HOW TO RESET TRAIL PERIOD OF ANY SOFTWARE
We can run any trial software for ever.
Strange!!!
just read on..
Most of us are familiar with many
softwares that run only for a specified
period of time in the trial mode. Once the
trial period is expired these softwares
stop functioning and demand for a
purchase. But there is a way to run the
softwares and make them function
beyond the trial period. Isn’t this
interesting?
Before I tell you how to hack the
software and make it run in the trial
mode forever, we have to understand the
functioning of these softwares. I’ll try to
explain this in brief.
When these softwares are installed for
the first time, they make an entry into the
Windows Registry with the details such
as Installed Date and Time, installed
path etc. After installation every time you
run the software, it compares the current
system date and time with the installed
date and time. So, with this it can make
out whether the trial period is expired or
not.
So with this being the case, just
manually changing the system date to an
earlier date will not solve the problem.
For this purpose there is a small
Tool known as RunAsDate.
RunAsDate is a small utility that allows
you to run a program in the date and
time that you specify. This utility doesn’t
change the current system date, but it
only injects the date/time that you
specify into the desired application .
RunAsDate 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. It works with Windows
2000 , XP, 2003 and Vista .
NOTE: FOLLOW THESE TIPS CAREFULLY
You have to follow these tips carefully to
successfully hack a software and make it
run in it’s trial mode forever.
1. Note down the date and time, when
you install the software for the first time.
2. Once the trial period expires,
you must always run the software using
RunAsDate.
3. After the trial period is expired, do not
run the software(program) directly. If you
run the software directly even once, this
hack may no longer work.
4. It is better and safe to inject the date
of the last day in the trial period.
For example, if the trial period expires on
jan 30 2009 , always inject the date as
jan 29 2009 in the RunAsDate. I hope
this helps! Please express your
experience and opinions
through comments.
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