How To Remove Watermark From Windows 7 Builds [Both X86 & X64]
Posted March 18, 2009 – 10:08 am in: Windows 7, Windows 7 GuidesMany users are asking how to remove evaluation copy (Or testing purpose only) watermark that appears on the bottom right of Windows 7 desktop. Generally, we need to edit system file to make it happen. But thankfully, we have a simple, clean and working patch that does the job perfectly.
Before getting into the innards of the guide, it’s better to backup your system files since you are going edit user32.dll.mui system file using a small patch. Follow the steps given below to remove watermark from the Windows 7 desktop.
Procedure:
1. Download the patch from here (Thanks to deepxw for creating the patch).
2. Right-click on Removewatermark (.exe) file and select Run as administrator. Make sure that you have chosen RemovewatermarkX86.exe file, if you are using 32-bit Windows. Likewise choose RemovewatermarkX64.exe for 64-bit Windows.
3. Next, a command prompt will be opened asking your permission to continue. Press/type “Y” to continue patching process.
4. Within few seconds, a successful message will be shown. Close Command Prompt window & reboot your system.
5. Enjoy!
If the watermark appears even after rebooting the machine, then follow the procedure below.
1. Type CMD in Start menu search field and hit enter Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open Command Prompt with admin rights. Alternatively, go to Start > All programs > Accessories. Right-click on Command Prompt entry, and select Run as administrator.
2. In the Command Prompt, type in mcbuilder.exe and hit enter. It may take a minute to finish the process. Now, close the Command Prompt window and reboot Windows 7.
3. You should see no watermark on your desktop now.
Note that this patch should work fine on all builds of Windows 7 including build 7057.
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172 Comments
It works on build 7068 as well. great patch, great tip!
Alan
hi guys, i’ve been trying to do the same procedure how to remove the “Evaluation Copy” in my Windows 7, RC Build 7077. is there anyone can give me easy direction? this message is truly annoying and not good in the eye. please respond. thanks
Awesomeness!
thank you..
Works great!
I just tried it on RC1 (build 7100) and it worked perfectly! Thanks
Did not work for me with build 7100
Works on build 7077 as well. Thanks for this.
I think this is spyware
Thanks! Worked on RC1 Build 7100 86x. Other methods I read did not work, but this one did.
Confirmed as of 4/29/09
Ran this on RC1 7100 X64 and it worked perfectly. Thanks!
Works great for me on Windows 7 Release Candidate! Although had to do the CMD mcbuilder.exe.
THANKS
Works great !!, i used it on my Windows 7 RC build 7100, it makes no problem to my installed MUI, Recomended! thanks!! =D
thanks… works on my 7 7100
Worked great in 7100 x64 here, first try.
The second method worked for me on RC1, build 7100.
Works great on RC – 7100 ! Thank you very much!
It’s Worked…thank you very much
awesome patch works on RC-7100
The second method worked for me on RC1, build 7100 32 bit OS
works on W7 build 7137 64bit, thanks!
Works perfectly with W7 build 7229.0.090604-1901_x86
Thank you.
Thank u a lot. Work on Windows 7 64-bits build 7100.
Works like a charm at Windows 7 Build 7260 32bit
Thanks,works on Windows 7 build 7260 RTM x86
Worked perfect for 7100 build (had to do the cmd part as well as the patch) but never the less it worked thanks for putting this together. (To the users that say it doesnt work for 7100 build. “You’re doing it wrong”)
will it work on a Build 7000?
Thx for this. Works like a charm, Win 7 RC, build 7100.
THIS THING COMPLETELY DESTROYED MY COMPUTER. WILL NEVER TRY SUCH A THING AGAIN. TERRIBLE.
Thanks for this bud. Event ho its still the evaluation version of windows 7 it’s nice to have that off my desktop.
cheer mate 
– win 7 build 7600 x64
Worked great in win 7 RC1 build 7100 64 bit
and the second part worked good on 32 bit as well
It is working great on Windows 7! Thanks
Works on Windows 7 RC 7100 x64, thanks!
