Client's ancient Windows Server 2003 device motherboard's died, what are my options?

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Process Monitor

For this software that you actually already paid for. I would first try running Microsoft's process monitor, then launching xenetech, to see if the software is checking for a simple file or registry key that when set means activated, or sets the demo date. Https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon For example, if the demo date is in the registry, then you could just keep updating the trial date to extend the trial. A more advance step would be to use a disassemblers\debuggers, such as Ollydbg or IDA pro: https://alternativeto.net/software/ollydbg/ The idea here, (on another test PC \ VM) is you find the cpu instruction that checks for the demo trial, and modify the binary to skip the check by adding a jmp cpu instruction to the next step. There are many instructions online for using IDA Pro and such.

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