The following lists various methods of cracking vista, arranged in the order of occurrence
1. Replacement method
Principle: The earliest method of activating vista with beta serial number is to replace some license files of vista.
Disadvantages: License becomes beta, with time limit
Private server activation method
Principle: It is not to go to Microsoft's official server to activate it, but to activate it by privately erected servers. You can also use the vmware virtual machine to set up the activation server yourself or set up the activation server on other machines in the LAN to activate it.
Advantages: There is no difference between activation and genuine software, so Microsoft is more difficult to block this method.
Disadvantages: Only applicable to version b (commercial version) and version e (enterprise version), and must be reactivated once every 6 months. Moreover, there is instability in private servers, and they may be closed one day, and it is more complicated to set up your own.
How to use:/threa...
(Time Stop) Method
Principle: Vista has a 30-day trial period before activation. This method loads a driver() to stop the countdown for 30 days, thus allowing you to avoid activation and unlimited trial.
Advantages: Easy to operate, can be used in U version (Ultravideo version), no function restrictions (automatic updates, fantasy desktops, etc.)
Disadvantages: Vista is in an inactive state. Although there are no functional restrictions, it will affect the beauty of those who pursue perfection. And it can be foreseeable that Microsoft will definitely ban this method after a certain future upgrade (such as sp1).
How to use: The recommended step is to not enter the serial number when installing vista, and do not check "Automatically activate Windows when online". After installing vista, no updates are made. Right-click to run as an administrator, and the computer will automatically restart to complete the cracking. After that, you can run "-dlv" to verify that the countdown stops within 30 days.
Click to download timestop-v2
Uninstall method: delete windowssystem32
4.Brush bios method
Principle: This method is to flash the brand OEM information into your machine bios, and then you can use the OEM version of Vista.
Advantages: No difference from real OEM
Disadvantages: Because it is necessary to modify bios and brush bios, it is difficult for novices and has certain dangers. And each machine is different, and it may not be able to brush successfully.
How to use: Different motherboards have different methods, please refer to the details/threa...This and other posts,
Uninstall method: brush bios back
(Free BIOS or dynamic BIOS) method
Principle: Before starting vista, add slic OEM verification data to bios, so that vista thinks that your machine is an OEM brand model.
Advantages: It can achieve the effect of brushing bios, but there is no risk of brushing bios, and it is easy to operate. After activation, it is no different from the genuine OEM vista.
Disadvantages: A bunch of characters flashes every time it starts, affecting the beauty and slowing down the startup speed (although it only slows down a little bit). Moreover, since this method requires modifying the MBR to achieve the effect, if you have modified the MBR before, such as the hidden partition restore function of a branded machine or laptop, and the F11 function of Acronis True Image, conflicts will occur and it will not be started.
How to use: (2 choose 1)
1. Use the fully automatic fool pack made by netizens./liuha...
2. If you don’t want to use it fully automatic, it will not be troublesome to do it manually. It is recommended that friends with a certain computer foundation modify it manually. After all, you will understand it yourself. Please refer to the specific method/threa...
Uninstall method: Run as an administrator, but after restarting this way, it may cause vista to be recognized as pirated.
6. Violent algorithm (strongly not recommended)
Principle: Randomly generate serial numbers for verification until the verification is successful.
Advantages: It may calculate the true genuine serial number.
Disadvantages: The current algorithm is purely random, with too low efficiency, and has no practicality in the following fields. The probability of calculating the number is basically 0.
How to use:
1. Backup C:/windows/system32/, (if the calculation is successful, replace it again);
2. Replace the file with the same name in C:/windows/system32; (This step is more complicated, and it is explained separately below)
3. Record your product key and can be verified using the Windows XP product key viewer (that comes with the compression package);
4. Start - Run, enter -ipk generate, a process called "" will start and may occupy a large amount of CPU resources, it checks 10,000 keys every 30 minutes;
5. Start waiting now, you may have to wait for a long time before you get the result. Wait slowly. After a while (hours or days), check your key to see if it has changed;
6. If it has been changed, it means that the script has found a valid key. Activate Vista by Start-Run, enter the command -ato
Abacus download:/xiaolu/V...
BIOS Emulation Toolkit
Principle: Simulate OEM BIOS through the device driver and provide ACPI_SLIC information.
Advantages: The operation is not too complicated (I estimate that a fully automatic fool package will appear in a few days), and it is no different from the genuine OEM vista after activation.
Disadvantages: Installing drivers under Windows may lead to reduced system stability, and this method currently does not support 64-bit vista. Since it is also a load driver like timestop, it is likely that Microsoft will block this method after a future update.
