If, for some reason, you do not have a legal version of Windows Vista and your 30 day time limit expires... Well, there is a loophole to access your Vista operating system to do whatever you want without having to crack, buy, or reinstall Vista.
1. Log into your expired Vista installation.
2. You will be given the option of going online to fix your illegitimate Vista install.
3. Once you select the option to go online, an Internet Explorer window will pop-up.
4. At this point you will notice, all you can do is use Internet Explorer, the actual OS interface is not loaded and ALT+CTRL+DEL does not work.
5. Well, Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer are one in the same.
6. Type "Computer" into Internet Explorer and My Computer will open up.
7. Click on the hard drive with your Windows folder in it and navigate to Windows/System32/taskmgr.exe
8. End task "Explorer.exe"
9. Click on New Task and type in "Explorer"
10. Now the Windows Vista interface will boot up like normal and you can do what you wish you did before your time expired (i.e. run a crack)