Installing SP1 on Windows 7 done via Remove WAT

**drenco** · 04-30-12 at 07:20 PM

Hi ive been using a copy of Windows 7 x64 for a few years now done by Remove WAT however i'd like to know if i download and install SP1 from Microsoft will this invalidate my Windows 7 copy and show up as not genuine etc ?

SweetC · 04-30-12 at 07:35 PM

If I remember correctly,

° Uninstall removeWAT (restoreWAT)
° Update SP1
° Delete KB971033
° Reinstall RemoveWAT

Also
After SP1, windows will keep installing KB971033 over and over automatically ...
So change update settings to;
" Check for updates but let me chose whether to download an install them "

vincentdolbydigital · 04-30-12 at 07:36 PM

it will remove your wat, but I just ran it again after it and all is fine. as long as you had the latest version of wat its ok. I used RemoveWAT v2.2.5.2 on w7 ult 64

**drenco** · 04-30-12 at 07:53 PM

I have version 226 i got the other day so the SP1 update had just come through on Windows update i'll just allow it to install then let it remove the WAT and run the new 226 WAT exe then ?

koumouri · 04-30-12 at 07:53 PM

I would recomend daz loader becasue what's it's activated with the loader you don't have to worry about things like this.

first use watfix since you used removewat.

Code: Select All

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/26994-WAT-Fix-Fix-your-activation-problems

and then use the loader and then reactive with microsoft.

Code: Select All

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/24901-Windows-Loader-Current-release-information

**drenco** · 04-30-12 at 08:03 PM

Its saying the loader way if its unable to reboot then you have to put in a Windows 7 disk which i dont have, anyone got a link to a decent copy of WIN 7 Ultimate x64 so i can have that ready just incase ?

koumouri · 04-30-12 at 08:11 PM

here you go

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit ISO UNTOUCHED OEM legal - official link from digitalriver

Indrek888 · 04-30-12 at 11:05 PM

i have KB971033 installed with removewat, never had any problems

xXREDXIIIXx · 05-01-12 at 04:04 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Indrek888

i have KB971033 installed with removewat, never had any problems

yeah no problems here either..

**eugene51** · 05-01-12 at 04:11 AM

I installed Win 7 Ultimate on PC & laptop around the same time, but for some reason, SP1 installed on the laptop, but not the PC! They are both using the same version of RemoveWat, so I am stumped about it. I tried lots of suggestions from folks here, with no success.

**drenco** · 05-01-12 at 06:46 AM

This is what ive done in the end just run Windows update then installed SP1, after installation windows shows up as not Genuine (i checked windows update at this point and found the KB971033 update had been installed automatically even though my update settings were set to manual) etc i then run Remove WAT uninstalled it, i then waited for it to reboot and then reinstalled remove WAT & now all is fine again with SP1 installed.

Sldappu · 05-07-12 at 03:22 AM

What I found with RemoveWat was that no matter how clever I tried to be, or what update settings I used, Windows would always install kb971033 without asking me at the first available opportunity. Lost count of the number of times I uninstalled it. It just kept coming back!
RemoveWat worked fine until SP1. Then it was all re-arming and rewatting and bitching and whining.
Daz loader gives me no trouble so far. Even have kb971033 installed.

04-30-12 at 07:53 PM	#5
koumouri Newcomer Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 87	I would recomend daz loader becasue what's it's activated with the loader you don't have to worry about things like this. first use watfix since you used removewat. Code: Select All http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/26994-WAT-Fix-Fix-your-activation-problems and then use the loader and then reactive with microsoft. Code: Select All http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/24901-Windows-Loader-Current-release-information

04-30-12 at 07:35 PM	#2
SweetC Novice Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 162	If I remember correctly, ° Uninstall removeWAT (restoreWAT) ° Update SP1 ° Delete KB971033 ° Reinstall RemoveWAT Also After SP1, windows will keep installing KB971033 over and over automatically ... So change update settings to; " Check for updates but let me chose whether to download an install them "

04-30-12 at 07:36 PM	#3
vincentdolbydigital Novice Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Monaco Posts: 229	it will remove your wat, but I just ran it again after it and all is fine. as long as you had the latest version of wat its ok. I used RemoveWAT v2.2.5.2 on w7 ult 64

04-30-12 at 07:53 PM	#4
drenco Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 404	I have version 226 i got the other day so the SP1 update had just come through on Windows update i'll just allow it to install then let it remove the WAT and run the new 226 WAT exe then ?

04-30-12 at 08:03 PM	#6
drenco Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 404	Its saying the loader way if its unable to reboot then you have to put in a Windows 7 disk which i dont have, anyone got a link to a decent copy of WIN 7 Ultimate x64 so i can have that ready just incase ?

04-30-12 at 08:11 PM	#7
koumouri Newcomer Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 87	here you go Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit ISO UNTOUCHED OEM legal - official link from digitalriver

04-30-12 at 11:05 PM	#8
Indrek888 Newcomer Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 13	i have KB971033 installed with removewat, never had any problems

05-01-12 at 04:04 AM	#9
xXREDXIIIXx Newcomer Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 70	Quote: Originally Posted by Indrek888 i have KB971033 installed with removewat, never had any problems yeah no problems here either..

05-01-12 at 04:11 AM	#10
eugene51 Apprentice Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 392	I installed Win 7 Ultimate on PC & laptop around the same time, but for some reason, SP1 installed on the laptop, but not the PC! They are both using the same version of RemoveWat, so I am stumped about it. I tried lots of suggestions from folks here, with no success.

05-01-12 at 06:46 AM	#11
drenco Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 404	This is what ive done in the end just run Windows update then installed SP1, after installation windows shows up as not Genuine (i checked windows update at this point and found the KB971033 update had been installed automatically even though my update settings were set to manual) etc i then run Remove WAT uninstalled it, i then waited for it to reboot and then reinstalled remove WAT & now all is fine again with SP1 installed.

05-07-12 at 03:22 AM	#12
Sldappu Novice Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 148	What I found with RemoveWat was that no matter how clever I tried to be, or what update settings I used, Windows would always install kb971033 without asking me at the first available opportunity. Lost count of the number of times I uninstalled it. It just kept coming back! RemoveWat worked fine until SP1. Then it was all re-arming and rewatting and bitching and whining. Daz loader gives me no trouble so far. Even have kb971033 installed.