In this article, I will show you several techniques for reinstalling trial software after the trial has ended. Note that the intention of this article is not to allow you to continue using the software indefinitely; that would be unethical.
Use these techniques only to evaluate software, not to steal it. There are a number of different techniques that will allow you to reinstall software. Some application time trials run on the honor system — if you reinstall the program, the trial will run again. However, it is far more common for applications to attempt to detect and block cheating behaviors. Some leave a file or file or marker in the registry or in Program Data Windows telling the software how long it has to live.
Other programs will track the date internally or use more sophisticated methods of enforcing trial periods. Below are just some of the ways you can reinstall trial software after the free trial has ended. Not all methods will work in all circumstances, as different developers use varying methods to track trials.
You will have to experiment with each to find what works for you. An installation monitor is a piece of software that exactly records every action taken by a setup or install program — every file transferred, every registry entry changed or created, every checkpoint created, and every icon installed. By using an installation monitor when you install a free trial, you can get an exact catalog of what it installs.
Ordinary uninstall programs, provided by the software manufacturer, leave traces all over your computer, whether through sloppiness or design. Mirekusoft Install Monitor is one install monitor that you can use to perform this function. It has the advantage of being free, and it tracks everything a program installs and the locations where the files are installed.
You can then forensically uninstall or delete every file once you uninstall the trial, which should allow you to reinstall trial software after the free trial has ended. The uninstaller that comes with your software is usually pretty sloppy. Nobody normally needs an uninstaller to get every last file, and nobody ever made a software purchase on the basis of how well its uninstall program worked.
So predictably, uninstallers will often miss or ignore entries in the registry and on your hard drive. Using a third-party uninstaller such as Revo Uninstaller or IObit Uninstaller removes every file from everywhere. If the trial program leaves a certificate file or other resource to prevent reinstallation, these apps should find and delete it.
The Windows registry is an enormous database of stored values describing just about every aspect of every piece of software and hardware on your machine. Many programs will leave traces of themselves in the registry, even if you use the included uninstaller. Even a file uninstaller might not get every registry entry, particularly if the setup and uninstall programs were designed to leave a registry entry hidden somewhere to prevent double-runs of the trial software.
However, this is relatively easy to defeat. All you have to do is take a snapshot of your Windows Registry before you install the trial for the first time.
Then install and use the trial, and when the time period runs out, uninstall it, then restore the Registry to the saved values it had before the trial. However, note that this has the potential of getting your PC into a confused state, as any other changes that other programs have logged to the Registry in the meantime will also be lost.
If the software uses a registry key to track trial installations, then this should work around that. Sandboxing is another useful way to trial new software, as it creates a secure location to install the program within. One of the best-known sandbox programs is Sandboxie. Tried this and almost worked but when I clicked the "start 14 day trial" button the program told me that this Mac has already requested the free trial. Is there something im not doing?
This worked by performing the mentioned steps and then changing the system date to February. You might not even need to chmod after switching to root and directly execute all the rm commands.
Still getting "this Mac has already been registered". What exactly did you do? Just run the script? Modifiying the system time as someone above mentioned? Creating a new VM? I can execute the script and delete all without a problem, when I run the parallels The previous trial has expired. Thank you! Can you describe how did you do it? Can you help? I type - sudo su - in terminal. I couldn't. Do you have any sorting operations?
Creating a dummy account does nothing, as it looks like the trial is linked to the computer, not the account, and this method doesn't work for me either MBPro M1. Missing the M1 MBAir part, thanks darrenchang Many thanks. I could not reset the trial. Can you connect to my computer and help? My e-mail address is murattikir msn. Just executed this, didn't have to use the generated email, it reset the trial fine on my M1 Mini. Parallels updated to v17 when I launched after running the script.
Wonder if that has something to do with my being able to log on with the account I originally created. I guess I'll know in 14 days. Did anyone had any luck trying these on an m1 pro? Maybe I am doing things wrong but I didnt get any result from these.