Watermark gone after reboot, thanks!
It is not working in win 7 Build 7000
i removed the watermark with this tool, and got this instead. at first i thought that it was a message pop up that had glitched, but now i see it all the time. Anyone else has this problem? and mabe a solution?
http://i26.tinypic.com/34did6b.png
Frankologic, it’s a strange problem. Can you tell me the Windows 7 build version that you are running?
Works perfectly on build 7600 RTM.
on windows7 enterprise,evaluation copy 90 days,build 7600,DON’T work…it say still 90 days evaluations.
hello I got the watermark on windows seven after installing the universal theme patcher for windows seven by the same guy that did this thing man
at least it removed the dam thing but why do that ?????
In windows 7 rc 7100 x86 it’s work. Perfect Thanks!!!
Perfect! all gone on Build 7600
thanks very much for program
i love yo
Hey! thnx it works also in 7′s build 7264
*watermark on desktop*
i have try all the procedure, still there.
seeking for help
Dude.. u rock!! This is awesome..! i just work perfect! Thanks a lot! may god bless u..
I used this and it made my copy of windows 7 not genuine, Im using build 7600
Hi,
It did NOT work for me. All it did (if at all) is remove the words “Windows 7 build 7600″ while keeping the rest of the watermark: “This copy of Windows is not genuine”. Every time I light up my PC I get the 2 intimidating windows asking me to go genuine and my desktop background is set to pitch black.
I think I’m gonna reinstall the whole thing.
Any other solutions?
Do you have any other remedies against the annoying start up windows and the black desktop background?
Works on build 7100 64bit no problem…
Thanks a lot for this! very useful!
@ Moroccan Berber
“Do you have any other remedies against the annoying start up windows and the black desktop background?”
well, you could try getting a legal version of it? that usually helps.
Dude,,
With method 2, it’s TOTALLY WORKED for my Windows7 >> 32bit(7077).
awesome!greAT! BRAVO!
Just finished the removal.No problem at all.Great patch for this.Went through the CMD to do it.
Hi, the second part of your instructions worked fine. Thanks alot!
Tanks men . Works for win.7 Ultimate Build 7100 .
work Thank
The Patchs’s link is broken, can you update it?
thanks
thanks! its so good!
Well it worked for my build 7600 x86. Is there anything else that I should look for that could cause problems in the future?
Q = You must actiavte today? Windows 7 RTM shutdown 1 day?
Just installed the lastest windows 7 official RTM build I ran windows update and
a watermark appeared on the bottom right of the screen saying this copy of windows
is not genuine. After rebooting I have a black screen and a prompt telling me I
must activate windows today! What happened to the 30 day grace period?
Am I the only one with this problem?
SOLUTION = THE VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION
A = You have to open an elevated command prompt. That is, click Start and in the Start Search box, type cmd and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter. Click Continue on the User Account Control box.
Now in the command prompt window, type slmgr -rearm and press Enter.
(There is a space between slmgr and -).
Reboot if neccessary, the sage mista>>
Sage mista: wow, that is fantastic – thanks very much.
@sage , wow it worked for me!!!
thanks a lot!!!!
B Sage, you’re da man ! Works like a charm.
Thanks !
thanks so much! so sick of the 2 hour shut downs lol
thank u sooomuch. you guys are such a genius..
I found slmgr.vbs renamed as slmgr.vbs.disabled
…it’s in the \Windows\System32 folder.
peace love hope
please HELP!!!! the click “here” link for the patch leads to a blank page
link doesn,t work any more pleas make it work whe need it thanks from evrybody who used it
the link is not working, plz e-mail or send me a link.
New Link
http://rapidshare.com/files/219551455/RemoveWatermark_20090314.zip
Thanks B Sage!!!
Removed the watermark and everything, no popup window, and desktop background doesnt go black.
