So I reached the end of my 30 days to activate Vista, and I have to admit the activation process went off without a hitch. Below is a walk through of the screens encountered.

 

 Vista Activation 1

 

 

When I was greeted by the “you must activate today deal with me box” I selected: Activate Windows Online Now:

 Vista Activation 2

In my case it did not take but 30 seconds to perform it’s communication with Microsoft.

Vista Activation 3

Success!

Vista Activation 4

As you can now see from the new “system” properties screen the Genuine Advantage logo is present on a system that has been authenticated.

 

 

It will be interesting to see if consumers start to hit the same kind of false positive pirated messages that have plagued The XP Genuine Advantage tool. I’d be interested to hear from any of you who encounter problems.