Bypass windows 2008 activation

Hello Friends,

If you are looking to use evaluation version of Windows 2008 for a little longer period of time, this is the best way to bypass activation.
You can create a template of virtual machine and keep using it as long as you want.

Prepare your virtual machine, complete the installation.

1. goto services and search for "Software Licensing" right click on it and under properties dialog box select "disabled"
2. Restart your machine.
3. browse to "c:\windows\system32\" and search for "SLLUA", "SLUI" and "SLUINotify.dll" files.

Lets start with SLLUA file.
4. Go to properties of SLLUA file and click on "Security" tab
5. Under security click "Advanced" button
6. Under "Advanced Security Settings" go to "Owner" tab.
7. Click "Edit" and select "Administrator" from "change owner to" selection area, and click "Apply", click "OK" when dialog box appears, again "OK" and finally last time "OK"
8. Security tab is still open... right?? under "Group or User names" click "Edit" and add "Administrator" account, give it full permissions by selecting "Full Control" then click "Apply" and select "Yes" for dialog box
9. Click "OK" twice to finish and close properties window.
10. Delete SLLUA file.

Follow the same steps for SLUI and SLUINotify.dll files

Go to "Services" MMC and start "Software Licensing" service
Restart your machine.

Thats all!!..

You can test by changing date of your system to any date.. even a year later will work..
Above all.. you can also update your windows 2008 online..

To demonstrate, I have uploaded a video on rapidshare.
http://rapidshare.com/files/218419961/win2008ActivationBypass.wmv
(direct download)

Post if you find this helpfull.

This article does not represent hack of windows.. this is only for using windows 2008 in test enviornment.