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Disable Automatic Windows Activation


In Windows 7 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion \SoftwareProtectionPlatform\Activation
In the right pane of the registry editor, you will find REG_DWORD value ‘Manual’. Right-click on it and select Modify. In the Value Data window which appears, change the DWORD value to 1.
The default is 0 which means auto-activation is enabled. Changing the value to 1 will disable auto-activation.
Close the Registry Editor and restart your system.
In Windows Vista 
The relevant key is:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SL\Activation

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