Crazy! Well I dunno but thats what zsmin puts it down too, maybe it was some other improvement in grub4dos Is your work at MS strictly no apple
I hate to say it, but i cannot find the process that locks bootmgr. So unless somebody knows how to do that when the object has no release-handle im afraid i cannot tell you what locks it. (Not that it would be a drama if that method never worked for me...im just fooling around with Win7 anyway. My actual system is Vista (and XP) and i have licenses for those, although i have always used ways to get around activation simply because this stuff annoys me to death. I change hardware often and reinstall often so calling MS to beg for activation each time is simply too tiresome for my taste. After all they have my money so what more do they want from me. Just my opinion...)
@Phazor, Just think... people like you will be the only ones who can still actually use their copies of Windows (that they paid for) after the Windows versions reach end of life and the Activation servers are decommisioned. Begin as a means to go on... If your gonna have to use cr**ks to use the software in 20 years... You might as well use cr**ks now! But the method will work... Its some of my code that is at fault.
I moved the original to bootmgr.bak and had to go through about 4 or 5 dialogs and uac notifications to do it. EDIT: this seems to unlock the file Code: takeown /A /F e:\bootmgr ICACLS e:\bootmgr /Grant Administrators:F attrib -h -s -r e:\bootmgr
If server versions can be activated via OEM SLICs, certs and keys (can they?) Then this can be modified to do it.
a friend said your vista program worked on standard 2008. Was wondering. I will try r2 in a vm and post results.
True. Im sure i wouldnt want to use any of these OSs by then but i absolutely see your point. Besides, its a matter of principle too.
I dont know..., most Banks still use OS/2 for their cash withdrawal systems. (guess it hasn't been 20 years yet... but still) Imagine seeing that stupid genuine software notification come up on them. I also dont imagine Nuclear Power plants want to upgrade their OS that often either haha
No go, still locked. In fact it doesnt even change the attributes, they are still s/h/r after running the batch. (AsAdmin, of course.) This means it must already fail before that line is executed. If i can test something else just post it...
Hmm, funny in an odd kind of way. Karsten come here to post his take on a loader and everyones kind of jumped on his stuff and wants to "copy" it into their own. @ Karsten Do you mind if we was to use this method in our own loaders tools? I think it's only right someone should at least ask you
@Daz Thanks for the thought. I have no problems with it. After all, it isn't really my method. It was gkends before he... Went away. @Phazor Do you have some sort of antivirus? Those commands must work... Unless you are infact running a different operating system
Nope, its a fresh-installed factory-configed Win7 with no programs installed whatsoever. (Except for Unlocker that is, which i installed an hour ago.) And the fact that it is a VM shouldnt really matter either, should it? Im open to suggestions though, because now im curious myself...
Nice tool, used to use vista developer act*vator for my laptop........(until I learnt about the OEM SLP activation) I believe this will be another alternative for those who are problems having problem with loaders besides chew WGA. Cheers
Tried this on a VirutalBox and failed. Change the name and inserted bootmgr, restarted, failed. Tried using bootsect, failed. Tried taking ownership and deleting bootmgr and then using the modded one, failed. Each time it goes into trial mode :/ If I look at my loader tool the slic table is not getting loaded, the bios remains VBOX.