Activation question

I built a new PC and installed Vista Ultimate on it today. I am not ready to
go online with it yet, need to do quite a bit of tweaking and moving stuff
from my old PC. How long do I have to activate my OEM edition once I have
installed it? Is there a time limit? Thanks.

You have a thirty (30) day grace period from the time of
installation before activation would become mandatory.
After the grace period ended, Vista would not permit you
to log on without activating.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows System & Performance

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"MrKite" wrote:

I built a new PC and installed Vista Ultimate on it today. I am not ready to
go online with it yet, need to do quite a bit of tweaking and moving stuff
from my old PC. How long do I have to activate my OEM edition once I have
installed it? Is there a time limit? Thanks.

MrKite wrote:
> I built a new PC and installed Vista Ultimate on it today. I am not ready to
> go online with it yet, need to do quite a bit of tweaking and moving stuff
> from my old PC. How long do I have to activate my OEM edition once I have
> installed it? Is there a time limit? Thanks.
httx://windowssecrets.com/comp/070215/#story1

Replace the "x" with "p" if you wish to visit the above site.

Using the command slmgr -rearm command, up to 120 days.

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ya digitally


"MrKite" wrote:

> I built a new PC and installed Vista Ultimate on it today. I am not ready to
> go online with it yet, need to do quite a bit of tweaking and moving stuff
> from my old PC. How long do I have to activate my OEM edition once I have
> installed it? Is there a time limit? Thanks.

Thanks.


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> You have a thirty (30) day grace period from the time of
> installation before activation would become mandatory.
> After the grace period ended, Vista would not permit you
> to log on without activating.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows System & Performance
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "MrKite" wrote:
>
> I built a new PC and installed Vista Ultimate on it today. I am not ready to
> go online with it yet, need to do quite a bit of tweaking and moving stuff
> from my old PC. How long do I have to activate my OEM edition once I have
> installed it? Is there a time limit? Thanks.

On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 02:15:00 -0700, johnsonnn <johncityny@hotmail.com>
wrote:

1) You will have 30 days in which to "shake out" your newly-installed
OS, UNLESS you selected "Automatically activate when online" during
installation, in which case you will only have 3 ("three") days in
which to do it.
2) Folks don't necessarily like to use email to respond to Usenet
posts, since it might involve sending or receiving email addresses in
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harvest such email addresses.


Donald L McDaniel
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