Sunday, December 19

Run your Trial Version Programs Forever

Most of the softwares provides limited period of access in the trial mode. Once the trial period`s over these softwares stop working. But here`s the solution for this.
Actually when we install any software,they make an entry into the windows registry with the details such as Installed Date and Time,Installed Directory 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.
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 and time of your computer, but it only injects the date/time that you specify into the desired application.
You can run multiple applications simultaneously, each application works with different date and time, while the real date/time of your system continues to run normally.
Now to use this program you need keep in mind some things which are 
  • Note down the date and time, when you install the software for the first time.
  • Once the trial period expires, you must always run the software using RunAsDate.
  • 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.
  • 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 DEC 12 2010, always inject the date as DEC 11 2010 in the RunAsDate.
RunAsDate works under Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Older versions of Windows are not supported. x64 version available in a separated download, for using with x64 applications.

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