How To Extend Windows 7 and 8.1 Trial Period Up To One Year

METHOD 1: COMMAND PROMPT TRICKS TO RESET AND EXTEND WINDOWS 7, WINDOWS 8/8.1 TRIAL PERIOD UPTO ONE YEAR

1. Type “cmd” in the Windows 7 start menu search box then right click on ‘Command Prompt’ and chose ‘Run as administrator’. You can also run the command prompt as administrator by typing “cmd” in the start menu search box and then pressing the Shift + Ctrl + Enter key combination from the keyboard.Note: You may be asked for a password. If so then put it and hit ‘Enter’.
2. In the command prompt, type the following command: slmgr -rearm.
3. Immediately, the system will prompt for a restart. Restart your computer and check the system status. You can check the status using this command: slmgr/xpr. Another 30 days will be added to the trial period.

Voila! Your trial period has been extended to more 30 days. You can apply this command only three times. So, here you can extend your trial period to maximum 90 days (3*30 days) .

METHOD 2. REGISTRY TWEAK TO EXTEND WINDOWS TRIAL PERIOD FOR MORE 9 MONTHS

There is a registry tweak by which you can increase the boundary of using slmgr -rearmcommand. As this tweak is about to edit your registry, I recommend to keep a backup of your registry.

1. Type “regedit” in the start menu search box and hit ‘Enter’. The registry editor will open. You may be prompted for permission to access the registry editor.
2. Navigate to the following path at the registry editor from the left sidebar.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform
3. In the right pane, find out the value SkipRearm. Now double-click on it and change the value from 0 to 1. Press ‘OK’.

You are done! Now you can apply the slmgr -rearm command for 8 times more. So, you can extend the trial period to extra 240 days.

The total extended trial period is now 120 + 240 = 360 days.

Note: At first, apply slmgr -rearm command for 3 times then apply the registry tweak. After so you will be allowed to apply the command again for extra 8 times. To extend the trial period to exactly 360 days, apply the command in each 30th day of it.