Come on ppl, cool it. Like Hazar said, he's offering an alternative. I have installed Hazar and Daz loader on a couple of machines and both work fine. We are all here to try and help one another.
Thanks! Thanks for making this. I am having an issue with downloading xp mode for some old programmes I like to use. Is anyone else having the problem where when they try to download something from windows.com it's saying not a genuine windows 7? Does that mean I can't download certain programmes because of this programme? let me know or if there is a way around it? thanks!
Hello Everyone, I get this error message window using RemoveWAT 2.2.5: RemoveWAT is compiled as a 32-bit application. This means accesses to "%windir%\System32\sppwinob.dll" are translated into "%windir%\SysWOW64\sppwinob.dll" by the OS when run under a 64-bit platform. Dropping in sppwinob.dll into the SysWOW64 allowed the program to skip past the error message window which confirms this suspicion. Normally a 32-bit application will see System32 and SysWOW64 as the same set of files. The workaround to this is by creating a new junction point for example C:\windows\System32_Unhidden that links from C:\windows\System32. NTDLL.DLL will substitute C:\window\SysWOW64 only when it sees exactly C:\windows\System32. The OS leaves C:\windows\System32_Unhidden alone so a 32-bit program can still access the 64-bit system DLLs in the new directory that we created. Is RemoveWAT.exe actually deploying its files to the proper location? Is this why some people are getting strange behaviors? Thanks...
I'm having a problem where I keep getting notified that I have "XX days remaining" and warnings about activation after using this. Why is that?
Check out the torrent sites, it's been posted up there. Heaps easier then switching activation methods too!
The poster wanted to download stuff from Microsoft.com, and he can not do that so long that he is using RemoveWAT. Of course you can download the same programs from other sites, but it's not Microsoft.com.
Possibly true but consider, Torrents are also just about the best place for picking up malicious malware, so while it my be easier than swapping activation methods it may not be the safest or best option.
Very smart to use antivirus programs downloaded from torrents site then...like MSE etc...so if you has to trust a AV, I hope you use a free version or have actually paid for it, not pirated that also.
months ago i had 7loader and now i have removewat ,i have installed mse months ago and now works normally with its updates. i don't know if u can install mse with removewat, i had it since i had 7loader.
OK, here's me with the results. I installed RemoveWAT about 31 days ago but I kept quiet about it because I wanted to see how it works, that's why you couldn't see me. Everything went well, or better, well until the grace time was expired. This has happened now. I lost 1 Rearm (I'm on 3 now) and License Status is on "Notification". I restored WAT again and now I'm back with nag screens. Maybe it's because I'm using Win7 Ultimate N ? (Since RemoveWAT is not based on SLIC stuff as other solutions, it SHOULD not matter I say.) I even noticed that yesterday in my event logs, which I check quite often to see if everything is OK. So my results are: RemoveWAT only worked well in removing the nag screens "Activate now" and stuff, but did *NOT* work for me to get License Status to Licensed !!! It even decreased my rearm count. I don't think that I did anything "wrong". Partial Product Key: 97J8Q License Status: Notification Notification Reason: 0xC004F009 (grace time expired) Remaining Windows rearm count: 3 I'll now change to Ultimate WITHOUT N and try the Daz loader, since this one obviously did NOT work. Removing nag screens is cosmetics; but having notifications that I'm in "notification period" again does not justify the installation of this tool... Thanks anyway Hazar for your hard work which apparently does work for many (although some probably did not check their event logs yet whether they're INDEED in "Licensed" status"!) For no obvious reason, Hazar renamed the 'slmgr.vbs' to 'slmgr.vbs.removewat' (though it seemed to be necessary?) Whatever, I had to copy this script to another partition, rename it to 's.vbs' (I'm lazy) and execute it there with the -dlv option (Retrieve data only, don't write anything. Ought to be safe.)
from event viewer -> custom views -> administrative events is written 'warning winlogon Windows is in Notification period.' what that means? how long is the notification period? what will happens in my system after the notification period will be over? pheraps is only a message in the log without consequences, remember removewat has removed all the wga/wat so what will happens? is normal with removewat enabled having these messages in event viewer? "Windows is in Notification period." "License Activation Scheduler (sppuinotify.dll) failed with the following error code: 0x80070005" what will happens after the notification period?
here is a comparison with slmgr -dlv : removewat: license status: notification ,notification reason: 0XC004F057 remaining win rearm count: 3 win7 loader: license status: licensed , remaining win rearm count: 3 and with win7loader from microsoft.com/genuine/ (using ie8) is genuine.
Sure, I've never checked this before, and yes I did find the error message in event log. Is removeWAT only treating the symptom (nag screens), and not the cause? And why is it an issue since windows works well anyway?