I found this on the web and it seems to be legal as the guy is completely upfront about it. As he says many demo's have very short evaluation periods and this program overcomes this. However if the moderators here (JeffH and LoboUK) deem this to be inappropriate please delete it. Otherwise, it may be of some help to cash-strapped artists wondering if a program is really worth their limited resources. " NEVER EXPIRE V2.0 Allows you to run time-limited programs for longer evaluation periods. This new version completely re-written. Includes powerful AutoRun feature that lets you run programs from a desktop shortcut. Full documentation. Win 3.x, 95, 98. Not to be used to avoid paying for or registering software. Advanced Multimedia - FREEWARE. Never Expire is a small utility designed to help you run time-limited programs beyond their expiration dates. The program works by changing the system date, running your program and then resetting the date. In addition, you can specify a delay between running the program and resetting the date. This will allow time for the program to load and initialise. Much of my work means that I am a frequent user of time-limited programs (both Shareware and Commercial). However, I am sometimes so busy that, after installing a program, I dont have the time to evaluate it properly before the trial period is over. This problem is made worse because some developers use very small trial periods - sometimes 10 days or less. If I am away from work for a week, or have to work on an urgent project, it is sometimes impossible to re-install a program and just start again because the program will have made changes to the Registry or written a hidden file somewhere. I wrote Never Expire V1.0 to solve this problem and used it on a regular basis. After a time, I decided to make the program available as Freeware, so that other people could benefit from being able to investigate and examine programs for a slightly longer time. The program was extremely successful and generated lots of useful feedback. In response to this feedback, Never Expire 2 was produced. IMPORTANT: Never Expire is not an aid for software pirates. This program is intended to extend the evaluation period of your programs, nothing more. After you have evaluated a program for a reasonable time, you must register or purchase a valid licence to continue using the software. Advanced Multimedia, 1998, 1999 PUBLISHER ========= Advanced Multimedia, 25 Devonshire Drive, Mickleover, Derby DE3 5HA. United Kingdom. Tel: (01332) 820072 (01332) 661143 E-mail: aml@start.demon.co.uk Internet: http://www.start.demon.co.uk http://www.members.tripod.co.uk/advancedmultimedia http://www.advancedmultimedia.freeserve.co.uk "

These are the two working links for this: http://www.edtech.clara.co.uk/ http://www.start.demon.co.uk/

Kind of disagree this is essentially just a different way of 'cracking' a program. Most programs that have a time limit are long enough for anyone to decide that the program is good or bad, and if they want it. Quote 'After you have evaluated a program for a reasonable time, you must register or purchase a valid licence to continue using the software.' - The reasonable time is the time of the original trial, extending the trial in anyway will be a breach of the license in the program and inturn illegal. It is just a glorified crack.

This isn't exactly a crack but it's designed to violate your license agreement. The issue isn't whether the program will run, it's what it says in the agreement that you click "yes" on when you install. That's generally a license to use it for 30 actual days, not 30 system-clock days. mary

heya; yeah, i get stuff and run it when i get it, then it gathers dust for a few weeks.... but it runs out, i re-download it or whatever. the demo programmers should do it like jasc did on psp 5, at least: you had 30 days of use. that is, each day you used it counted as one day on your countdown, and days you didn't use it didn't advance the clock. and oh yah... like people are NOT gonna use this to avoid paying for stuff! ::insert heavy sarcasm::

Jasc changed that with PSP 6, though. You have 30 days of unlimited use, counting from the first time you LAUNCH, then 30 days before the program self-deletes.

heya; well, that sucks. you know what i hate, something like you get thrity uses... and crash the sucker twenty eight times...! :)

Bloodsong, that was me with the Organica demo! :-(