How to Use Windows 7 Without Activation

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Use Windows 7 Without ActivationMost of you might be aware of the fact that it is possible to use Windows 7 and Vista for 120 days without activation. This is actually possible using the slmgr -rearm command which will extend the grace period from 30 days to 120 days.

However, in this post I will show you a small trick using which it is possible to use Windows 7 without activation for approximately an year! Here is a way to do that.

Step-1: Go to “Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories“.

Right click on the “Command Prompt” and select “Run as Administrator“. If you are not the administrator, then you are prompted to enter the password, or else you can proceed to step-2.

Step-2: Now type the following command and hit Enter:

slmgr -rearm

Step-3: You will be prompted to restart the computer. Once restarted, the trial period will once again be reset to 30 days. You can use the above command for up to 3 times by which you can extend the trial period to 120 days without activation.

Step-4: Now comes the actual trick by which you can extend the trial period for another 240 days. To do this, open the Registry Editor (type regedit in “Run” and hit Enter) and navigate to the following location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform

Step-5: In the right-side pane, change value of SkipRearm to 1.

Step-6: Now, you should be able to use the slmgr -rearm command for another 8 times so that you can skip the activation process for another 240 days. So you will get 120 + 240 = 360 days of free Windows 7 usage.

120 days using “slmgr -rearm” command before registry edit

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240 days using “slmgr -rearm” command after registry edit

=      360 Days

I hope you like this post. Please pass your comments…

68 Comments

  1. MRLMOHAN
     September 1, 2010 at 7:42 PM

    nice post….

    Reply
    • Evelyn
       February 14, 2013 at 1:27 AM

      Get as far as Step 5 but can’t see SkipRearm

      Reply
  2. ram
     September 2, 2010 at 10:14 PM

    i am not able to use slmgr-rearm key…
    cmand prompt is showing mesg that it is not recognised internal or external comand …
    what should i do..
    please help me
    reply as early as possible..

    Reply
    • Mateen
       December 3, 2012 at 5:45 PM

      Ram ur typing it wrong buddy give a space in between slmgr-rearm instead of wht u typed enter this slmgr -rearm see the difference it definitly works , , Thanks A Ton For Admin For This Wonderful Work Thnk You !!!!

      Reply
  3. Mars M
     September 3, 2010 at 8:38 PM

    What a nice tricks!!!
    Thanks

    Mars M

    Reply
  4. mrlmohan
     September 9, 2010 at 3:06 PM

    Woww nice post!!!….it helps to gain more knowledge….

    can you post tutorial about c++

    Reply
  5. vishal
     September 10, 2010 at 10:58 AM

    nice post dude…

    Reply
  6. loonlydevil
     September 12, 2010 at 10:21 PM

    aha thanks, but can u give us idea that where we can find d product key of windows 7 ultimate

    Reply
  7. Rahul
     September 16, 2010 at 1:24 AM

    But srikant,as u said, windows can run apporx for 1 year.. I have also cracked many paid softwares like this…HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform is an entry is registry which have a boolean value 1 or 0 …as changing from 0 to 1 extends windows 7 activation for more days….if we change value 0 to 1 whenever the value becomes 0 ..does it not make windows 7 for life time,, Or some other issue is also involved..?

    Reply
  8. raj
     October 4, 2010 at 1:27 PM

    good work dude,working

    Reply
  9. windows8ultimate2012
     October 6, 2010 at 7:48 PM

    Thanks for your post

    Please send me new posts and tricks to my email account
    windows8ultimate2012@gmail.com

    thanks in advance

    Reply
  10. COSH
     October 8, 2010 at 3:48 PM

    Of course, what a great site and informative posts, I will add backlink – bookmark this site? Regards, Reader.

    Reply
  11. donald
     October 13, 2010 at 4:28 AM

    after tying slmgr -rearm it give an error message:the above action require elevated privilege…wat do i do

    Reply
    • Srikanth
       October 18, 2010 at 11:00 AM

      @ donald

      You need to have administrator privileges in order to issue the “slmgr” command.

      Reply
  12. Ikki
     October 17, 2010 at 1:22 PM

    Can I use all the features that are available for genuine windows 7 or vista?

    Reply
    • Srikanth
       October 18, 2010 at 10:41 AM

      @ Ikki

      Yes, you can!

      Reply
  13. Ashish Awasthi
     October 23, 2010 at 3:19 PM

    i am not able to open command slmgr-rearm.plz tell me the solution.

    Reply
  14. allan@uelan
     October 24, 2010 at 3:51 PM

    @donald,

    start menu
    accessories
    then right click the command prompt, then click run as administrator

    hope this helps..

