So I’m getting the ‘vista expiry message’.

Anyone know how to fix this?

I’m guessing this was my own fault. I done a registry clean up before, and I must have messed with some files or something because I read this:

http://www.hobbsknowledgebase.co.uk/wiki/How_To_Activate_Windows_Vista_When_The_Activation_Period_Has_Expired_Without_Having_To_Reinstall_Windows

"Step 1. While running a copy of Windows Vista that hasn’t yet been activated, click the Start button, type regedit into the Search box, then press Enter to launch the Registry Editor.
Step 2. Explore down to the following Registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ SL"

So yeah, I’ve fucked something up.

Can anyone tell me where to start to go about fixing this?

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!

I made some tweaks in Registry Editor by going to run –> regedit and since then my computer has been a little buggy. I don’t remember all the changes I made and/or what they were originally so I was wondering if it was possible to restore the Registry Editor settings to default somehow, or if there was a program that could do it… or something. Thanks for your help!

So I’m getting the ‘vista expiry message’.

Anyone know how to fix this?

I’m guessing this was my own fault. I done a registry clean up before, and I must have messed with some files or something because I read this:

http://www.hobbsknowledgebase.co.uk/wiki/How_To_Activate_Windows_Vista_When_The_Activation_Period_Has_Expired_Without_Having_To_Reinstall_Windows

"Step 1. While running a copy of Windows Vista that hasn’t yet been activated, click the Start button, type regedit into the Search box, then press Enter to launch the Registry Editor.
Step 2. Explore down to the following Registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ SL"

So yeah, I’ve fucked something up.

Can anyone tell me where to start to go about fixing this?

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!

Ok, I have some troubles with my computer which is Xp Professional. There are several errors that my registry cleaner had detected so far, but since its a trial version it cannot fix those issues. There are still more than 200 registry errors, many of them are these temporary file shortcuts. Is there a way to get rid of them manually without using a registry cleaner? Its hard to find them on the registry editor.
I have been using CCleaner for some time now. But it cannot detect much of the errors.

ok, so i was F*ing around in my registry editor and i messed up i guess, my computer now opens programs SLOWLY!

now please, when i say free i mean all of it is free. I do not want to download it scan my computer and than be prompted to register so i can fix the problems that it scanned. If the registration is just giving out an email, that is ok, but don’t bring pay pal into this.