"evaluation copy"

One of the Twelve · Oct 12, 2002, 09:07 AM

You know, it is easy to get rid of this "For testing purposes only"-thing, but when you remove that from your dotNET [an aktivated one], the desktop still states it is an "evaluation copy". Annoying - how can I get rid of that??

Shaith · Oct 12, 2002, 09:18 AM

Get a bottle of white out. Dab it over offending text.

Zardon · Oct 12, 2002, 09:20 AM

go to your hardware store and get some masking tape, then position a strip of tape approximately 2 inches in length across the offending area.

Zardon · Oct 12, 2002, 09:21 AM

actually we dont know, and are just having some fun.....

Shaith · Oct 12, 2002, 09:21 AM

Electrical tape works well if you have a dark background.

Shaith · Oct 12, 2002, 09:23 AM

Actually, it's easily removed. Simply wait for the retail product, purchase it, and install it.

Presto! No more "evaluation copy"

One of the Twelve · Oct 12, 2002, 10:50 AM

Excellent idea! I'll just wait for the retail...

RIV@NVX · Oct 12, 2002, 02:17 PM

Look at WinBeta IRC. They have some tools to do it.

Louie6666 · Oct 31, 2002, 10:58 PM

The program your looking for on winbeta is called TweakNT (if they dare still host it) Its not like your normal "Test Notice Remover" it removes the timebomb & allows you to turn .net into xp pro if you so wish. Which I actually needed to do as Servermagic 4 would not run on .net sever, yet Partition Magic 8 would as long as it thought I was using Xp pro. This procedure seems to also work on NT4, 2000 as well

Kelsenellenelvian · Nov 1, 2002, 01:15 AM

OR you can just smash you r monitor to bits and never test or use anything beta again.

Y2Stu · Nov 25, 2002, 12:43 PM

or go into ya registry and delete the thread thats says it, But i don't use .net so i don't know which thread

Zarathustra · Nov 25, 2002, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Louie6666
The program your looking for on winbeta is called TweakNT (if they dare still host it) Its not like your normal "Test Notice Remover" it removes the timebomb & allows you to turn .net into xp pro if you so wish. Which I actually needed to do as Servermagic 4 would not run on .net sever, yet Partition Magic 8 would as long as it thought I was using Xp pro. This procedure seems to also work on NT4, 2000 as well

Bloody brilliant! I've been trying to get Partition Magic Pro to run on .NET for ages now

DriveEuro · Nov 25, 2002, 07:14 PM

I like what someone else said before, put piece of tape over it on your monitor

One of the Twelve · Nov 28, 2002, 07:59 AM

PM8 is useless (at least for me). This SuSE Linux 8.1 -partitioner is cool, it understands lots of file-systems (much more than just FAT & NTFS) - you can resize existing partitions without losing any data, which is really useful option!

..and here I want also recommed the BeOS R5 "drivesetup", which understands more file-systems than you can ever imagine - easy to use and so on.

[and no "evaluation copy" on these OS's...]

Louie6666 · Nov 29, 2002, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by One of the Twelve
PM8 is useless (at least for me). This SuSE Linux 8.1 -partitioner is cool, it understands lots of file-systems (much more than just FAT & NTFS) - you can resize existing partitions without losing any data, which is really useful option!

..and here I want also recommed the BeOS R5 "drivesetup", which understands more file-systems than you can ever imagine - easy to use and so on.

[and no "evaluation copy" on these OS's...]

lol as I said I needed to do it on .net my server as it is "live" linux was not an option, not enough space to create partition/install linux distro!

beside that if I really need to use something very low level use proggy called special Fdisk from some dude from asia! indeed the harddrive in my server was given to me by friend who laughed saying "You will be lucky if that ever works again" 15mins later he was extreamly pissed off with me! (I had asked if he was sure I could have it first & and asked on previous occasions whether he would like me to take look at it for him)

Its now served pages for over a year with no errors or problems!

One of the Twelve · Nov 30, 2002, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Louie6666
"You will be lucky if that ever works again"

I've heard that also many, many times..

Well yesterday I bought a new 60GB HDD, I partitioned it with only one click in BeOS's "DriveSetup" - One click; 4X15MB partitions! Incredibly easy!

Oct 12, 2002, 09:07 AM	#1
One of the Twelve DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Kold North Posts: 131 Rep Power: 0	"evaluation copy" You know, it is easy to get rid of this "For testing purposes only"-thing, but when you remove that from your dotNET [an aktivated one], the desktop still states it is an "evaluation copy". Annoying - how can I get rid of that?? __________________

Oct 12, 2002, 10:50 AM	Thread Starter #7
One of the Twelve DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Kold North Posts: 131 Rep Power: 0	Excellent idea! I'll just wait for the retail... __________________

Oct 12, 2002, 02:17 PM	#8
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Look at WinBeta IRC. They have some tools to do it. __________________ -- Vedran

Oct 31, 2002, 10:58 PM	#9
Louie6666 Just One Sick-Lizard Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 501 Rep Power: 0	The program your looking for on winbeta is called TweakNT (if they dare still host it) Its not like your normal "Test Notice Remover" it removes the timebomb & allows you to turn .net into xp pro if you so wish. Which I actually needed to do as Servermagic 4 would not run on .net sever, yet Partition Magic 8 would as long as it thought I was using Xp pro. This procedure seems to also work on NT4, 2000 as well __________________

Nov 1, 2002, 01:15 AM	#10
Kelsenellenelvian Master of my own Destiny Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: EverDawn Kingdom,TruEarth Posts: 1,394 Rep Power: 0	OR you can just smash you r monitor to bits and never test or use anything beta again. __________________ [color=#0000ff] Download Windows Post-Install Wizard v4.3.8 and WPI Lite v1.2 Here [/color][color=red][color=blue][/color][/color]

Oct 12, 2002, 09:18 AM	#2
Shaith HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 916 Rep Power: 0	Get a bottle of white out. Dab it over offending text.

Oct 12, 2002, 09:20 AM	#3
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	go to your hardware store and get some masking tape, then position a strip of tape approximately 2 inches in length across the offending area.

Oct 12, 2002, 09:21 AM	#4
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	actually we dont know, and are just having some fun.....

Oct 12, 2002, 09:23 AM	#6
Shaith HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 916 Rep Power: 0	Actually, it's easily removed. Simply wait for the retail product, purchase it, and install it. Presto! No more "evaluation copy"

Nov 25, 2002, 12:43 PM	#11
Y2Stu HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Blackpool, UK Posts: 56 Rep Power: 0	or go into ya registry and delete the thread thats says it, But i don't use .net so i don't know which thread

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Nov 28, 2002, 07:59 AM	Thread Starter #14
One of the Twelve DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Kold North Posts: 131 Rep Power: 0	PM8 is useless (at least for me). This SuSE Linux 8.1 -partitioner is cool, it understands lots of file-systems (much more than just FAT & NTFS) - you can resize existing partitions without losing any data, which is really useful option! ..and here I want also recommed the BeOS R5 "drivesetup", which understands more file-systems than you can ever imagine - easy to use and so on. [and no "evaluation copy" on these OS's...] __________________