How to use: see/modules....
1. Replacement method
Principle: The earliest method of activating vista with beta serial number is to replace some license files of vista.
Disadvantages: License becomes beta, with time limit
Private server activation method
Principle: It is not to go to Microsoft's official server to activate it, but to activate it by privately erected servers. You can also use the vmware virtual machine to set up the activation server yourself or set up the activation server on other machines in the LAN to activate it.
Advantages: There is no difference between activation and genuine software, so Microsoft is more difficult to block this method.
Disadvantages: Only applicable to version b (commercial version) and version e (enterprise version), and must be reactivated once every 6 months. Moreover, there is instability in private servers, and they may be closed one day, and it is more complicated to set up your own.
How to use:/threa...
(Time Stop) Method
Principle: Vista has a 30-day trial period before activation. This method loads a driver() to stop the countdown for 30 days, thus allowing you to avoid activation and unlimited trial.
Advantages: Easy to operate, can be used in U version (Ultravideo version), no function restrictions (automatic updates, fantasy desktops, etc.)
Disadvantages: Vista is in an inactive state. Although there are no functional restrictions, it will affect the beauty of those who pursue perfection. And it can be foreseeable that Microsoft will definitely ban this method after a certain future upgrade (such as sp1).
How to use: The recommended step is to not enter the serial number when installing vista, and do not check "Automatically activate Windows when online". After installing vista, no updates are made. Right-click to run as an administrator, and the computer will automatically restart to complete the cracking. After that, you can run "-dlv" to verify that the countdown stops within 30 days.
Click to download timestop-v2
Uninstall method: delete windowssystem32
4.Brush bios method
Principle: This method is to flash the brand OEM information into your machine bios, and then you can use the OEM version of Vista.
Advantages: No difference from real OEM
Disadvantages: Because it is necessary to modify bios and brush bios, it is difficult for novices and has certain dangers. And each machine is different, and it may not be able to brush successfully.
How to use: Different motherboards have different methods, please refer to the details/threa...This and other posts,
Uninstall method: brush bios back
(Free BIOS or dynamic BIOS) method
Principle: Before starting vista, add slic OEM verification data to bios, so that vista thinks that your machine is an OEM brand model.
Advantages: It can achieve the effect of brushing bios, but there is no risk of brushing bios, and it is easy to operate. After activation, it is no different from the genuine OEM vista.
Disadvantages: A bunch of characters flashes every time it starts, affecting the beauty and slowing down the startup speed (although it only slows down a little bit). Moreover, since this method requires modifying the MBR to achieve the effect, if you have modified the MBR before, such as the hidden partition restore function of a branded machine or laptop, and the F11 function of Acronis True Image, conflicts will occur and it will not be started.
How to use: (2 choose 1)
1. Use the fully automatic fool pack made by netizens./liuha...
2. If you don’t want to use it fully automatic, it will not be troublesome to do it manually. It is recommended that friends with a certain computer foundation modify it manually. After all, you will understand it yourself. Please refer to the specific method/threa...
Uninstall method: Run as an administrator, but after restarting this way, it may cause vista to be recognized as pirated.
6. Violent algorithm (strongly not recommended)
Principle: Randomly generate serial numbers for verification until the verification is successful.
Advantages: It may calculate the true genuine serial number.
Disadvantages: The current algorithm is purely random, with too low efficiency, and has no practicality in the following fields. The probability of calculating the number is basically 0.
How to use:
1. Backup C:/windows/system32/, (if the calculation is successful, replace it again);
2. Replace the file with the same name in C:/windows/system32; (This step is more complicated, and it is explained separately below)
3. Record your product key and can be verified using the Windows XP product key viewer (that comes with the compression package);
4. Start - Run, enter -ipk generate, a process called "" will start and may occupy a large amount of CPU resources, it checks 10,000 keys every 30 minutes;
5. Start waiting now, you may have to wait for a long time before you get the result. Wait slowly. After a while (hours or days), check your key to see if it has changed;
6. If it has been changed, it means that the script has found a valid key. Activate Vista by Start-Run, enter the command -ato
Abacus download:/xiaolu/V...
BIOS Emulation Toolkit
Principle: Simulate OEM BIOS through the device driver and provide ACPI_SLIC information.
Advantages: The operation is not too complicated (I estimate that a fully automatic fool package will appear in a few days), and it is no different from the genuine OEM vista after activation.
Disadvantages: Installing drivers under Windows may lead to reduced system stability, and this method currently does not support 64-bit vista. Since it is also a load driver like timestop, it is likely that Microsoft will block this method after a future update.
How to use: see/modules....