1.

First things first, make sure you have installed :

- A software to mount virtual DVD drive for .iso files such as Daemon, Alcohol120%,
ultraiso, etc
- WinRar to extract the ETAP Installation iso file from the archive

2. Download links for ETAP .iso installation files:

3. All those files will merge into single .iso file. Before proceeding to install,
you must first create a virtual ECP Port:

Right Click My Computer --> Properties --> Device Manager --> Ports (COM & LPT) -->
in the Action Tab, click �Add legacy hardware� --> click Next --> choose "Install
hardware manually (Advanced)� --> Choose Ports (COM & LPT) --> Click Next -->
Choose Manufacturer : (Standard), Model : ECP Printer Port --> click Next -->
Finish --> Right click on new ECP Port --> on the "Port Setting" tab, Change
setting to Never use an interrupt, check Enable legacy Plug and Play, and select
LPT1 --> on the "Resources" tab, uncheck Use automatic setting --> click Change
Setting --> input 03BC - 03BE for I/O Range

This I/O range will initially conflict with existing PCI Bus on some hardware, if
yes just ignore it and proceed to restart your computer, the BIOS will take care of
it

4. And dont forget to download this Link also, this contains the -C-r-a-c-k- files
for ETAP 11:

You can extract it now or later

5. Turn off/temporarily disable your antivirus and internet connection and go back
to your extracted ETAP .iso file, Mount it with your preferred software (Daemon,
Alcohol, or anything), and Run ETAP Installer --> Choose to install ETAP 11.0.0 and
wait until they finish and close the installer

6. Open Control Panel --> Security and System --> Administative tools --> Services,
stop Etaps Lic Mgr service

7. Look back to your donwloaded rar files from no.5, extract them now and Copy
*.dll and *.exe files to the C:\Program Files\Operation Technology Inc\Etap License
Manager 1100\ --> overwrite all

8. Start "Etaps Lic Mngr" service again.

9. Change your computer's date and time setting to sometime before 20 April 2014,
lets just pick 1 April 2014, leave the time setting as is

10. Start ETAPS.exe, if anything is okey it will ask for an activation code. Use
this code below:
Z@8cUuS5w#nytVgCfvvccA%tDDu4jD6aNb?K

11. If there's a message telling code is invalid, close ETAP and delete a small
file called ETAPS.lck located in ETAP 11 folder (mine is located in C:\ETAP 1100\)

12. Run ETAPS.exe again, it should work now!!!

13. Before tempted to proceeding to use this software, close ETAP again

14. Use Winrar to archive "ETAPS.lck" file, rename the file to "etaps.lck.rar" and
store it in ETAP folder C:\ETAP 1100\
And DON'T delete the existing etaps.lck files, just leave it be
Now the next procedures are meant only for "fooling" the ETAP license manager into
thinking that it is started before 20 April 2014 to prevent from the License
Manager giving you "Activation Code is Expired" message, but fortunately this
checkpoint is ONLY required during first startup, after ETAP is "fooled" and the
program is already running in idle, we can change back the date into actual current
date again so the report we generate from ETAP studies can have the correct date
and time --> therefore I pretty much agree with manuel_cv and prefer to use
RunAsDate method since it has the option to "Return to current date and time" after
a defined amount of time --> how many seconds you need for the initial startup of
ETAP, because after that initial program startup, ETAP License will ignore the date
and time --> exactly as confirmed above by fx007 and manuel_cv

15. Download RunAsDate and extract it to your ETAP folder, normally C:\ETAP 1100

16. Change your computer date back to the actual current date

17. Open a blank Notepad file and copy the next lines:

@ ECHO OFF
cd C:\ETAP 1100
"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\UnRAR.exe" e -o+ "C:\ETAP 1100\etaps.lck.rar"
"C:\ETAP 1100\RunAsDate.exe" /movetime /returntime 30 01\04\2014 21:00:00 "C:\ETAP
1100\ETAPS.EXE"
exit

18. Change the second line to your the ETAP 11 directory if you installed it to a
different directory

19. Change Winrar directory if needed --> mine is winrar 64-bit, for users with Win
64-bit but using winrar 32-bit, the winrar unrar command is usually at "C:\Program
Files (x86)\WinRAR\UnRAR.exe"
20a. UnRAR.exe is winrar CMD application to extract files. Option "e" is for
extract. Option "-o+" is for overwrite destiny file
20b. Change the directory of etaps.lck.rar depending on your ETAP installation
directory above

20. 4th line is RunAsDate command syntax, with "/movetime" the 30 min warning no
longer appears, and with "/returntime 30" RunAsDate returns ETAP to the actual date
after 30seconds of Startup Initialisation, so your reports can have the correct
date after you generate it. If your computer is rather slow, with startup time
probably taking more than 30 sec, you can just change it with, lets say
"/returntime 60", so it returns to actual date after 60s, it is all up to you.

21. Save tha notepad file with any name but the extension (after .) *must*
be .bat . To do this use Notepad and Save As command at File menu. When window
appears change "Save as type" from .txt to "AllTypes". After that the file could be
named, say, "Run_ETAP.bat" and save it to your desktop

22. You can enable your antivirus and internet connection again, Run ETAP by
double-clicking the .bat file "Run_ETAP.bat" you placed earlier in desktop from
step no.22, ETAP 11 at your service

Read more: http://www.egpet.net/vb/threads/50987-ETAP-v11-0/page40#ixzz32T1JvbOC