Extend Windows 7/Vista/XP Activation period from 30 to 120 days

If you are tired of being obligated to activate your Windows OS in 30 days prior to installation. Then I'll show you how to extend this period to 120 days.

First I'll tell you what file is in charge of this hack. It's called slmgr.vbs which lives in the C:\Windows\System32 directory, as you may had noticed this is a vb script. The way to activate this hack is pretty simple.

1) Open an elevated-command prompt (CMD with Administrator privileges) RUN=>CMD

2) type in the following and then press enter...

slmgr -rearm

#Now you should see a confirmation dialog that says "Command completed successfully. Please restart the system for the changes to take effect." As indicated restart your OS and now your activation period should of been extended to 120 days.

3) To check your currently activation period type in the following and then press enter.

slmgr -xpr

#A dialog should appear telling you how much you need to wait before activated, however, if your OS is already activated then the dialog should say that the OS is activated permanently.

Done!

Some other options to this command

slmgr

-ipk Installs the indicated product key replacing the old one.
-ato Activates Windows
-upk Uninstalls the current product key
-xpr Displays expiration date of your Windows OS license
-dli Displays basic license info
-dlv Displays detailed license info



-flopex

How to make WAMP server work on Windows 7

If you have had any problems installing or just running WAMP server than this may help you.

Symptoms:

WAMP Server status is red or yellow

Fails to install Apache Service

Blank page when typing http://localhost

Solution:

The solution is quite easy. First I'll say why this is happening especially in Windows 7.

This happens because as of Windows 7 Ultimate it contains running servers that block some ports specifically port 80 which is needed to run Apache servers.

To fix it follow these steps: [Assuming intermediate computer skills]

1) Open an elevated prompt
2)Type the following
net stop WAS [Enter]
Y ["Y" for accepting the message]
[Enter]

Now wait for it to stop all the services being used in port 80
3)Now start the WAMP Server
4)Finally go to your browser [Firefox is recommended] and type in
http://localhost

5)Done! You should see the WAMP Server default info.


-@flopex