120 days free

As you know, any version of Windows 7 can be downloaded and used for free for 30 days, during which time you will have to suffer from reminding messages. From the fourth to the 27th day, they are shown once a day, on the 28th and 29th day - once every four hours, and on the last day - every hour. After that, the system will ask you to enter a 25-digit key.

However, as it turned out, in Windows 7, the same “secret” command operates as in Vista. It allows you to extend the period of free use of Windows 7 and get rid of the constant messages in recent days. Just when the 30-day period of using the OS comes to an end, you need to run from the command line

slmgr –rearm
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and reboot. You will have another 30 days. This can be done three times. Thus, the maximum period of free use of Windows 7 will be 120 days. Microsoft representatives have already confirmed that this is not a violation of the EULA.

However, the “secret” team is not the only way to use Windows 7 for free. Today, before 19:00 (Moscow time), you still have time to download the latest preview version of Windows 7 from the official Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) website and operational until June 1, 2010