Can I extend my free trial period?

My 30 days is up, but I'm not done testing. How can I get an extension for a week or so?

Greg wrote:
My 30 days is up, but I'm not done testing. How can I get an
extension for a week or so?

Tough s*it, Sherlock, you can't.

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My 30 days is up, but I'm not done testing. How can I get an
extension for a week or so?

If you order a second copy of the trial, you might be able to get an extra
thirty days. But the activation software may not like that.
If you used a second PC with a second copy of the trial, you would get 30
more days.
If you used the same copy of the trial on another PC, you would get 4 uses
of the software (well, that's what you'd get if the technology is still the
same as with the Office XP trials - I'm not sure whether it's changed since
then)

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I'd doubt it but you can always call Microsoft and ask. Now I've got to
ask - what are you "testing" that you need 40 days or so?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Greg" wrote in message
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My 30 days is up, but I'm not done testing. How can I get an extension for
a week or so?


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how long to get along without paying?

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"JL Paules" wrote in message
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I'd doubt it but you can always call Microsoft and ask. Now I've got to
ask - what are you "testing" that you need 40 days or so?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Greg" wrote in message
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My 30 days is up, but I'm not done testing. How can I get an extension
for
a week or so?


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You could try the Control Panel, Date and Time and set the date back a
couple or three weeks.


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Don
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Americas!


"Greg" wrote in message
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My 30 days is up, but I'm not done testing. How can I get an extension for
a week or so?

I don't think that works. It sounds good in theory but .............

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Don Schmidt" Retired wrote in message
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You could try the Control Panel, Date and Time and set the date back a
couple or three weeks.


--
Don
--------
Vancouver, USA - One of the great cities in one of the 45+ countries in
the
Americas!


"Greg" wrote in message
...
My 30 days is up, but I'm not done testing. How can I get an extension
for
a week or so?




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Hmmm.... must set up it's own hours, days.

The next drastic move would be fdisk the hard drive, format, reinstall
everything. In my case, I'd rather just buy the software than go through
that nightmare.


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Don
--------
Vancouver, USA - One of the great cities in one of the 45+ countries in the
Americas!


"JL Paules" wrote in message
...
I don't think that works. It sounds good in theory but .............

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Don Schmidt" Retired wrote in message
...
You could try the Control Panel, Date and Time and set the date back a
couple or three weeks.


--
Don
--------
Vancouver, USA - One of the great cities in one of the 45+ countries in
the
Americas!


"Greg" wrote in message
...
My 30 days is up, but I'm not done testing. How can I get an extension
for
a week or so?




---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.693 / Virus Database: 454 - Release Date: 5/31/2004

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Schmidt Retired !"...
Hmmm.... must set up it's own hours, days.

The next drastic move would be fdisk the hard drive, format, reinstall
everything. In my case, I'd rather just buy the software than go
through that nightmare.

If it's the same technology that I've seen, it won't work. You have to use
Product Activation to activate the trial, otherwise you only get 4 uses of
it before it dies. You can't activate any trial more than once.

You *could* install it in a clean Virtual PC or VMWare virtual machine, save
the machine state with 4 uses left, then use it 4 times, restore the
previous machine state, repeat ad infinitum.

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://www.mvps.org/the_nerd/
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