Removal of Activation Overlay/Watermark in unactivated RTM. Need Help!

NO hacktivation to be discussed here(no matter if working, or in this case NOT), or next topic flushed the drain...
Regards

 

How did you do this and more importantly, will cable cards and extenders still work?

 

is there any registry edit method to stop 'activate windows go to pc settings to activate windows', not patch or cracks. after install patch, sfc will not work, always stop at 41%. any suggestions?

 

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re-install your W8 pro or enterprise and activate via KMS and you can sleep well

 

does this modify or make any change to system files? will it cause errors like sfc cannot complete or firewall problem?

 

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I found v2 but it does not do anything. the install open up in a window flash for 1 second then gone. I am using the old version now.

can anybody provide a link for working new version ?

 

The offset is the same yet but I think microsoft have updated something as my application cant list the twinui module and that's why its not working. My latest version (which I didnt release) is capable of parsing the twinui.dll to find the correct offset for function, so it would work even if the offset was updated. When I get some time I will try to figure out something.

 

Nice to see you still around.

I compiled my own version using your released program source and changed offsets for 6.2.9200.16412 version of twinui.dll.
The new offsets I used for x64 are functionOffset:0xBBD74 and threadOffset:0x5ECC8.
With these changed it kills the thread just as before.

 

can you share it ? I have the old version running but it is not working now. activation windows pop up now even activation thread killer service is running. hibernation does not work now.

 

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is there a way to uninstall thread killer when needed?

 

Hey guys where can i get the twinui.dll i dont want to run a program for it thanks

 

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As you know, killing explorer.exe no longer clears the "Activate Windows" watermark. And neither does killing the twinui.dll thread with Process Explorer.

Is there any other solution available?

 

Does not work:

The following reg hack does the trick for me (for now..):

Code:

;remove Watermark
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\Activation]
"ActivationInterval"=dword:000dbba0
"Manual"=dword:00000001
"NotificationDisabled"=dword:00000001

Thanks to muiz, see forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/46105-Windows-8-1-Registry-Tweaks/page3?p=793350&viewfull=1#post793350

 

What a trick ?

 

It removed the activation watermark from the screen/desktop. Unfortunately the joy didn't last very long, it's back again...