According to the Genuine Windows blog, the Windows Activation Technologies Update for Windows 7, this update will detect more than 70 known and potentially dangerous activation vulnerabilities or cracks. Activation exploits are sometimes called “hacks” and attempt to bypass or compromise Windows activation technologies.

The blog post explains in more detail how the KB971033 update will work: Once installed, the update protects customers by identifying known activation vulnerabilities that can affect your PC experience. If activation vulnerabilities are found, Windows will alert the customer and offer options to resolve the issue, in many cases with just a few clicks. Machines running genuine Windows 7 software without trigger vulnerabilities will see nothing: the update runs silently in the background to protect your system. If Windows 7 is not genuine, the notifications built into Windows 7 will inform the customer that Windows is not genuine by displaying informational dialog boxes with options for the customer to learn more or purchase genuine Windows. The desktop wallpaper will be changed to a plain desktop (all icons, gadgets, or pinned applications on the client’s desktop will remain in place). Periodic reminders and a persistent watermark on the desktop act as additional alerts for the client.

Aside from activation cracking and exploding, KB971033’s main controversy is that the update will “phone home” Microsoft every 90 days initially. The callback to Microsoft’s activation server serves as an additional layer of periodic validation, allowing the WAT system to download the latest and most up-to-date signatures that are used to identify new activation vulnerabilities to verify and determine if Windows 7 installed on a PC is genuine or pirated, and take various measures to change the user experience and behavior of the PC if the WAT decides that the system is not genuine or properly authenticated, even though the system is still activated on that moment.

In short, the KB971033 update for the Windows 7 activation and validation system may not be the vulnerability scanner itself, but just the introduction of a mechanism with the ability to establish authentication verification connections to central servers to download the vulnerability. Microsoft’s hacking signature database when necessary to combat new cracks or activation methods. By doing so, Microsoft funnels the WAT system dynamic update and instead releases a full update for WAT again in the future.

Fortunately for pirated Windows 7 users, the KB971033 Windows Activation Technologies update is optional and voluntary. It is marked as an Important Update in Windows Update and the user can choose not to install the update. Initially, it will roll out to Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions. It should be available for all Windows 7 and Windows Vista systems at the end. Once installed, the user can still uninstall KB971033 easily; however, once the system is marked as scam, not genuine, pirated or illegal, it will remain so even if the update is removed or uninstalled.

In fact, the KB971033 update for Windows Activation Technologies has been leaking onto the Internet for everyone to download since early February, and a lengthy discussion thread on the My Digital Life forums has been debating how far the update will go. update to invalidate and disable various cracks and hacks for Windows 7 like loaders (softmod) and bios-mod (hardmod). As the update depends on the online update for the new signature, which does not seem to be active or live yet, so the actual effect of the update is not yet known.

However, most agree, based on Microsoft’s history on the WGA update on the Vista platform, that WATU (WAT Update Package) will primarily deal with activation cracks that modify activation or license files , such as Chew-WGA and RemoveWAT Win7 activation crack, and many other “derivative” cracks and exploits that may include viruses or Trojan horses (hence the explanation for the 70 weird exploits available in the wild). The update will attempt to repair core licensing system files that have been illegally tampered with, disabled, deleted, or modified, effectively disabling the activation cheat.

For the user who wants to install the KB971033 update to verify the legitimacy of the Windows 7 system, you can download it through the download links below:

32-bit (x86): Windows6.1-KB971033-x86.msu
64-bit (x64): Windows6.1-KB971033-x64.msu

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RemoveWAT or Chew-WGA “Bypass Activate” Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 forever (loader alternative to remove and disable activation technologies)
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Even though you already have a perfect and reliable Windows 7 activation crack based on royalty-OEM mechanism, hackers have managed to come up with a new activation crack method as an alternative to BIOS loader and OEM BIOS mod , which effectively bypass the activation requirement of installed Windows. 7, removing and disabling Windows Activation Technologies (WAT).

The trick works to “activate” Windows 7 by bypassing activation altogether and thus does not require a product key. Previously on Windows Vista, the attempt to permanently bypass Windows Vista activation by stopping the activation grace period countdown timer was unsuccessful and was thwarted by Microsoft with the anti-crack update.

