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Exceed Office 2010 Trial Period

emma — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:22:47 +0000

Office 2010 can be run for 30 days for free before needing to be active, or you will start seeing activation notification dialog. If you want to exceed the 30 days free trial during evaluation, you will need to rearm your Office 2010.

To rearm Office 2010, type in the following from an elevated command prompt:

“C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft shared\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\OSPPREARM.EXE”

If it’s 32-bit edition of Office 2010 on a 64-bit operating system, run following instead:

“C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\OSPPREARM.EXE”

You should see a message Microsoft Office Rearm Successful if rearm succeeds. This will reset the activation Office 2010 expiration and make it good for another 30 days. You can do this up to 5 times which means you can get 180 days free trial in total.

Note: You might need to close all opened Office 2010 applications before running the rearm command.

You can download a 60 days trial version of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee390818.aspx

Exceed Windows Server 2008 R2 Trial Period

emma — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:43:58 +0000

Windows Server 2008 R2 does not ask for a CD key in setup, and it can be run for 30 days for free before needing to be active. You can continue to use it after 30 days trial but the system will reboot every 2 hours and run with reduced functionalities.

If you really want to evaluate or run testing on a server with Windows Server 2008 R2 installed. There are two workarounds.

Re-arm windows

Type in the following from an elevated command prompt:

slmgr.vbs –rearm

This will reset the activation expiration and the machine is good for another 30 days. You can do this up to 3 times and get 120 days free trial in total.

Or you can

Use Windows Server 2008 R2 Editions 180day Evaluation Key

Windows Web Server 2008 R2 = KBV3Q-DJ8W7-VPB64-V88KG-82C49
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard = 4GGC4-9947F-FWFP3-78P6F-J9HDR
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise = 7PJBC-63K3J-62TTK-XF46D-W3WMD
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter = QX7TD-2CMJR-D7WWY-KVCYC-6D2YT

Activating Server Core

emma — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:15:49 +0000

Slmgr.vbs is the tool that designed to be used to activate Server Core.

Windows Software Licensing Management Tool
Usage: slmgr.vbs [MachineName User Password]
MachineName: if machine name is not provided, slmgr.vbs runs on local machine (do not require User/Password)
Note, this management tool is only for Windows
Global Options:
-did                                 , Display product GUIDs and descriptions
-ilc                   , Install license
-ipk                    , Install product key
-upk                   , Uninstall specified product key
-ato [Product GUID]                  , Activate specified product
, (activate all products if parameter not provided)
-atp , Activate specified product with user-provided confirmation ID
-dli [Product GUID]                  , Display license information for specified product
, (all licenses are displayed if parameter not provided)
Volume Licensing: Key Management Service (KMS) Options:
-dbi                                 , Display KMS and client license information
-skms              , Set name of KMS Computer to be used
-ckms                                , Clear name of KMS computer used
-sai             , Set how often client connects to KMS computer (in minutes) before computer is activated
-sri                , Set how often client connects to KMS computer (in minutes) after computer is activated
-bmc                                 , Immediately attempt to connect client to KMS computer
-ekms                   , Enable Key Management Service on this machine