A method to bypass the Windows 7 online activation scheme has been found, approximately 3 months before the official Windows 7 release took place. My Digital Life published an article how the Windows 7 activation scheme was bypassed.   With this method Windows 7 can be permanently activated online and will pass Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation.

SLP (System-Locked Pre-installation) and SLIC (Software Licensing Internal Code) are the mechanisms used by OEM computer manufacturers to factory activate pre-installed Windows operating system on computers so that activation process of Windows is done automatically once a user boots his new computer for the first time. From a leaked Windows 7 .ISO the boot.wim file was extracted to retreive the OEM SLP key, plus the OEM activation certificate. Using a loader, a SLIC that results in a valid validation can be emulated before Windows boots.

At this time different Windows 7 activators are already spreading the Internet for Windows 7 Ultimate, the only Windows 7 version that was leaked until current.

Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on 22nd of July 2009.  The official Windows 7 release date for the retail market is the 22nd of October 2009.

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