Probably that Korean hacker KJ something, can deliver us something similar to Win 8.1, where we can use it through one/two months before a real activator comes along
Maybe there is some insight that those methods are actually a waste of time. Anyway the methods to 'hacktivate' and to remove watermarks and stuff are already described. So if you are curious or even bored why don't you hacktivate your own installation? All you need is to mess with activation files of beta releases to use beta keys to activate and reshacker to remove trial tags.
Mine never returned. I don't have anything showing on my desktop but I also changed my background picture\wallpaper. Ill leave my machine on all day and see. Get back to you in a few hours
Right, the watermark disappears when machine is reset and stays gone for 3-4 hours. After that time, it comes right back. Let me know. Yen - for my own curiosity, could you point me in the direction of how to hactivate RTM Enterprise using files from the release preview? I don't have any experience with this kind of stuff, but would certainly be interested in learning. Again, I completely understand that this is, by no means, a solution for activation. I also understand why these tools only complicate the lives of forum administrators/staff. I've seen the flooding of posts in the past when people complain that their frankenbuild/hacktivation is acting strange. I just wish to use Enterprise RTM without activate windows watermark until KMS V6 can be emulated. Thanks for the help.
Because there trying to get a perfect solution out of it as there isn't a proper KMS activation route available yet. Me personally I'll pass on hactivation methods or KMS.
When you don't want Windows update & Windows Theme or Personalizing of the metro portion if ya choose to skip activating lol And tito its not necessarily contained to just system files at this point .
WAT has a "tampered files" routine built in.. I can't be sure, but hypothetically they could run a sfc in the background to check these..
There was a way to do this in Win8 Ent, back before it became easy to activate, but I don't know which method it was now. At least the way I did it wasn't a program that you ran: it was either a replacement of the twinui.dll file or some other trick. Update: This is what I found with Win8: You would look for that BEFORE the watermark would appear (i.e. within a few hours of a reboot), kill it, and you would be good until your next reboot. Unfortunately, this thread doesn't appear for me in 8.1, though a "twinui.appcore.dll!DllCanUnloadNow+0x15b90" does.
Surely by now there should be a way to genuinely activate Windows 8.1 Enterprise? It's been almost a month.
Yeah I have a genuine Enterprise 8.1 version But you have to have a MSDN/Technet Subscription for that xD Btw you better wait for KMS activation in your case
The first real Windows 8.1 Mak keys leaked, so you can always try your luck MS is fast in blacklisting them.
LOL You people are using the leaked MAK keys and complaining that Microsoft is prompt in blacklisting those keys? Wake up guys this is why they have introduced Windows 8 with Live Account, unless you have a genuine key with proof they will block the key and of course they can track your individual PCs and block your Live account too. Thanks
i already activated my windows 8.1 pro using my dreamspark keys, just playing around with enterprise for fun