How To Use Windows 7 For 1 Year Without Activation

Most of you might be aware of the fact that it is possible to use Windows 7 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.

Now, today I'll show you a small registry trick to  use Windows 7 for almost 1 year..!!

Step-1. Goto “Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories“.

Right click on “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 slmgr -rearm command and hit enter.

Step-3. You will be prompted to restart the computer. Once restarted the trial period will be once again 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. Open 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 right-side pane, change value of SkipRearm to 1.

 

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