However, Livingston refutes the "hack" charge, saying, "This isn't a hacker exploit. It doesn't require any tools or utilities whatsoever." He also cites that Microsoft has even documented the Registry key, although obtusely, on its Technet site.

http://infotech.indiatimes.com/Vista_activ...how/1772179.cms

guys i hope its relevent

Here's a step-by-step guide into Livingston's finding:

Step 1: While running a copy of Windows Vista that hasn't yet been activated, click the Start button, type regedit into the Search box, then press Enter to launch the Registry Editor.

Step 2: Explore down to the following Registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ SL

Step 3 : Right-click the Registry key named SkipRearm and click Edit. The default is a Dword (a double word or 4 bytes) with a hex value of 00000000. Change this value to any positive integer, such as 00000001, save the change, and close the Registry Editor.

Step 4: Start a command prompt with administrative rights. The fastest way to do this is to click the Start button, enter cmd in the Search box, then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter. If you're asked for a network username and password, provide the ones that log you into your domain. You may be asked to approve a User Account Control prompt and to provide an administrator password.

Step 5: Type one of the following two commands and press Enter:slmgr –rearm or rundll32 slc.dll,SLReArmWindows

Either command uses Vista's built-in Software Licensing Manager (SLMGR) to push the activation deadline out to 30 days after the command is run. Changing SkipRearm from 0 to 1 allows SLMGR to do this an indefinite number of times. Running either command initializes the value of SkipRearm back to 0.

Step 6: Reboot the PC to make the postponement take effect. (After you log in, if you like, you can open a command prompt and run the command slmgr -xpr to see Vista's new expiration date and time.)

Step 7: To extend the activation deadline of Vista indefinitely, repeat steps 1 through 6 as necessary. Livingston's also got a caveat for the prospective Vista buyers, "If you happen to buy a Vista PC from a little-known seller, and the price was too good to be true, use Vista's search function to look for the string SkipRearm in files. You may discover that your "bargain" computer will mysteriously start demanding activation in a year or two — but your product key won't be valid."

[imvikky 0]

Thats kool... I'll certainly try that once I install Vista...

[rEdshiFt 1]

Most of the time-stop kind of hacks are a waste of time, at the best. Further, the approach is NOT a permanent fix.

i dont mean to be rude but what im trying to say is that Vista has been genuinely,officialy,CLEANLY cracked. The cracked OS is Activated and fully functional; will pass every single Genuine_test at the M*zoft wndws update site. AND SO USE THIS TRIED AND TESTED HACK.

Im not an expert in like... explaining the hack, but it has something to do with OEM licenses and it makes as if ur machine is a registered Asus user, licensed to use vista.

U might need to google around a bit to find it... or pm me, lemme point you to the goodies.

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edit: I'll jus copy paste the article, u can get the full picture.

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Edited March 20, 2007 by Vishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta - Illegal Contents Removed

[Vishal Gupta 4]

^^ Pls don't post such Illegal tricks in future. The method "copperco2" posted isnt Illegal, so I'm leaving it.

[copperco2 24]

thanks vishal.. i just picked up the article on rediff and have posted the link too..

[rEdshiFt 1]

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[tanveer 59]

no option as none of the above

[Vishal Gupta 4]

^^ Added.

@rEdshiFt

Nice link buddy.

[mywebid 21]

Vista still not ready for power use. Hopefully after service pack 1 it would be ready

BTW using Vista from past 1.5 years (all internal MS builds). Vista is not polished as it should be. Many inconsistencies are there.

[cracker 0]

i was very impressed by the longhorn project

this is what microsoft promised with longhorn

but i don't know wat happen to those promise..

[cracker 0]

guy try to write perlscript with speech recognization

and he screwed up

[cracker 0]

can u do this on vista?

[linuxguy 0]

haha...good one cracker! Beryl ROCKS!!! Kicks a$$

[spdf 0]

cracker, which distro is that?

[cracker 0]

that is the screenshot of ubuntu desktop wih xgl beryl

but u can get that look and performance on any distro all u need to install vista theme xgl and beryl

Edited April 12, 2007 by cracker