Unfortunately, but in my case no script works. I have version 17 and the trial has come to an end. The only thing that works for me:. You have to repeat this operation each time before you open Virtual Machine.
I suppose the date doesn't have to be specifically August 1, but in my case it rejected the date before that. This has to do with SSL certificates, which expire fairly quickly. After a while, Parallels checks the date, and will show the expiration pop up if it sees that the trial is expired, as you have to change the date back after you start the VM because you can't use Microsoft Edge with an incorrect clock.
Also from what it seems, every point update of Parallels, Try using the reset script if it doesn't work. This is now the third trial I had been able to use. Parallels Desktop Business Edition v I have to use 17 because I need Windows 11 and with I mean between I don't really know, sorry. All I know is that TPM was added. From what it looks like, inserting a USB devices looks the same as Did you try UTM?
It still works if you installed it before it expired, but it can't be activated anymore. And so, virtualization works perfectly. Stop criticizing for nothing, it gets boring in the long run. I'm not "criticizing for nothing". I use Parallels for gaming, so UTM is just a no-go. I already have a PC, but I rather play some of my games on my laptop, which is a MacBook Air, and I don't want to buy and carry a second laptop or even replace the MacBook just for games, especially when Parallels works perfectly fine for me.
Not to mention buying a PC as an alternative to resetting Parallels's trial defeats the purpose anyway. Otherwise I can't help you, sorry. Changing the date like SergiuszR suggested works fine, it's just a bit annoying. If you're really worried about the devs not getting paid, then perhaps you shouldn't have suggested those torrents in the first place. You seem to think it all comes down to your own personal case and you criticize for nothing. If that doesn't suit you, buy yourself a PC to play your games or pay yourself an official license for Paralell's instead of complaining and trying to reset the trial period.
The proposed UTM software will be useful for others, can you stop polluting the discussion with your boring stories. Thank you, wish you have a nice day. This whole "thread" is about resetting Parallels's trial. I was just trying to point out that UTM is not an alternative for those who need GPU emulation and I'm certainly not the only person who uses Parallels for gaming , not that it's completely useless for everyone, so it's just a misunderstanding.
Sorry, maybe I should've worded it differently. Either way, I'm really tired of this discussion. Like I said, changing the date works fine, and for people who need GPU emulation but can't afford to buy a licence, that's currently the only way to bypass the trial; otherwise, yes, UTM is fine. No need to procrastinate for nothing, if this solution does not suit you then buy yourself a PC to play or buy yourself the Parallel's license.
Just remember to change the date to before the trial expired before running Parallels , then quickly start the VM and click on "Continue Trial", and immediately change the date back. You are a funny little man, seems that you looked in the mirror when you replied me : , just look at your replies above. Take care little man :. You are young, you will understand with age.
You are still young, you understand one day. You just don't want to pay for the work of the developers and use software illegally, and then you allow yourself to come and open your stupid big mouth. I can imagine you a pimply young year-old boy searching Wikipedia to try and keep face by pretending to be a someone smart.
He said: "Parallels Desktop Business Edition v You just don't want to pay for the work of the developers and use software illegally Surely there are other more important things to do than come and play trolls in an adult discussion, right? I think it's making sure Parallels is not running at all before changing the date, and that the VM is running before restoring it.
First check out the steps you can follow for doing the same without software. In this method, we will be using a software RunAsDate to extend trial period from any software. One of the well-known method to reset trial period of any software in the market. This might not be applicable to any Operating system to reset their trial.
Note: Make sure that you do not run the software program directly after expiry date. If you run the software directly even once then you can not hack any trial software or make that lifetime. Just follow the same procedure to overcome the limit period of any software. Now you can install the same software and start using it again. You can repeat the same process after the trail period of the software is over again.
But the process is quite lengthy and time-consuming. We will be updating with more methods to reset the trial period of any software. File Name: super-wpr.
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