Branzik: I had the same problem aswell and solved it without reinstalling windows; Go to start>Run>write sfc /scannow in the box and let it finish and then reboot. should be fixed then.
Hazar, if I ever wanted intelligent children, I'd let YOU shag my wife. Outstanding, thank you very much. Works a treat (including post KB971033 x64 install!).
I've used RemoveWAT v2.1 before, and now I've upgraded to v2.2.3 by pressing the "Remove WAT" button on v2.2.3. However, I can't restore the WGA as I've had a genuine key to test. So, how can I solve the problem?
Just one thing though, I get this after the KB update has been on a while: Application Log: Event ID: 14 Level: Error Source: Windows Activation Technology Service Genuine validation failure: hr = 0x800706BA Then a log entry one up says: Application Log: Event ID: 12 Level: Information Source: Windows Activation Technology Service Telemetry payload uploaded successfully. Anything to worry about? Do I actually need the Windows Activation Technology Service, the thing is set to manual run anyway, so something else must be running it. Also, I noticed WatAdminSvc.exe was phoning home to microsoft (new request through my firewall), is it safe to block this at firewall level? Cheers EDIT: (After applying commands listed below by Hazar) takeown /f %windir%\System32\Wat\WatAdminSvc.exe icacls %windir%\System32\Wat\WatAdminSvc.exe /deny *S-1-1-0:F Yep, that seems to have done the trick bro, thanks a million.
ooer, that's odd. I reccomed you run these commands to disable the WAT from your system (be sure to run from admin cmd line): takeown /f %windir%\System32\Wat\WatAdminSvc.exe icacls %windir%\System32\Wat\WatAdminSvc.exe /deny *S-1-1-0:F About your wife, hehe
@hazar Greetings ... thanks! Work in progress!! Two problems: -1- After RW.2.2.3 uninstall (to 64 bits systems) is not well the restoration to slmgr.vbs -2- in trial versions (server2008 r2 and w7 enterprise) exist an error to path ( folders) to run disablewlms.exe This be resolves in 2.2.4 ? good luck
@ Hazar I havent checked this thread for a few days and only now noticed you have released a new version of WAT. What happened to the development of Chew? It's all gone quiet over there. Is your new version of WAT ahead of Chew v0.9 or are they basically on PAR?
Well, I'm continually updating this, but I am unsure of Chew's features so I cannot say. This has a few extra things like it deals with WGA etc. Chew 1.0 will be out soon, I recommend you check that out if you prefer the Chew approach.