PS: I wouldnt trust the link above, you don’t know if its the guy who wrote the article…
Just do B sage’s method and you dont have to download anything
Used this on Windows 7 x32 build 7600. It only half worked. It removed the build information etc, but still leaves “This copy of Windows is not genuine”. Suggestions?
Thanks man! I think I must have tried everything in the past month and this was the only thing to work for me.U R the best.
What is is with people today? It seriously can’t ALL be the fault of the U.S. Education System. By like post 50, at the most, this solution had been solved, yet, over and over the same posts “How can I….” or even better the screaming “HELP!!!!!!!!!” people.
The simple answer is that those of you who obviously (a) didn’t take the time to READ from post 1 on down before repeating what the first of those with the problem said and (b) downloaded your copy from a torrent site rather than, oh pay for it (more on this below, deserve only this:
1. Go to command prompt (right click and run as Admin)
2. Type cd\windows
3. Type FORMAT C:\
4. Disregard warning about losing data, it’s a MS trick, and confirm the format.
5. Sit back and watch the lovely program work it’s magic.
6. When the screen goes black, get up, tell your parents/loved ones that you’re going out. Head to your local library (gasp you mean like, books? yeah, I mean books) and before you attempt to run (edit/hack/perform advanced programing), learn how to crawl (ask for help) and walk (when and how you go about asking for that help).
7. Go to the reference librarian (yes, she’s the older lady in the funny sweater/jacket thing over there, be nice, you’re learning something valuable and doing a good deed to boot by letting the older generation continue to feel like their not the older generation, you’ll be there, soon enough) and ask her if she has the time (don’t freaking assume it, that’s insulting) to teach you how to, big concept here, CROSS-REFERENCE source materials. Pick a topic, I’ll recommend anything by or about Thomas Edison, and just sit and read a section, then go find the sources and cross references the section relies on for its statements of facts. Hopefully you’ll soon see why (a) I chose Thomas Edison and (b) that you learn to walk quite faster when you have to actually take the baby steps yourself. If your conclusion is that I recommended Thomas Edison for any of the individual myriad of his inventions, you’re not ready to walk yet… crawl back and read some more and this time, instead of concentrating on the specifics of WHAT you’re reading about, focus on the HOW’S that took place to get the WHAT done.
Regarding piracy, etc. I’m all for try-it-before-you-buy-it. Anyone with an iPhone, or knows someone that has one, is a liar if they don’t become a convert to this concept. But, seriously? Unless you really only downloaded your eval copy within the past 90 days, you know, and we all know, you are long past the try it stage. Microsoft finally caved a (relatively) short time ago and just let anyone in the world with a net connection start “trying it first”. No special groups only, or PR selected economically “depressed” inner-city types… ANYONE without regard to well, anything excpet signing up and registering. Ultimately, and it will never get reported on like this but there really is no other logival reason, that was respect to the OG crackers and hackers (of which Gates, and Jobs, and just about every other big time upper management weenie at the biggies (MSFT, Oracle, Cisco, Apple, etc.) was back in the day) because they reminded those now-big-time weenies where they came from, what their roots were. You think Apple and MSFT waere giving away eval copies to just anyone even 10 years ago? NOT. Think about it, 10 years ago. The world was worrying about Y2K issues and why the NSA couldn’t crack a fax line over 57k baud (hence no speeds allowed over 52k for the LONGEST time, even though the technology was there). We were LIGHT YEARS ahead of the 5.25 in. floppies that first booted up the computer (hard drive? is that some sexual joke or something?) and then stored our data. 10 years, really not that long, and do any of you possibly remember having to BUY a trial version. Yeah, cheap, but not fully functional, so what was the point anyway? Better to get a copy of the full, crack it, then see if you wanted to buy it.
So please, have some respect for yourself and if you’re thinking of typing “how do I get This Version of Windows is Not Genuine off my screen”, think about what you’re saying about yourself…..and portraying about the kind of person you really are. Yeah, none of us know who you are, but……. you do.
