Solution to Windows Vista Activation Countdown Timer Stopper (TimerStop) Not Working with ReArm Patch
If you crack Windows Vista activation
with
StopTimer patched service that stop
the countdown timer of the activation
grace period, and thus making the time
left to activate Windows Vista is always
30 days, the steps in the tutorial guide
should be able to permanently (well,
sort of as time left is always 30 days
or 43200 minutes) activate your Windows
Vista, or freeze Windows Vista in an
initial state that fooling or tricking
Microsoft into thinking that your
installation of Windows Vista is just
happen, and still in the
initial grace period. The trick
should work out-of-the-box the first
time, but if it fails, or starts
counting timer again after Automatic
Updates, try the following solution.
- You will need the exactly same tools that used to apply StopTimer or TimerStopper, i.e. Re-Arm_Unlimited_Installer_2.0.exe, TimerStop.sys and Vista test crack.exe (download StopTimer.zip or Vista_test_crack.zip).
- Uninstall TimerStop process beforehand by right clicking on “Vista test crack.exe” and select “Run as Administrator”, and then click on “Uninstall”.
- You should see a “Service uninstalled” confirmation dialog message. Restart computer afterwards.
- Install “Re-Arm_Unlimited_Installer_2.0.exe”. Do not restart computer.
- Right click on Command Prompt icon, and select “Run as Administrator”, or run “Cmd” command as administrator. If you have problem, you can turn off UAC.
- Type “slmgrhack -rearm” in command prompt window. Wait until process completed.
- Reboot computer.
- After start, go to Command Prompt as administrator again, and type “slmgr.vbs -dlv”. You should notice that the timer starts counting down again.
- Right click on “Vista test crack.exe”, and select “Run as Administrator”.
- In Vista test crack window, click on “Install” button.
- You should see “Service installed” to confirm successful installation.
- Exit from all program and reboot computer.
- Start command prompt or Cmd as administrator, and type “slmgrhack -rearm”. Wait until the process completed.
- Restart computer.
- Press Win + R keys, and type “slmgr.vbs -dlv” and press Enter to check the activation countdown timer. If your “Time left to activate” Windows Vista field shows “43200 minutes (30 days)”, your bypass Windows Vista activation has been successful.