hi all! I love this forum and this is my first post. Special thanks to everyone ... by lurking I have been able to learn how to mod bios and activate W7... even when I screwed up and downloaded the WAT and got the horror... i was able to figure out how to activate again by reading several posts. NOW.... I just got the watermark (above the clock)... then i went to "System" in control panel and it said I am Activated and "genuine"... then the watermark disappeared. Anyone else seen this? Is it baaaad??? thanks -kafka!
ensure you have "Software Protection" running and set to Automatic in Services.msc .. when i have it disabled .. that Watermark appears on my Desktop .. and im not using any loaders ..
See here: http://www.mydigitallife.net/2009/01/06/remove-watermark-32-bit-and-64-bit-universal-patch-free-download-for-windows-7-vista-and-server-2008/ Download the files if you find they're helpful.
iamanoob is correct. you will find that the "software protection platform service" is set to manual. Set it to automatic (delayed)
I just noticed that the "software protection platform service" is set to automatic (delayed) but does not show up as "started" and I have the option to start the service. I was activated online with genuine key and I have no issues - is this simply the way it works ?
The service does not always run even though it is set to automatic. It only runs when WU is running, when you go to the computer properties or when a crack or other program accesses it like WAT. Other then that it is not running dude. Just to clear that up for you.