watadminsvc.exe tryin to call home!!

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by jtf2, Sep 10, 2010.

  1. jtf2

    jtf2 MDL Novice

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    i run comodo firewall,i was away from the computer for a while,came back and the warning had popped up in comodo about this service trying to connect to the internet.

    i blocked it.
    i am running w7ult 64bit,with dazloader,not sure which version,os has been installed for 6 months or so.

    are there any steps i can take to disable this service from calling home??
    thanks
     
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  3. jtf2

    jtf2 MDL Novice

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    so i am trying to follow this.
    run remove wat
    restart,download file from ms
    this ms file will read the 2.25 key and it will then be validated?
    which damn update am i hiding lol
     
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    You need to hide KB971033
     
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  5. jtf2

    jtf2 MDL Novice

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    okay well i ran the removewat2.25,restarted as per instructions,and when i got to desktop,there was nothing that popped up about validating windows?
     
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    See? I told you :D

    Remove WAT removes that whole nonsense activation nagging. Now you're fine :)
     
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  7. jtf2

    jtf2 MDL Novice

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    thnx for your help so far.

    5. Click the activation prompt to follow the official steps to validate your windows
    6. Click the option to download the Microsoft
    file to re-validate your windows
    the 2 steps above did not occur upon reboot after running remove wat!?
     
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