I dont think it would work that way. Because (if im not totally mistaken now) windows doesnt go by system date, but by actual uptime. In other words youd have to let windows run until the internal counter has actually counted down to zero to see any effect because simply setting ahead the clock/calendar has no influence on how long the system was really 'in use'...
I think I have acheved the same results by patching sppcomdlg.dll 32 bit Comparing files 32_sppcommdlg.dll and ORIG_32_SPPCOMMDLG.DLL 00008C7B: CC 7C 64 bit Comparing files 64_sppcommdlg.dll and ORIG_64_SPPCOMMDLG.DLL 000026DC: B0 38 000026DD: E2 E0 I get the not genuine watermark and you must activate today, but no nags. all this hack does is change the SetTimer function call to the KillTimmer function call.
to stop control panel > system and security > system from displaying activation or genuine info. patch systemcpl.dll 64 bit find E845010000 and replace with 9090909090 find E8BE890000 and replace with 9090909090
If any one knows which DLL is to blame for that watermark on the desktop let me know so I can patch it also.
I have not been able to reproduce the nags on my system even in 2019, but a lot of people have been complaining :S
I also designed this in such a way there should be no nags. I am going to experiment with altering different files
aha! the key is renaming sppcomapi. This nullifies most SPP functions and causes SLUI to silently fail!
for those who applied it previously, rename sppcommdlg.dll.bak to sppcommdlg.dll in system32 and then run the commands
It could be the uptime that made the difference.. I tested it in a window7 which is already in notification mode.. When i ran the 6 commands, restarted changed the yr to 2099 , it wont nag u to activate but all the other nags are here..when openin calc.etc.. But when i was in if my grace time period havnt expired..when i rerun the 6 cmds after undoing.. Then even to yr 2099 u are still "genuine" in mga tool.., how do you explain this?
I think the problems arise when people are already in notifications mode as you said. But I have updated it now to some much better commands so hopefully no ngas
so far I have been able to remove everything but sppc.dll and slc.dll, my systemcpl.mui is patched to report nothing for activation status, I am now working on patching explorer.exe so it will run without slc.dll
When you say nothing do you mean you removed that section alltogether? I like that idea. Also it is confirmed renaming sppcomapi does the trick and all SPP functions fall apart
I am trying to completly remove the beast. no watermark hack 64 bit Comparing files mod_user32.dll and orig_USER32.DLL 0000314D: 90 E8 0000314E: 90 02 0000314F: 90 DB 00003150: 90 FF 00003151: 90 FF 32bit Comparing files mod_user32.dll and orig_USER32.DLL 00002C5A: 90 E8 00002C5B: 90 39 00002C5C: 90 E6 00002C5D: 90 FF 00002C5E: 90 FF attached is my system control panel image