well, should and would are two different things, should it work after the update expires, yes it should but its not always the case, there could be a time bomb in this software. who knows what this Chinese are up to, maybe isis is making the software. the tool comes with a one year update and warranty, after that your on your own. mine out of the blues this morning did a disk check, rebooted then told me that my serial number or password was wrong, an error code2 and I couldn't use my tool at all. I spent 2 hours trying to figure this crap out until I got it working again by a miracle, don't even know if I fixed it or it fixed it self but I take either one. if your not planning on updating/renewing then turn off your wifi and don't update on the last month of your subscription.