If you take the time and ask nicely and for the honest reason (whatever that might be, from no money to 90 days just wasn’t enough time to evaluate for you, with legitimate no BS excuses) to the right department, hell, MS will GIVE you a free copy. Yeah, not Ultimate, but, you don’t really need that anyway, and you know it.
I’m a PC and Windows was my idea
Thanks SAGA B so much! it work great! The watermark gone! it run perfectly! Love you so much! Thanks alot! my headache is gone! Thank thank thanks! I am greatful that I came across this website!
1. thank you all who gave your input and solution for this problem koodoes to you all.
2. Just wondering after doing what is suggested with the RemoveWatermark_20090314.zip and the mcbuilder.exe, and the slmgr -rearm can you still use the windows updates (security etc.) or by doing this it will cause the message to appear again? just wondering.
And again thank you all your all wonderful!!!
I made all de procedures, and it erase the Build, but keeps showing “This copy of windows is not genuine”, what should i do?
It’s Done!! I find a newest version of the patch and it works PERFECT!!! Current Version: V0.8 released at 2009.05.09 —RemoveWatermark_20090509—–
I need to change the background wallpaper also. but it always show black wallpaper. Is there a fix for it.
thnx
DONT DO IT! I TREID IT! NOW IM MAD! didnt work, dont do it unless you dont want a computer.
Dear friends Any one help me still can’t remove water… i had foll step by step good work positive result after reboot no remove water mark for windows not genuine…
SIMBU
i challenge any one to tell me a way to remove the watermark from my copy of windows and by the way all the previous ways didn’t work so if any one know’s any way that works please tell
hey …please …reply to those msgs “the mark is gone but still shows a black screen with that ‘the copy is not genuine’ ” please ..need help
i am so stuck with this …i would really be thankful if u reply as soon as you can thanks again in advance 
god bless you!!
yukti
to me that worked with the slmgr -rearm command writen in cmd
but what do i do about the pop up window that apears at every login ..asking me to get genuine??
Post number 59 by B Sage worked perfectly for me so far. The water mark, black desktop background and pop ups are all gone now! Cheers B Sage!
I’m not sure if it helps, but also uninstall the windows update KB971033(details below) and hide it from updates so that you do not install it again.
Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB971033)
Update type: Important
This update to Windows Activation Technologies detects activation exploits and tampering to key Windows system files. These exploits try to bypass regular Windows activation and are sometimes included within counterfeit copies of Windows.
thx for the advice man
this worked perfectly on me
first mine got like tsebby too
only the watermark disappeard but still the pop up window appear after reboot
then i tried once again the sage way once again
and booom
the pop up gone too
thx
Not working for windows 7 Build 7600. Pl suggest me..
Not working for windows 7 Build 7600 and please help with this also i need to activate this version !will you have any idea about it!
ur great
thanks
can i get the tip for installing windows xp from pendrive
Not Working in Build 7600…….
Dissappointing!
i’vejust installed the service pack 1 of windows 7 x86 yesterday.. but then, after i installed it, the watermark was shown.. but after i followed the instruction in removing the watermark, it WORKS !!! THANKS !! it REALLY WORKS on my WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE x86 SERVICE PACK 1 !!!
what about the 2 intimidating options (go genuine/ ask me later) every time I turn on my computer
For people with Windows 7 x64 build 7600 like me, where the patch cited in the original article didn’t work (version 0.5), I found an updated version of the patch (version 0.8) here:
http://www.general-search.com/fileinfo/9927866
You will likely find this patch works better for you.
And for others who say that have a black screen on startup. Don’t forget that you need to reset the black screen back to a theme after you’ve reactivated windows (or removed the WAT). Windows doesn’t do it for you automatically. (Right-click on your desktop and select ‘personalize’)
I use Windows 7 x86 build 7600 (Ultimate). Link does not work, worse, after the patch I get a huge pop-up screen after starting up telling me that my version is a copy…
Joe, can u share the new 32bit version for build 7600? Cheers!