    Reply
  15. Neelesh
     November 11, 2010 at 11:16 PM

    i am not able to use slmgr-rearm key…
    cmand prompt is showing mesg that it is not recognised internal or external comand …
    what should i do..
    please help me
    reply as early as possible..
    .

    Reply
    • Rohan
       March 1, 2013 at 7:31 PM

      you are using it a bit altered wrongly, type in a SPACE between slmgr and -rearm & then see the result

      Reply
  16. niru
     November 19, 2010 at 9:23 AM

    thanks it works can yoou give me idea about how virus is create using our c language reply as early as possible

    Reply
  17. amit
     December 19, 2010 at 1:47 PM

    nice it really works.

    Reply
  18. bitu
     January 22, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    thanx for it..

    Reply
  19. kamal
     January 26, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    hai this is very usefull and gud .
    i learn a lot from this page.thankxxxxxxxxxxx

    Reply
  20. Andrew
     January 27, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    It works on Windows 7 with SP1?

    Reply
  21. Bhuvan Rohatgi
     February 20, 2011 at 11:52 PM

    hey srikant………want some info about my windows-7.M using windows-7 but haven’t bought it and neither registered or activated it.but ’tis still takn the updates for defender and all.shall i use this method or not neede.

    Reply
  22. hani patel
     February 21, 2011 at 10:55 PM

    its very very good.

    Reply
  23. Brammage
     February 26, 2011 at 4:12 AM

    Hey it works! Now I don’t have the stupid popup whenever I start up the computer to activate my Windows 7!

    Reply
  24. junaid
     March 2, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    it was nice and it was work .
    Thak you .thank you very much

    Reply
  25. mohit
     May 10, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    Hi srikanth,
    I need some help from you.
    Topic:
    I m a win 7 64 bit user. My copy of windows is legal.
    Now i want to format my system but i have lost the product key, the only thing that i have is product id. I want to reinstall the same copy on same machine. So plz help to find out that key either by manually in system registry or by the help of some software( window key finder).
    Is it possible to have the key from system registry as some where i have read that key is always there but in encrypted form??????

    Plz mannn reply ……….waiting

    Reply
    • Srikanth
       June 5, 2011 at 12:24 PM

      @ mohit

      Download and install the free version of “Magic Jelly Bean Keyfinder” and run the program to know your Product Key… Enjoy!!!

      Reply
  26. siva_phd9
     May 27, 2011 at 6:43 PM

    Nice article but now with WINDOWS 7 LOADER any one can activate windows 7 permanently.It is available in online free of cost.

    Reply
  27. govind singh
     June 28, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    its really tricky….. i like this soo much
    thanks sir..

    Reply
  28. harish
     August 1, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    wat about xp frnd…………i want to do this in xp……..can you suggest me a way?

    Reply
  29. Syarz
     August 16, 2011 at 3:40 AM

    Thankx for the post. I just activated my windows 7 came with the package, can you plz tell me how long will it last?or should I have to use above method to activate again?

    Reply
  30. Reshma chandran
     August 16, 2011 at 9:15 PM

    nice post.excellent

    Reply
  31. rajeev
     August 19, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    thanks srikanth.keyfinder is a great software.

    Reply
  32. raghav
     February 14, 2012 at 12:16 PM

    Great tut I am very grateful.
    could I please ask one thing, I am using a friends copy of windows ultimate as he is still using it I cant activate it otherwise he will get into trouble, I wanted to find out is there any possible way of deleting something or disabling something that will prevent windows from detecting or even from Microsoft finding out?
    an answer will be appreciated,
    once again thanks for the tutorial. :)

    Reply
  33. missingspace
     April 3, 2012 at 5:35 AM

    those saying
    i am not able to open command slmgr-rearm

    actual command is slmgr -rearm, not slmgr-rearm.

    eeezy.

    Reply
  34. goshanjit
     April 26, 2012 at 8:17 PM

    how to extend the trial periods for other softwares

    Reply
    • Srikanth
       September 4, 2012 at 4:27 PM

      @ goshanjit

      Refer post: Hack software and run the trial program forever

      Reply
      • surinder sidhu
         February 10, 2013 at 5:59 PM

        i tried the command slmgr -rearm but it shows error “acess denied the requested action require elevated privileges”, what should i do ?

  35. munna
     June 29, 2012 at 1:12 PM

    i cannot open slmgr -rearm it says that slmgr is not recognised as an internal or external command

    Reply
  36. Anil
     July 18, 2012 at 10:56 AM

    dude tys really is awesome…ur tricks r to the point no bullshit…thnks looking forward for such posts again…peace

    Reply
  37. Aalok Mishra
     August 10, 2012 at 8:12 PM

    Its works……………… thanks for it………
    awesome dude

    Reply
  38. capo71
     October 27, 2012 at 12:07 AM

    Thanks for your help! Nice trick!

