About this tag
The trial tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about time-limited software trials, including game trials like Minecraft Dungeons Seasonal Trials and Sea of Thieves Trials, as well as free trial versions of utilities such as EqualizerPro and HitmanPro. Users also seek advice on licensing, such as whether a Windows Server 2016 trial requires CALs for file sharing. The content reflects common trial-related concerns: evaluating features before purchase, troubleshooting issues during trial periods, and understanding licensing requirements after the trial ends.
  1. News

    Minecraft Dungeons’ second anniversary celebration underway now through June 15

    Link Removed just turned 2. To celebrate, the Minecraft team is holding a series of festive in-game activities that will be available until June 15. "As with all birthdays, the most important thing isn’t about commemorating the occasion – it’s about the presents, which the anniversary event has...
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  2. News

    Latest Sea of Thieves content update, Season Three, is now available

    The latest Link Removed content update, Season Three, is now available and free for all players with Xbox Game Pass and across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10 and Steam. In addition to that, players can join forces with Captain Jack Sparrow in “Sea of Thieves: A Pirate’s Life” – a new...
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    • campaign content update game pass jack sparrow pirate plunder pass rewards sea of thieves season 3 steam trial windows 10
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    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint support of Windows 10 on Arm devices is now generally available

    Microsoft announced on Monday that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now supports Windows 10 on Arm devices. This expanded support is part of the company’s efforts to extend these capabilities across endpoints. Arm devices are designed to take full advantage of the protections available in Windows...
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  4. News

    Minecraft Dungeons Spooky Fall Event now live

    In the spirit of the season, Link Removed’ Spooky Fall Event is now live until midnight Nov. 3. Join in on the time-limited Seasonal Trials. If you finish these difficult challenges, such as Night Mode, you’ll reap the rewards of themed items. Apocalypse Plus, a new feature that brings the most...
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    Do I need CAL for my Windows Server 2016 Standard if it's used only for data sharing?

    Hi, We have a Windows Server 2016 Standard still in trial (a few days left) and I'm wondering if we need CAL for what we do with that server. We need Windows Server because of FileMaker Server, but no one is directly connected to the server. It's used for file sharing and FileMaker. There's 3...
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    • 2016 cals file sharing filemaker licensing purchase standards trial windows server
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Server Forums
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    Windows 7 EqualizerPro Setting Help

    I have installed free version of EqualizerPro. It has 7 days free trial version. After installing it my PC goes mute. No sound was coming out. Then I uninstall and re-install it. Now it is working. As it has more than 20 settings but I am not sure it is working properly or not. Anyone using...
    • Tomsonn
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    • audio equalizer help mute reinstall settings sound trial uninstall
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software
  7. News

    This Week on Windows: Forza Horizon 3, fall TV and “Destination: Mars”

    We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of This Week on Windows! Check out our Windows 10 Tip blog post to learn more about how you can enable Windows Spotlight images on your lock screen. Head over here to read about the HoloLens experience “Destination: Mars,” here to find out how you can get...
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    Windows 7 BSOD after closing hitmanproer

    i runned the malware scanner hitmanpro on windows 7. I deleted the found items. I closed the hitmanpro window by clicking x in the right upper corner: at that moment there Was a windows crash: blue screen. I rebooted with succes. Does this mean there is something wrong with hitmanpro? I used...
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    Windows 8 Reinstalling Win8 to remove clutter - will I be able to reactivate?

    I want to reinstall Win 8 so that the many trials I've installed and various other 'experiments' I've tried can be removed (completely!). I want to reinstall Win 8 onto a new SSD drive and add a second hard drive that wasn't part of the original hardware. All other hardware would be the same...
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    • activation clutter experiment hard drive hardware reinstall ssd trial troubleshooting windows 8
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 8 Installed Office Professional Plus/Laptop lagging

    after new laptop's trial service of Microsoft Office, I installed Office Professional Plus as a replacement. This new laptop has become slower and slower over time. Pages take very long to load and using any functional on the laptop requires patience. Looking for insight into solutions and...
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    • compatibility functional insights installation laptop maintenance microsoft office performance professional services slow solutions support trial upgrade
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  11. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 8 Ad Blocking, I'm giving it a try!

