Reset Trial Software and Extend Evaluation period to run forever
Some program runs fully functional for a limited period of time say- 30 or 45 days. These are called as Sharewares ans stops executing after that period of time and asks you to purchase the program. Well, you can by pass trial period restriction extend it by running a program in the date and time that you specify without changing System’s Date and Time.
At Blogsolute, We have already covered a similar software called Time Stopper which can Run Trial Software Forever by without buying and paying for the license. Now, we will be doing this using a small program called “Run as Date” which doesn’t change the current system date and time of your computer, but it only injects the date/time that you specify into the desired application.
Good thing about this program is that it doesn’t requires installation and you can run multiple trial software at different timings and date. It intercepts the kernel API calls that returns the current date and time (GetSystemTime, GetLocalTime, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime), and replaces the current date/time with the date/time that you specify.
How to run Trial software forever?
Download and install Run as date. Target the location of the EXE application of the trial software you want to run which is generally in ( C:\Program Files \ Program Folder ) Specify the desired time and date at which you want the software to run. This should be in the past like Yesterday or 5-6 days before. Please note that- You should not take this date before the installation date as some programmers are clever enough to block software and end your trial period.
Then, You can either run program directly or create a custom shortcut for the modified program. In this way, you will be able to use fully functional version of that software forever by repeating the same procedure.
Above window shows expired trial of a program which is asking me to enter License key to unlock. I tried it opening at a specific date using Run as Date and full 45 Days of Trial period was retained.
So, I can run this software for next 45 days more without any interruption and actually purchasing license.
Here is another program on which I tried extending its trial period of 30 days. I cannot guarantee that this software will be able to crack and extend trial period of any software but most of them can be done. This may not be able to crack Antivirus or Internet Security programs which generally stores this data on Web servers which cannot be hacked. This tutorial should be taken for education and testing purpose only and not for any illegal usage.
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Rohit Langde is editor-in-chief and owner of Blogsolute. He is Born-Geek and Technology Enthusiast. Being a blogger, he is also Mechanical Engineer who believes in simple Living. You can Follow @maholSubscribe
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Nice share Rohit, im going to try this with Roboform free. It stores unlimited passcards if you have the pro version, but only 10 if we have the free version
Thank you Ashwin but I don’t think it will work because, we can only specify the date of running a program and not extending it’s functionality.
Wll, im still ising the trial version of Roboform pro. It will turn into Roboform free after the trial period. Not sure how i can reset it though
See, Functions will be same as of now but only thing is that- you will be able to run it even after trial expiration.
Try .. It may work for you.
Sorry about the double post, just wanted to inform you that I have switched to Keepass, an open source password manager, same features of Roboform pro but its free.
http://www.keepass.info
http://www.keefox.org (addon for firefox)
That’s good. Rather than using illegal keys or something it’s better to use opensource freeware. No time limits or Function limits. Cheers!
I will give a try
thanks for sharing
it’s just what i needed. thank you very much.
sir,
I used a software named Magic folder. I used to change my date and time wen using it ,, but it is not working now .. can i do anything by deleting registry file ??
cant use d program even after re-installing .. where is these kind of data stored(date of evaluation period) ?
hi rohit,
i am using bulk image down loader, but now its trial period is over,
so when i start it,it gives only limited functions
i have tried to reset date and time,also deleted its entries from registry.
but i cant get it worked.
any idea to get it worked without limitations.
thanks.
Dear Rohit Langde:
English is not my primary language. Sorry I do not undersand this portion. Do I change the date, prior to hitting finish/run software, or do I run the software with the original evaluation, and then change the evaluation backward from the date of installation.
Most of my software is donated as I have no personal credit card and I perform my work since 1967 for no personal financial compensation. Do have personal money to purchase sofware. (If really need a certain software the company will not donate, the I would like to extend the valuation if and when possible.
Thanks in advance for your anwer.
Best regards.
Dr. Hubert Hechabarria
My name is Dr. Hubert Hechabarria, Lic: D.G.P. 1394377 D.P.E. 8734 (12-1). Fed. Lic. 86-0651902. I have been a volunteer medical doctor since 1967 working in refugee camps world-wide (All war zones).
In my position I don’t have a personal credit card or bank account.
I returned from two years in Afghanistan and two years in Iraq. Now I am in the interior of Panama, Republic of Panama working with Indigenous Indians, (KUNA).
Sole doctor for over 32,000 Indians. (Recovering from a broken neck 6 & 7 vertebra, five broke ribs and over 1000 metal fragments sustained from a rocket attack on my make shift hospital in Iraq).
My Toshiba laptop was donated to me by Toshiba with Windows XP PROF. And all my software program were donated.
You can try it either ways, no problem.
I could not get Time Stopper to work with Corel X5 or AutoCAD 2012. But I think it maybe due to not setting the dates correctly.
What do you think of this idea? Reinstall Windows and immediately install all the important software. Do a SYSTEM IMAGE backup. Then every few days, or before the trial period expires, just recover the original registry settings.
It didn’t work for Corel Draw X5
When you’re trial period is ended, you van change THE date for working That day. Aldo you van change THE date for instal à crack version.