1. Install the Windows Vista x86 edition of your choice without entering any product key during setup.
Basically any Windows Vista x86 installation media will do, regardless if it's MSDN/Retail/OEM/...,
MSDN/Retail are recommended though.
原文：Most operations described below require elevated privileges, so disabling UAC (Run->MSCONFIG.EXE->
Tools->Disable UAC) for the time being is recommended, Of course, it can be safely re-enabled after
all steps have been performed. Otherwise OEMTOOL.EXE and some SLMGR.VBS operations must be explicitly
run with adminstrative privileges.
简译：安装完毕后的第一件事情是首先应该先关闭掉UAC, 在START SEARCH里直接键入 MSCONFIG,然后在TOOL选 DISABLE UAC ,然后点击右下的LAUNCH,重新启动计算机。下面的步骤跟大家平常看到的OEM 激活并无二致，
2. Install the emulation driver.
Run OEMTOOL.EXE, select the OEM BIOS information to emulate (ASUS might be a good choice given the
fact that it's the only OEM for which a complete set of product keys is provided ;)) and hit the
'<Install Emulation Driver>' button.
Alternatively you can just right-click the ROYAL.INF file and chose 'Install' from the appearing
menu. This only allows for installing the default OEM BIOS information (ASUS) though and is strongly
discouraged unless OEMTOOL.EXE fails for some unknown reason.
When prompted about whether to install an unsigned driver, allow it.
(For some odd reason Microsoft didn't wanna sign this one...;))
3. Reboot your machine.
4. Install the OEM certificate matching your OEM selection during driver installation by running
SLMGR.VBS -ilc <OEMNAME>.XRM-MS
(e.g. "SLMGR.VBS -ilc C:\ASUS.XRM-MS" if you chose to install the default driver and extracted
the certificate file to C:\)
Note that this operation might take quite a while depending on your system, so be patient.
5. Install an OEM product key matching the installed edition of Windows Vista x86 by running
SLMGR.VBS -ipk <OEM_PRODUCT_KEY>
(e.g. "SLMGR.VBS -ipk 6F2D7-2PCG6-YQQTB-FWK9V-932CC" if you're running Windows Vista Ultimate using
the default emulation driver)
Note that this operation might take quite a while depending on your system, so be patient.
See PKEYS.TXT for a list of OEM product keys published by different OEMs.
6. Run 'SLMGR.VBS -dlv' or right-click 'Computer' and chose 'Properties' to verify your licensing status.
IMPORTANT STEP:
一切步骤非常简单，看着说明就可以激活，而且后面几个步骤根本不需要启动电脑。PARADOX的发明者来自国外，似乎是欧洲，署名是： TEAM PARADOX。
我是裝了 x64 vista. . . RTM 6000
不過我還是試了一下。。。
結果給我一句。
the emulation driver could not be installed.
please make sure you are running this tool with administrative privileges.
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