In recent years it has become common for Microsoft to release trial or preview versions of its big-name products. This has been the case with Windows 8 as well as Office 2013 giving consumer the chance to try before they buy. If you downloaded the trial version of the suite, you can gain some extra try-out time with this handy hack.
The trial version of Office 365 while using Office.com setup is only meant to be used for 30 days. After this time you are expected to by a license or stop using the software. In practice, Office does not become unusable, but instead enters a ‘reduced functionality’ mode.
But if you are not sure about committing to the purchase, you can extend you trial period so you can test drive the office suite for a little longer.
It is possible to ‘rearm’ the trial version of Office.com Setup the five times – essentially giving you six 30-day trial periods, or 180 days in total.
While there are various tools that can be downloaded that can do this job for you, there’s no need – everything you require is already available to you. The only thing you need to remember is to run through the rearming process before you trial periods run out; make sure you do it on the thirtieth day of the trial.
Open up an Explorer window and navigate to one of the following folders. If you are using a 32-bit version of Windows, head to:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\
If you are working with the 64-bit release, you should go to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\
Hold down the Shift key, right click the folder called OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform and select the ‘Open command window here’ option.
Type:
OSPPREARM.EXE
Press Enter, and you’re done.
You can also navigate direct to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform and type OSPPREARM.EXE into Explorer’s address bar before hitting Enter.
That’s all there is to it. It’s not quite a free copy of Office, but you do get to use it for a little longer.
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