NOT WORKING - Prevent Automatic Shutdown for Expired Windows Evaluation VMs

StopEvaluationShutdown.ps1

# Create PS folder on C: drive
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "C:\PS"
# Set TLS versions for download (it will error otherwise)
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = "tls12, tls11, tls"
# Download PsTools
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://download.sysinternals.com/files/PSTools.zip" -OutFile "C:\PS\PSTools.zip"
# Extract PsTools to the PS folder
Expand-Archive -Path "C:\PS\PSTools.zip" -DestinationPath "C:\PS"
# Auto Accept EULA, can also run psexec with -accepteula
#reg ADD HKCU\Software\Sysinternals\PSexec /v EulaAccepted /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
# Start a new command prompt with Administrator privileges and run the commands
Start-Process -FilePath "cmd.exe" -Verb RunAs -ArgumentList '/c c: && cd / && cd PS && psexec -accepteula -i -d -s "sc delete WLMS"'
Start-Process -FilePath "cmd.exe" -Verb RunAs -ArgumentList '/c c: && cd / && cd PS && psexec -accepteula -i -s "REG DELETE HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WLMS /va /f"'

Doesn't work :(

Doesn't work :(

In what way? Still shuts down? This is a bit old so maybe they updated it.

Yep, still shuts down. thanks!

Yep, still shuts down. thanks!

Darn okay, I'll update the title of this so people don't get their hopes up. It worked at one point, I'll have to look into it again.