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A lot of sharewares has a trial period for you to try out the software. Sometimes it’s 21 days and then it expires, requiring you to buy the software to continue using it. The amount of trial days is not fixed and it depends on how many days the author of the software would like you to try.

You might think to yourself, how does the shareware knows how many days left in the trial period? Many years back, the trial period shareware can be bluffed by simply adjusting the time clock on your Windows. Nowadays, this method is considered obsolete and the software protector is smart enough to know the date you started using it. Most of the time these commercial and freeware protector drops an information on when you started using the shareware and days allowed to try in your registry or a file with random names that is located at your Windows folder. It’s possible to find out which file or registry location records that info by using File Monitor or Registry Monitor but it’s tedious work.

Here’s a simpler method on how you can extend the trial period of a software.


Trial-Reset 3.0 RC3 created by The Boss, is able to scan and remove 34 types of commercial and freeware protector.

Trial-Reset is an registry cleaning tool. The main function of Trial-Reset is remove the keys generated by commercial and freeware protector. Trial-Reset does not crack the program but only extend the Trial Period.

Trial-Reset is very easy to use. On the right hand side, you are able to select which type of protector you want it to scan. If found any, you are able to backup before unchecking the value. You have to do a trial-and-error because this software is not smart enough to determine which key is for which shareware. So make sure you always backup before making any changes!

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