    Hi In another post I advised against installing Adblock because of some negative messages I found on some other forums, along with people asking how to get rid of it, and treating it like malware. But I also found people who liked it. So I reconsidered, I installed it and uninstalled it and...
  12. Mike

    ESET Promotional Giveaway

    We are pleased to announce a WindowsForum.com partnership in a promotional giveaway for ESET Family Security Pack, the latest in ESET’s line of security products. By working with the marketers and developers at the company, WindowsForum.com can now provide you with an opportunity to try this...
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    • antivirus development eset family pack feedback giveaway members nod32 operating system participation products promotional review security smart security software trial virtual machine windows forum
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Windows Security
  13. kemical

    Microsoft Office 2013 Trial

    Microsoft has released a free Office 2013 Trial, allowing users to evaluate the productivity suite for 60 days
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    • 2013 evaluation microsoft office productivity software trial
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    • Forum: Software Updates
  14. lostsoul65

    Windows 7 Acronis True Image 2010

    I'm using Acronis True Image 2010 and that is causingthe BSOD with file tdrmp251.sys. I'm not sure what to do about it because I can't find tdrmp251 inmy registry. I called tech support and they aren’t supporting 2010 and said toget 2013 which will fix the problem. They even have a trial and an...
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    • 2010 2013 acronis backup bsod compatibility error file issues registry software issues support options system crash tdrmp251 tech support trial true image uninstall upgrade
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    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
  15. catilley1092

    Windows 7 ESET Endpoint Security Beta good through 04/30/2012

    While it may be a short term solution, there's a beta security program named ESET Endpoint Security (Beta) that runs well on Windows 8 CP. It's good through 04/30/2012. ESET has always delivered great security products, and is working hard to deliver more. For those who doesn't trust Windows...
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    • antivirus beta compatibility cybersecurity defender discounts endpoint security eset firewall installation mse product testing security security software software system performance trial user experience windows 8
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    Windows 7 Win 7/64 Enterprise trial download SLOW

    Good afternoon all: :( I am using Win 7/64 Pro and need to upgrade to Enterprise. The MSFT sites are extreemly slow downloading the trial version. Finally downloaded a Image file but it states that it is missing files on installation. Tries many times to download the trial from MSFT but at...
    • aiprop
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    • activation code alternatives computer help disk image download enterprise file issues image files installation microsoft network performance problem slow software tech support trial upgrade user query windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  17. kemical

    Windows 7 World of Warcraft-Free to play

    World of Warcraft (WoW) is yet another major game to adopt the Free to Play model. The new Link Removed due to 404 Error allows people to try WoW for free for as long as they like, with a few limitations, the most significant being a level cap of 20.
    • kemical
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    • free game gaming gaming limitations level cap mmorpg online gaming trial world of warcraft
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    • Forum: Windows Games
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    Windows 7 Scareface the world is yours

    My friend let me play it for a bit on his PC and I liked it alot, so I bought it off of Trymedia (you download a copy of it and then pay to remove the 60 minute trial) The reason Im saying this is I hear most fixes dont work on a downloaded copy of the game. Anywho, when I start it, most of the...
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    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Games
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    Windows 7 Help on product key

    Hey there, First off, im new here. So hi nice to see you and its my first time to use Windows 7 . Anyways, here's my problem. I just reformatted my netbook to home premium , i accidentally pressed the next button thats the time that i should put my product key, and yea its 30 days trial, and...
  20. Highwayman

    Windows 7 Steam Xmas Sale day #3

    Day three of Steam's Christmas sale: from 6pm GMT A scattering of some decent titles today... Aliens Vs Predator 3 £3.75, not bad for one of the early Dx11 titles, short campaign mode, but the multi is good. Rockstar's Bully £2.50 Just Cause 2 £5.00 excellent sandbox game with fab graphics...
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Games