Extend trial activation grace period of Windows 7 from 30 days to 120 days

[Marik]

Recently I posted about Windows 7 PDC (M3) builds hitting torrent sites, so some people were unsatisfied of the very low 30 – day trial period. So I did some searching and found a way which makes your Windows 7 usable without a key foe 120 days. Basically what it does is, that it resets the default 30 day period. By giving you a total usable period of 120 days without any CRACKS.

But one question I would like to ask is, if this function was built in all along why did not Microsoft enable the 120 day trial by default?

Here are the steps to extend your Windows 7 M3 trial period to 120 days.

1. If you have a Genuine Vista Product Key for Vista then you can use it on Windows 7 (you do not need to read any further if you already have keys), otherwise install the OS without any keys.

2. After installation, wait till your trial countdown gets to zero or almost zero better if you could wait for 29 days.

3. Then open command prompt and type the following commands one by one and hit enter:

sysprep /generalize
slmgr.vbs –rearm
rundll32 slc.dll,SLReArmWindows
slmgr /rearm

4. Reboot and enjoy another 30 days of trial period. This can be performed only thrice, therefore (30 x 3 = 90 + 30 = 120).

Source: DotNetWizzard

[RobrPatty]

I used an old vista beta key and activated by phone. It worked!

[Marik]

I used an old vista beta key and activated by phone. It worked!

that also works :rofl: