Comments on: 240 days Evaluation

By: Najeeb

Najeeb — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:53:02 +0000

my windows 2008r2 server installation was getting shutdown after grace period. i tried this method ,now i got 10days more , now its working fine

By: supermorph

supermorph — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:06:31 +0000

i have noticed that windows home server 2011 , windows 7, and the 2008 r2 (havent seen the r1 edition) are technically the same product, but with added registry bits & extra files files.

as the whs 2011 for example, i literally copied my windows 7 entire registry as it was (renaming the old config folder)

it shows up as windows home server 2011 in the login screen,

and on the desktop (where u would see the windows version)
it shows windows server 2008 r2

in the desktop (computer) properties it still shows as whs 2011
(yet it is literally a w7 registry)

i also see in what was whs2011 registry it does show signs of windows 7 sp1 in the version area (not got it to hand)

just thought i’d share that info, so
in theory, you could install in a few ways

1) install 2008 for base files, and copy over win7 registry and itll become workstation.

2) install win7 for base files, and copy over srv2008 registry and itll become a clean bare server (without its functions enabled, mind)

the same can be done for whs2011 as thier almost identicle apart from the added features/registry bits

i did it as i didnt want to re-activate a code with whs2011 i have, and found it worked well.

By: juustola_huh

juustola_huh — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:20:08 +0000

You can also use “Windows Loader Daz” program for this… Google it.

By: Dark Server 2008

Dark Server 2008 — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:03:15 +0000

Looking at this today makes me a little nostalgic.
But for me Windows Server 2008 R2 is just a distant memory today and replaced with 7 a long time ago.

But McFly’s method will be remembered.

By: abdel hamiid

abdel hamiid — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:59:05 +0000

guys, to be short, WHY DO YOU ALL WASTE YOUR TIME FINDING SOLUTIONS IN THREADS THAT HAVE NO ANSWERS???

Just type in your google search bar: [removed]

download that file; make sure you disable your antivirus as it will think its a trojan, the file is very safe and has nothing to do with worms, viruses or trojans.

Then just double click on that GREEN BUTTON of [removed] and let it do the work for you; just sit back and wait and let it reboot your PC and VOILLA.

Arris: Please don’t advocate piracy.

By: for your information

for your information — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:48:32 +0000

You can also rearm after every time evaluation version activation period ends… so to get 5 x 180 days evaluation time

By: Connected

Connected — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 09:00:35 +0000

Thanks roby

By: roby

roby — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:44:11 +0000

this will stop the 1 hour automatic shutdown caused from wlms service. i suppose u should run this every time u reboot to prevent unwanted shutdowns and because u cant disable the wlms service during startup. open a cmd window and just copy and paste this:

taskkill /F /IM wlms.exe & takeown /f %windir%\System32\wlms\wlms.exe & icacls %windir%\System32\wlms\wlms.exe /deny *S-1-1-0:(X) & shutdown -a

By: Jason Saggers

Jason Saggers — Thu, 27 May 2010 10:37:58 +0000

I am not been cheap or anything but is there a legit way to extend beyond the 240 or so days, This operating system is perfect and to buy it is way to expensive.

Arris: I don’t think so. A solution might be to do a clean install, install all software you want and create a disk image using disk imaging software. After creating the image use it for 240 days, then backup files/settings, revert to previously created image and use it again for 240 days. The only thing I’m not sure about is whether it can be activated online multiple times…

By: Dark Server 2008

Dark Server 2008 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:37:23 +0000

Hmm interesting discovery, do report if you stumble up on something else on the way as you continue to test things.

Man I wish I’ve had the time I had last year so I could test these kind of things but unfortunely that’s not the case anymore. Things in your life tends to change so damn quick it’s not fun anymore.