Time-expired CDROM

[nubbin]

Is it possible to reactivate a CD that has time-expired? If, so how does one do it?

[judas]

Depends on how it's being expired. Probably some obscure registry entry that would need deleting. That's how I'd do it anyway

Roll back to a prior system restore point? :shrugs:

[Liszt]

Turn your calenda back a year or two

[KITT]

This depends on how it was protected. If it has a date coded into the program that is on the CD then you may be able to simply turn the date back on your PC. If however it's set a load of registry keys and hidden files all over the hard disk then you'll struggle to get it working so you'll probably have to install it on another PC (or reformat your hard disk!). What's the program and do you know what it's protected with?

[squirrelz]

If it's put lots of hidden files and registry keys on your PC, then if you're willing to spend the time, you can monitor what it accesses with a couple of tools from sysinternals - regmon and filemon.

www.sysinternals.com

I've done something similar in the past on something that was time limited, but it can take a bit of time...

[robbo1]

What is the software? Sometimes you can get around it by uninstalling, running Microsoft RegClean and then reinstalling.
Saves hunting through the registry for obscure entries.