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Don Y[_3_]

On 4/4/2016 4:45 PM, wrote:

Thanks all for helping. I did find a fix/work-around
using a google search for "windows license will expire soon"
lots of hits for Win 8.1 and a fairly easy fix - if it works ..
fingers crossed ..
btw the Belarc Win 8.1 key didn't work ; and the Vista key didn't work - tried them both twice prior to trying the fix.
... they were rejected as not valid ..
Fix is : cmd prompt admin slmgr -rearm
then re-start computer.
The file that generates the message is LicensingUI.exe.

You've just kicked the can down the road and restarted the "trial period".
You can expect to repeat this exercise next month/quarter. After three or
four such "resets", the trick stops working.

Try:
slarm /dlv
and note the lines pertaining to "initial grace period" and "rearm count".

Pirate installations effectively do this automatically as part of the
bootstrap procedure. Then, resets the counter (part of the registry) that
limits you to 4 "resets".

This is not the same as running licensed software.