    Reply
  39. Azizul
     November 5, 2012 at 10:45 PM

    its not working, is it because my trial period over before

    Reply
  40. Karabo chake
     November 24, 2012 at 10:55 PM

    Simplify that statement of doing it for 3 times that will extend number of days, i only managed to do it for 30 days but i can’t go further. Thanks in advance

    Reply
  41. Carl
     November 29, 2012 at 5:04 PM

    It appears to only work if your trial period hasn’t “already” expired. Once the screen goes black and your identified as not genuine it appears that this fix will not work.

    Reply
  42. COOLJOE
     November 30, 2012 at 12:15 PM

    I was having a problem at first but not any longer,this is awesome,thank you very much mr.engineer…..all those having a problem try the command again…….first enter space bar,type slmgr -rearm……it is working 100%…….i love this…..

    Reply
  43. 47
     December 1, 2012 at 5:47 AM

    does this work with expired product ???

    Reply
    • Srikanth
       December 1, 2012 at 12:45 PM

      I guess you should be using this trick before your trial period expires :(

      Reply
  44. miky
     December 13, 2012 at 7:58 AM

    wonderful, I was trying all..and at least this is working!!!

    Reply
  45. Rantu Roy
     December 18, 2012 at 1:33 PM

    Excellent boss, you really helped me by providing the information about the use of windows 7 without activation & by giving the name of magical jelly keyfinder.. thanks a lot……wish you good luck for your future.
    please mail your mail id to me I’ve some personal question to ask……

    And do not close this site of knowledge about computer…..It’s a request……….

    Reply
  46. curious kid
     December 26, 2012 at 4:03 PM

    should i deactivate system restore on C drive? since registry always reverts back to ’0′ and also expires my tries after 2 times for slmgr -rearm command?

    Reply
  47. natu
     December 26, 2012 at 5:22 PM

    hi sri kanth :) i’m usin windows 7 ultimate dat has not been activated. . . Is der any other way to activate it rather than increasing the validation period or entering the product key . . . ??? Plz reply

    Reply
  48. chamod (sri lanka)
     January 3, 2013 at 6:58 AM

    thank you you like a god

    Reply
  49. Charlie Hendricks
     March 11, 2013 at 4:48 AM

    Hey thanks for this. I upgraded my hard drive and got not a valid windows blah blah. I extended the date and it worked. Turns out my chipset drivers were not compatible with a 1.5TB drive. I had to update off of HP since my OEM didn’t have an update.

    Reply
  50. casanova
     March 11, 2013 at 10:24 PM

    i got only 30 day activation not more than dat…..
    how to gain sum more days.

    Reply
  51. jakskelintown
     March 12, 2013 at 2:02 AM

    Thanks so much appreciated

    Reply
  52. Raghu
     March 18, 2013 at 7:54 PM

    Too good man… Cool.. Thanks

    Reply
  53. okejimi jumoke
     April 2, 2013 at 12:58 PM

    i am unable to use simgr-key. cmand is not recognized as an internal or external command, i even try to enter it this way simgr -rearm but it is still not recognized.
    am using window 7 enterprise

    Reply
    • devilking
       April 20, 2013 at 10:14 PM

      buddy it is not “i” it is “l”
      u have to type “slmgr -rearm” not as simgr -rearm

      Reply
  54. Mariah
     April 5, 2013 at 4:28 AM

    Thank you very much!!

    Reply
  55. Pedro
     April 18, 2013 at 3:56 AM

    Great!! but in Win7 Pro x64 works only one time….to verify i ran slmgr -xpr and i get only 30 days.

    I run the CMD and REGEDIT with administrator user.

    Regards…..

    Reply
  56. Verbalina
     April 20, 2013 at 6:35 PM

    Hi, I tried the slmgr -rearm and I got the following message:

    “On a computer running Microsoft Window non-core edition, run ‘slui.exe 0x2a0xC004FE00′ to display the error text.

    Error: 0xC004FE00″

    I have been using the same version of Windows 7 since 2009, no problems.

    I can still use the PC, it’s just Microsoft Security Essentials that has been deactivated.

    Please, please help me, I am SO terrified of losing any information!!

    Reply
  57. She
     May 10, 2013 at 7:37 AM

    wow!works nicely

    Reply
  58. vashu
     May 11, 2013 at 11:04 PM

    yo u r great
    but what is the meaning of slmgr -rearm?

    Reply

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