From: "Geo." 

And yet if you stop the license service it starts reduced functionality
mode by the next morning..

Geo.

"Mike N."  wrote in message
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>
> 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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