From: mike 



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On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:55:35 -0500, Mike N.  wrote:

>
>http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129148-c,vistalonghorn/article.html#
>
>"Windows Vista can be used for as long as 120 days without agreeing to its
>product activation antipiracy software, the company confirmed Friday.
>That's four times longer than the 30 days the company has widely used as
>the maximum time span the operating system can be used before it shuts
>down.
>....
>The one-line command of "slmgr -rearm" changes the activation
deadline to
>30 after the current date, Livingston said.
>....
>Extending the grace period, the spokeswoman continued, is not a violation
>of the Vista End User License Agreement (EULA).
>.....
>"

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