How do I know if vista is activated or not?
 

I have installed a crack would like to know if it is activated or not?

thanks

Depends what crack you installed. If you've installed the timestop crack, vista wont be activated, but the 30 day activation timer will be frozen. To check this open the run dialog box (Win + R) and type slmgr.vbs -dlv and wait a few seconds for the box to pop up. At the bottom the time remaining should be frozen at 43200.

I didn't use the time stopper crack,

These are the instructions

Vista Activation Crack

1. Install and logon Vista final (worked with the BillGates edition) with the CDkey given by BillGates.

2. Browse to Windows\System32\Licensing\pkeyconfig' folder,right-click 'pkeyconfig.xrm-ms'
Open property, click Security > Advanced > Owner > Edit > Administrators.
Click OK and close the propertes.
Then re-open properties of the file, Click Security > Advanced > Edit > select Administrators and click Edit.
Click "Full Control", Click OK and close the properties.

3. Reboot into safe mode
Replace 'pkeyconfig.xrm-ms' using the one in this package.
Go to Start > Run > type "services.msc" and find "Software Licensing". Normally this ain't running, but if it is
you need to stop it with the stop button above.

4. Goto Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roa ming\Microsoft\SoftwareLicensing
Replace the tokens.dat from this package with the one there.

5. Reboot into normal mode again.
Go to Start > Help & Support > type "Activate" in the search menu. Click on the third topic "Activate Windows on this Computer"
This will start Windows Activation. You can use almost any key here, if you have gotton a Beta1/Beta2/RC1/RC2 key from Microsoft
you could bestly use this one for it. If you don't got a key, use this one: H7RPG-XDMJM-WTY9D-VYJ3C-CB3KJ

right cilck on my computer---properties will show like this:

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