By going to a special webpage while in reduced functionality mode you can upgrade to SP1, which will get you out of that mode. Note that you can’t uninstall SP1 when upgrading with this method.
See the original post at: How to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 when the Windows Vista activation period has expired

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