Got it!
x86 latest is here: http://uploading.com/files/get/dc9m547a/
Didn’t worked on build 7060. I tried both ways, don’t know what to do.
Correction, I have build 7600 Win7 Premium
Hi, thank you very much for this. It works on the Build 7601 x86 from the Windows 7 SP1 Beta.
Good Job bro’
Hi guys, It realy annoys me that we got to pay again for windows 7 because it is everything that windows vista was supposed to be and wasn’t/ Vista owners should get a free upgrade.
Help me, that black screen always pop up again after i click for update the window. I did all the step again. installing the Removewater mark and slmg -rearm then that slmg -rearm doesnt work anymore, they say sth that i used it all, i have to install the OS again. somebody please help me! thanks a bunch! I idiotly click for the update all the time. lol.
hello,
water mark was gone but still received the genuine popup screen when rebooting the machine. How this can be fix?
Thanks
#59, thank you B sage. Yes! It works. Popups gone!
Great, it used to have 3 lines, but now there 1. And i used to not be able to change my wallpaper, now i can! Its superb!
But, i just want to get rid of that last line! 
Thanks.
Still have the line “this copy of Windows is not genuine” !
How to get rid of it ? Thanks
i found a solution for ppl using RC 7600
step 1: turn OFF your Windows updates
step 2: get some valid product key (you may use software like w7lxe.exe provided in most pirated CDs)
step 3: open cmd in administrator mode
(click Start and in the Start Search box, type cmd and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter. Click Continue on the User Account Control box.
step 4:Now in the command prompt window, type
slmgr /ipk
step 5:press enter and wait
NOTE : type in the product key you searched in place of
dont turn on ur windows update
@ B . Sage .
cool Solution .
I will like you to specify two things:
1.- If you don’t run it as administrator, your Windows gets destroyed
2.- It can mess up a little with the boot, so remember to boot from the disk where Windows is installed.
Both things happened to me. That’s it.
Thank you for the solution
I believe this made my computers internet connection go really slowly. Each time i open up any web browser it goes terribly slow! When I try to download anything it’s like 3.6KB/sec and I have a 5mbit connection. I tried downloading a torrent it it worked great with 600KB/sec.
My AVG found a bunch of trojans and I’m not quite sure if I got them all removed. Thanks for fucking up my PC.
Ran this on my HP dv7 with Windows 7 Build 7601, worked fine. Removed a watermark that just appeared out of nowhere after owning the machine for 8 months. Regardless, it worked and I thank you.
it dosen’t work on win 32-bit………………
super thank y0u sage..
Win7 Ultimate 7600 works perfect w/ post #59 adds. Thank you both very much.
Thanks, you are the best
I just tried it and it doesnt work.
It doesnt say “Build 7600″ anymore, but it still says “This copy of windows is not genuine”
Jim G, I LOVE your answer. The pity is, not one of these cretins will heed your advice
stuarty, check post 92 for the build 7600 version, worked perfectly for me
thanks man ……. wonderful job…………
thanks, wonderful
Dear B Sage,
Your method workes like magic. After the first reboot there was still a popup about going genuine, but after rebooting again, there is nothing bothering me about that anymore. My Windows is “activated” and life is peaceful again.
Thank You very much!
Prophet
look at post number 92, it worked for me, but after reboot windows reminds you again its not genuine.. But the watermark is all gone.. for now, hopefully the crack was not hacked.
damn, the black pitch screen mode is again ON. So not working at all patch
It took away the first two lines but it still says: “this copy of windows is not genuine”. I’m on build 7201. Am I doing something wrong because I did the mcbuilder.exe thing aswell!!! Please help!!!
Anton, you need to activate your Windows 7 copy to remove that watermark.
if the patch Failed what will Happen ?
