Disclaimer
This article is for research purposes. If you do this, I will not be held responsible for any VMWare license violations that may occur.
Steps
Once your initial trial is up, do the following steps:
- Close VMware.
- Navigate to the following registry key:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Workstation - Find the sub-key named
License....It will have extra text at the end. Delete this key. - Rerun VMware.