Are you using a licensed version of Windows Vista?

by steven s. warren in Microsoft

on January 29, 2008, 10:40 AM PST

Are you using a licensed version of Windows Vista?

What version of Windows Vista do you have licensed? Use this utility to check. Click Start and type cmd in the instant search box. Press Enter. Type slmgr.vbs -dli and hit enter. After a few seconds, a dialog box pops up and displays the edition version of Windows, license status, and partial product key.

What version of Windows Vista do you have licensed? Use this utility to check.

Click Start and type cmd in the instant search box.
Press Enter.
Type slmgr.vbs -dli and hit enter.

After a few seconds, a dialog box pops up and displays the edition version of Windows, license status, and partial product key.

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