How to remove the watermark? Very simple: Change the desktop color to almost white. Or set a desktop image that is white there.
thanks alot sir
Well it worked great but only one problem. There is one mark on there that i can’t remove. It says ONLY “This copy of Windows is not genuine”
with method 2 it worked like a charmed! thank you!!!!!
Didn’t work for the new SP1 update, causes no problems either. It did however push the message a little further down so you see only one line of the message.
Nick, use method 2 as described in readme file.
Worked charming for Service Pack 1.
I tried it again following everything step by step and it worked. The program removes the whole ‘This copy of windows is not genuine’ section from your desktop. The desktop remains black though, even if you change the background and restart your computer, it will reset to black.
this doesnt work with build 7600
Thanks B sage
Did exactly wat u said and voila, It removed the watermark. In ‘System’ it required me to activate
Now I’m up and running.
I did all what you said but still there is this watermark adn each time when I turn on my pc it says that I’m not using geniune version of windows. What I should do now? Restart pc or what?
tq very much..u guys are genius..solve all problems, no popups, no window 7 build 7600, no ‘this copy is not genuine’..no.no..& no…reboot 2 times to disable popups during start up..tq again..
So for a month there was no problem with the genuine stuff, but now i still recieve “Your copy is not genuine bla bla..” and wallpaper goes to black pitch again. There is no watermark, i ve cancelled automatic updates, so what wrong i ve done? any tips now, what should i do?
With Windows 7 x64 SP1 7601 this does not work as it only pushes the message further down. I know that these kinds of things do work for lower versions, but just not the most recent.
Sage B…….
U r a genius & someone who has come out as an angel to the prob.
Win 7, Build 7600, 32 Bits…..
Ur trick worked wonders for my pc…
God Bless You & May ALL Your Dreams Come True….
Thanks A Lot….
The tip by “B sage” (comment #58) worked for me, SP1 x64, build 7601. Thank you very much.
thank you very much!
its only remove watermarks but the notifications and changing black background not removed what can i do???
Remove wat 2.2.6 worked for me re: activation and update but left the watermark – uninstalling the ms update then using this worked to remove it (win7 x64 sp1) ie 7601.
Thanks!
Tried using Remove wat 2.2.6 & it worked, but left watermark…..Is there any way to remove the not genuine watermark for windows 7 build 7601 after installing sp1?
This exact procedure has worked for me where al else failed (I was flagged):
1. Uninstall kb971033
2. Reboot
3. Install Windows Loader 1.9.7 by Daz
4. Reboot
5. Open a command prompt (run as administrator) and excecute the following:
slmgr -rearm
6. Reboot
7. Hide kb971033 so Windows Update won’t install it again
8. Done!!!
Hello there!
I used the patch and followed the steps of MCBUILDER too
I have Windows 7, 32-bit.
But it only worked for a little time!!!
The watermark came back!!!
And I stopped with updating!!!
I want one who can keep away that watermark forever!!!
B Sage: thanks very much! worked like a charm. not so much work involved.
weird though, i hid the WAT update ever since i installed this windows more than a year ago maybe even 2. i did, however, update for windows defender. hmm, maybe windows is sneaking in some spyware?
i tried all the methods and it is coming out to be
this copy of windows is not genuine
i hav used both the methods and it jst worked half for me der is still one line saying copy of windows is not genuine..and i can not change my desktop background even plz help me dude…m using windows 7 7600 build …..
“watermark string is not found” when i tried the command.. please help..
I still get “This copy of Windows is not genuine”
Just to add to above comment. Select Control Panel, then System. It should say in the window that “Windows Is Activated” and have an OEM number or a product ID number.
BSages method DOES work. Tried it today on 7 Ultimate, Build 7601 and have had no problems. At the risk of repeating him, do the following, in THIS order;
1. Open Control Centre, then Action Centre, select Windows Update, then INSTALLED UPDATES.
2. Locate Windows Update KB 971033, right click, then Uninstall. Confirm as necessary.
3. Click Start, type “cmd” in search box, right click “cmd” in results pane, select “Run as Administrator”.
4. Type the following: slmgr (now press the space bar), and then type -(dash)rearm. LEAVE A SPACE BETWEEN THE r AND THE DASH, OR IT WON’T WORK!!
5. Wait for the Windows Script Host window to open, then select OK.
6. Reboot, then reboot again.
7. At this point you will still have a black screen, but the watermark should now be gone.
8. Select your desktop background as you would normally.
9. Open Control Centre, then System. Near the bottom of that window, it should say that “Windows is Activated” and also have a Product ID number or OEM number.
10. Navigate to Windows Update. If the Update KB971033 is there, right click it and select HIDE. DO NOT INSTALL!!
11. In the Change Settings part of Windows Update, change the setting to “Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them”.
12. Update as required, but DO NOT install update KB971033 if it appears in the list.
work on win7 64bit 7601, greate job
It tells me ‘slmgr’ is not recognized. 64bit 7601. That update is hidden and uninstalled, but I can’t get the command promp to work! I tried all spaces everywhere
I used RemoveWAT and it got rid of the watermark and the notifications as well as the two windows on start up. However, it has done nothing for the black desktop. I can change the theme but the background stays the same: black.
Does anyone have a solution for this?
Thanks, Awesome
Bhai thnxx alot it really works on my h.p laptop,,u r a life saver.10x
@mia. Have you pressed ENTER after step 4 in post 151 above?
@xxxx. Have you tried the method in post 151? If not, give it a go.
Mia, you must run command prompt at elevated level(#3 in post above) or you will get the error message that you received.
For anyone having trouble with the error “slmgr is not recognised as an internal or external command”, make sure you’re running the command prompt as administrator. If it still won’t work using the command line stated, try typing “slmgr.vbs -rearm”. (leaving out the “, and leaving a space between .vbs and -rearm.
Don’t forget to exit command prompt, then re-boot TWICE when finished
Hope this helps.
it works,
i have w7 7601, 32bit
watermark is remowed , windows is activated . Malasky thx
Worked after last procedure on the 58 comment.
Thanks sage.
You’re welcome Pier, but I can’t take all the credit. I’m just re-posting what I found elsewhere. Glad to be of help though.
it worked! Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600, took me a few tries, but here’s exactly what I did: type CMD into Start Search, press Cntrl + Shift + Enter, type “slmgr -rearm” press Enter, rebooted, It still had the unGenuine notice after reboot, then I rebooted again and this time without the notice and watermark! Thanks posters.
I can see Windows Update KB 971033 in update history but can’t find it from the installed updates. So slmgr -rearm thing doesn’t work for me. Any solution in this problem?
In Windows Update there is a choice to restore hidden updates. You could try that. The 971033 update should be near the bottom of the list in installed updates.
Forget that last comment. You need to uninstall the update from an elevated command prompt. Open an elevated command prompt ant type the following to uninstall the update: wusa.exe/uninstall/kb971033. Then hit ENTER. This should uninstall the update. The carry on with the rest of the process.
Tried that but it didn’t help. Still I get “slmgr is not recognised as an internal or external command”. Watermark has been gone for some time but I still get the genuine stuff in the opening.
Donald, do you have SP1 installed? If so, the 971033 update maybe hidden in there, and you may need to uninstall SP1 before you can access the 971033 update.
Or try a system restore to a point before SP1 was installed, and then try.
The first advice didnt help.
The second advice i tried, but when i typed in mcbuilder.exe nothing happended? I got a build 7601 problem.
Please help.
I followed steps 1 and 2 above and it only removed the first two lines leaving “this copy of windows is not genuine” at the bottom of the screen.
Sage’s step (comment 58) worked like a charm in removing the watermark, although the pop up at start up is still there.
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