Posted: June 27, 2008/Under: Operating Systems/By: MDL Editorial Team

Windows 7 (Seven) code drop in the form of Milestone 1 build version 6.1.6519.1 release 6519.1.071220-1525, which has been leaked to torrent site for free download via BT network. Windows 7, as it’s built from Windows Vista, requires product activation for continuous use, else the activation grace period (also is the evaluation period) will expire in 30 days if it’s not activated.

As normal user who is not exclusive partner of Microsoft, it’s almost impossible to get a hand on a legit product key to activate Windows 7 Beta M1 online. So hackers have managed to a crack method to activate Windows 7, by replacing the file related to software licensing with a Windows Vista version, and then activating Windows 7 using OEM emulation method that popularly used to activate Windows Vista.

  1. Burn the Windows 7 Beta ISO to a DVD disc. If you intend to install Windows 7 on a virtual machine using Virtual PC 2007 or VMWare Server or other, simply mount the DVD image to the virtual machine.
  2. Set the clock time of the computer in BIOS to 2nd December 2007. This step is to ensure that after installation of Windows 7 Beta M1, user will be able to log on to the desktop to perform the rest of the activation bypass crack steps, and to ensure that you have adequate time to use Windows 7 as the code expires in June 2008.

    If you didn’t manage to change the time, and encounter Reduced Functionality Mode, here’s the trick to bypass, recover from RFM to log on to desktop.

  3. Install Windows 7 Beta without entering any product key.
  4. Download and unpack Win7_Activator.rar.
  5. Click on Start menu, type Services in Start Search text box, and hit Enter.
  6. In the Services control panel, locate Software Licensing service, and then change the “Startup type” to Disabled.
  7. Reboot the computer.
  8. Open Windows Explorer and browse to C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareLicensing folder.
  9. Delete or rename (recommended) the original tokens.dat file in the folder.
  10. Copy the “extracted from Windows Vista” tokens.dat from the downloaded archive into the SoftwareLicensing folder.
  11. Click on Start menu, type Services in Start Search text box, and hit Enter.
  12. In the Services control panel, locate Software Licensing service, and then change the “Startup type” to Automatic.
  13. Run the activation.exe in the downloaded archive. It’s actually a Vista Loader OEM BIOS emulator installer (see more information about Vista Loader). So, activate the Windows 7 as if it’s a Windows Vista Ultimate OEM system.

    Note: Ignore any error and warning messages that may happen.

  14. Restart the computer.
  15. After reboot, Windows 7 will ask for a product CD key. Use the following product key to activate full version of Windows 7:

    6F2D7-2PCG6-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

Windows 7 M1 is now activated and available for use without restriction. However, the Milestone 1 (version 6519.1) of Windows 7 has the expiry date of June 2008 even though it has been activated.

Another activation crack for Windows 7 is TimerNuke (probably works for all versions and builds), which disable the activation!

Actually, no activation crack is required for Windows 7 Beta, as genuine activatable Windows 7 product keys are available.

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