In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, hackers attempt to block access to Windows Activation Technologies, which comprise SPP (Software Protection Platform) and SLC (Software Licensing Client), which manage and handle issues activation and licensing in the operating system down to the core. components or files that are required for its operation. By blocking, preventing, deleting and disabling access to or loading of license and activation related system files, SLUI will not start, causing activation to be bypassed and Windows no longer needing to be activated, forever and permanently.

For example, the commands that have been used to restrict access to Windows Activation Technologies (WAT) system files are:

Takeown /F %WINDIR%System32sppcomapi.dll
icacls %WINDIR%System32sppcomapi.dll /deny *S-1-1-0:F

Where sppcomapi.dll is the library that controls most of the SPP functionality, so overriding this DLL disables all activation and license related functionality. And since the activation functionality is completely disabled, the activation grace period (for free trial) no longer matters, although you can still continue to count down to 0 days.

The crack is possible due to the leniency allowed by Microsoft in the activation mechanism to avoid getting too many false positives or complaints about the activation error. However, when disabling and turning off the activation component of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, after the free 30-day free trial evaluation activation period expires, an annoying screen may appear to notify and remind the user that you need to be running genuine Windows and activate Windows 7 from the tip of the globe in the notifications system tray, or when it starts to run Notepad, WordPad, Calculator, or even open Control Panel. Also, there may be a desktop watermark from this non-genuine copy of Windows that appears in all four corners of the screen, and the system may not pass the WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) validation that it requires before installing non-critical updates. Windows Update and certain programs in Windows 7, such as Microsoft Security Essentials.

Therefore, various hackers have devised tools or utilities that take care of all the “side effects” that follow after the activation scheme in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 is disabled and removed, so that the Windows operating system continue to work as it should (no automatic logoff or shutdown), no annoying pop-ups, no using genuine Windows or triggering the Windows Now notification dialog, and most importantly, passing WGA validation and not being required to permanently a product key to activate the system.

Currently, the two main Windows 7 loaderless cracks are RemoveWAT and Chew-WGA. Initially, both tools start with a different approach, but have since used a fairly similar crack method, as bugs are discovered and fixed. Another crack tool, Win7X Genuine Updates (Win7XGU) doesn’t fully automate the process by requiring users to go through multiple steps to get to genuine status, which further underscores how difficult it is for hackers to tamper with the Windows licensing system.

removeWAT

RemoveWAT, developed by Hazar and nononsence, is a Windows 7 crack that completely removes Windows activation technologies from the system so that users can validate illegal pirated copies of Windows 7 as genuine (some reported as “Manipulated Binary”) in MGADiag due to patches), forever and ever. RemoveWAT supports 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) and all editions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

RemoveWAT, which has been updated to RemoveWAT v1.9, also stops the sppsvc service and patches DLLs such as slwga.dll, sppcomapi.dll, and systemcpl.dll, where the latter removes the entire Windows Activation section from System Properties of the Control Panel. . RemoveWAT also supports silent installation with the /s switch and can be integrated into the Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 installation DVD.

Chew-WGA

Chew-WGA is a Windows 7-like crack that is designed to test the security strength of various software protections built into Windows 6.1.x operating systems. It works by restricting certain components of the software protection platform. In addition to restricting access to the sppcomapi.dll file, Chew-WGA also patches many SPP-related files.

Chew-WGA, which is currently updated to Chew-WGA v0.9, will return the system to the activated state, and the message Windows is activated is displayed in Control Panel System Properties.

Since the activation component removal-based crack involves patches, changes, and modifications to many system files, it is likely to be easily detected and bypassed by Microsoft, especially in the upcoming WGA or Service Pack 1 (SP1) update for Windows. 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. In fact, the Software Protection Platform (SPP) has been effective in counteracting unauthorized editing of system files, which can result in disabling, curtailing, disabling, or removing Windows features or functionality, causing various error messages. error when the user wants to perform a certain action. Therefore, cracks should never be run on a system intended for continuous use and should only be used to extend the evaluation period to prevent re-installation. In fact, to use the Windows operating system for more than 30 days, users must purchase a license.