How to Extend the Windows Activation Trial Period Up to 120 Days

on: July 31, 2010, 03:30:12 PM

Every so often I install Windows Xp on a PC and the 30 days (non actvation period) elapses. This is very annoying, especially when: 1. Data is present 2. It will not activate over web, because of network errors Here is a very useful Windows command, that MS do not tell us.
Reseting the Windows XP Activation Trial:

-----------------------------In this example: Your activation period has expired, (past 30 days) and you need to get to Normal mode again. 1. Turn On your PC 2. Press F8 repeatedly and go to Safe Mode 3. Log in as per normal (note: Administrator password is usually blank, or use the Password Recovery CD if the password is unknown) 4. Allow the Desktop to fully load (answering "Yes" to continue into Safe Mode) (note: This is just a long way of saying go to Safe Mode) 5. Click on Start - Run 6. Type in exactly: rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk (and click OK) (note: one space, after "rundll32.exe " also the Oo are two letter o's in "oobe"; capitals and comma are important) 7. Wait a couple of seconds (although you will Not see any change) 8. Restart your PC normally (Start - Shutdown - Restart - Ok) 9. You are now able to go to Normal Mode again (For another 30 days !!!) 10. Do whatever you like, you're back to Normal.

That is some kind of offical way to reset the Activation Trial. It will work only work for about 4 times. (120 days in total !!!!!!) Note: Do not use on an already activated PC (as it may reset it )

How to Extend the Windows Vista Activation Trial Period Up to 120 Days

To extend the period of Windows Vista Product Activation grace period, use the following hack when the activation grace period of 30 days is almost timeout: 1. Press WinKey + R to open the Run window, or open Command Prompt. 2. Type the following command into the Open textbox, or from the Command Prompt: sysprep /generalize or slmgr.vbs or rundll32 slc.dll,SLReArmWindows 3. Click OK or press ENTER. 4. Reboot the computer, and Windows Vista will give users another 30 more days for users to activate Windows Vista. rearm

How to Extend the Windows 7 Activation Trial Period Up to 120 Days

Rearm trick on Windows 7 is done using the similar commands and steps with Windows Vista. Follow these steps to reset and extend activation grace period from 30 days to 120 days in Windows 7: 1. Install Windows 7 without any product activation key.

2. After installation is completed, use the Windows 7 for 30 days and wait for the remaining days left to activate Windows counting down to 0, or almost zero. 3. When the activation grace period (or evaluation trial period) is almost expired or ended, log on to Windows 7 desktop, and open a Command Prompt window (i.e. type Cmd in Start Search and hit Enter). 4. Type any of the following commands into the command prompt, and then hit Enter: sysprep /generalize slmgr.vbs rearm

rundll32 slc.dll,SLReArmWindows slmgr /rearm 5. Reboot Windows 7 to enjoy another 30 days of free usage without worrying about activation nor even need to crack Windows 7. 6. When the activation grace period countdown timer almost running down to 0 again, repeat the rearm trick to enjoy another 30 days of Windows 7 for free. User can run the rearm command for maximum of 3 times. As rearm only works for 3 times, make sure the command is only been run when the 30 days countdown of evaluation period is almost expired.