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I think it stops working only if you leave on your pc for over 24h.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Tue, 21st Nov 2006 21:36 Post subject: |
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2099 doesn't work. On my test machine, after a restart (less than 24hrs after install), minutes counter has added 5 minutes. That's it. Bloody hell!
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| Posted: Tue, 21st Nov 2006 22:06 Post subject: |
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| WalkerBoh wrote: | | I think it stops working only if you leave on your pc for over 24h. |
yeah, and I leave my PC on mostly 24/7
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Nov 2006 03:27 Post subject: |
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Is there a decent activisation crack yet?!
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Nov 2006 06:33 Post subject: |
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| lnatan25 wrote: | | 2099 doesn't work. On my test machine, after a restart (less than 24hrs after install), minutes counter has added 5 minutes. That's it. Bloody hell! |
How many hours exactly?.
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Nov 2006 09:01 Post subject: |
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MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.VISTA.64BIT.EN.FR.DE.MUI.DVD-EcHoS
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Nov 2006 14:29 Post subject: |
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DigitalHex. Your method does not work. After 36 hours it leaves you unable to access the control panel.
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Nov 2006 16:23 Post subject: |
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where can i see how much time i have left for activation?
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Nov 2006 17:11 Post subject: |
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Start Orb >> Control Panel >> Classic View (if it's not already set) >> System
Scroll down a bit... there it is!
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Nov 2006 20:39 Post subject: |
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Nov 2006 21:05 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Nov 2006 22:50 Post subject: |
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I don't think there is anything new in that. Seems like a fancy menu for all the available "pretend" cracks. Seems a bit lame to me.
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Nov 2006 23:18 Post subject: |
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like I said, it doesn't seem likely that this one will be cracked
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| Posted: Thu, 23rd Nov 2006 00:58 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 23rd Nov 2006 02:12 Post subject: |
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kaine
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kaine
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| Posted: Thu, 23rd Nov 2006 04:00 Post subject: |
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So far I've had a rather interesting (and annoying) experience with upgrading my RC2 to RTM..
Not wanting to format my F: partition where RC2 was installed, I opted for an upgrade, to be told that I do not have enough free space available for an upgrade.
So, I delete some stuff, reset my BIOS clock to 2099 and upgrade. No problems until the dreaded 48% file corruption error aborting the installation, so I reset the clock to 2006 and reboot into XP to copy the Vista install files from the DVD to my hard drive.
I reboot Vista RC2 with the BIOS clock set back to 2099, and guess what? I recieve a black out screen telling me my license has expired and will only let me run RC2 with limited features, Having a legit RC2 serial, I reactivate it following a reboot with the clock on 2006. No go, will not accept. Being able to get into a Help and Support window in blacked out Vista, I manage to get into the task manager using embedded help links and use that to run the Vista installer, following a reboot and changing the clock back to 2099.
It upgrades fine, no problem.
Switch the clock back to 2006 in Vista RTM, and run the VBS command.43134 minutes left.
Reboot.
43183 minutes left.
Genius. 
THe only thing that puzzles me is that Vista RC2 ONLY stopped working after the second reboot, having swtiched the BIOS clock back and forth once.
It ran fine on 2099, but as above, rebooting it as 2006 it ran in limited mode, refusing to activate.
This would explain why people cannot activate Vista RTM uing the workaround crack and an RC2 key after doing the 2099 trick; Vistas date system is very strange indeed.
Initial thoughts on RTM are that it boots slower than RC2 but seems to work fairly well with most application I use.
Will be keeping this one. I hated XP, it lacked a solid permissions base and a proper GUI. I still wish SUSE Linux 10.1 would work better with my hardware, but having Vista installed eases that frustration slightly.
Thoughts?
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| Posted: Thu, 23rd Nov 2006 05:09 Post subject: |
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Try running slmgr.vbs -xpr. Does it display you a date exactly one month ahead from the current date?
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| Posted: Thu, 23rd Nov 2006 05:15 Post subject: |
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| dark_matter wrote: | | DigitalHex. Your method does not work. After 36 hours it leaves you unable to access the control panel. |
Do you get an error message or it just doesn't open up?
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