HOW TO EXTEND EVALUATION PERIOD EXPIRED FOR WINDOWS SERVER 2008 and 2012 R2

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HOW TO EXTEND EVALUATION PERIOD EXPIRED FOR WINDOWS SERVER 2008 and 2012 R2?



After Window Server evaluation period has expired , you will found out unexpected behavior for your machine like unexpected Shutdown / Restart every one hour approximately !

In this case, you only have two options:

Purchasing a new Windows Key, activate windows through “Go to PC  Settings“.

Extend Window Server evaluation period has expired .

Note :  The windows will notify you with the following message.



Before 12 days of Windows Server 2012 license Expiration to activate Windows.

In this hint, I will elaborate How to Extend Windows Server Evaluation Period by following the bit mentioned steps below:

Steps: 1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator.

2. run cmd as administrator

3. Reset the licensing status of machine by typing the following command


“slmgr.vbs /rearm“.

4. Restart the server.

The Windows Evaluation Period should now be extended to additional 180 days.
After Server restart , wait a moment and you will find the license has been extended successfully.
Extend Windows Server 2012 Evaluation Period

Regarding Windows Server 2008

Follow the above-mentioned steps with the following changes.

3. The command will be slmgr.vbs -rearm instead of slmgr.vbs /rearm.

The command will extend windows evaluation period to additional 60 days,  that can be used again for three times.

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