Remove Watermark, V0.8, Build 20090509

Note: Don't use V0.1 / 0.2 / 0.3 in Windows 7 6956 /7000 /7022 /7048 /7057 /7068 /7077 /7100 /7106 or later version!
Only V0.4/v0.5/0.6/0.8 is support these Windows 7.

Read following text for detail.


Sometimes, the watermark still exists on the desktop after reboot, you need to manually rebuild the MUI cache by:
Press key "R" in removeWatermark;
Or run "mcbuilder.exe".



Remove all Watermark on desktop.
Such as "Evaluation Copy", "For testing purpose only", "Test Mode", "Safe Mode".

Support: Windows Vista /Server 2008 /Windows 7, 64bit(x64) / 32bit(x86), All Service Pack & all language of Windows.

2009.05.09 V0.8
Download Link 1: RemoveWatermark_20090509.zip
Download Link 2: RemoveWatermark_20090509.zip
Download Link 3: RemoveWatermark_20090509.zip (Click the link to download)

It is a universal patch!
Without language limited, Supports all language of windows!
And without limited of Service Pack.

This tool provides two ways to remove the watermark.

* The default method, modify user32.dll.mui. This method is safe for all Windows.
In 64-bit Vista / Windows 7, It needs Re-Build MUI cache, this will take a few minutes, please wait.

* Method 2: modifies user32.dll. 100% remove all watermark. (Run program with argument "-enforce")

But don't use Method 2 in Windows 7 6956 / 7000 or later version.
It likes a unknown bug in these version of Windows.
Any modification with user32.dll in Windows 7 6956 will cause application fail to run in compatibility mode.

V0.1 / V0.2 / V0.3 is patch user32.dll in default, so these version is not compatible with Windows 6956 / 7000!


Windows 7 server / Vista is no problem.

Notes:
1, Can operate in normal mode. Do not need to enter safe mode.
2, Choose the corresponding patch based on you Windows:
For 32bit(x86): RemoveWatermarkX86.exe
For 64bit(x64): RemoveWatermarkX64.exe

3, If "Test Mode" still exists on the desktop after reboot, you can run RemoveWatermark and Press key "R" to rebuild MUI cache.
Or open command prompt as administrator, run mcbuilder.exe again, then restart computer.


4, Command line / argument usages:
-silent Patch in silent mode.
-view View the string of user32.dll.mui, don't patch file.


History:
2008.11.04 V0.2
Test in Windows Vista SP2 16497 / Windows 7 M3 6801, OK.
2008.12.10 V0.3
+ Add support argument "-silent" to patch in silent mode.
Test in Windows 7 6956, OK.

2009.01.17 V0.4
+ Support modifies user32.dll.mui to remove watermark string.
* The default method, from modify user32.dll, change to modify user32.dll.mui.
Test in Windows 7 7000, OK.

2009.03.14 V0.5
* Remove the last space of string.
Test in Windows 7 Build 7057, OK.
RemoveWatermark_20090314.zip

2009.03.31 V0.6
+ Add a option to rebuild MUI cache.
* Modify message table.
Test in Windows 7 6.1.7068.0, OK.
RemoveWatermark_20090331.zip

2009.05.09 V0.8
+ In Windows 7 beta version, remove the string "This copy of Windows is not genuine".

Test in Windows 7 6.1.7100.0, OK.



New OS support:
Windows 7 RC, 6.1.7077.0 (winmain_win7rc.090404-1255)
Windows 7 6.1.7106.0 (winmain.090408-1623)
Windows 7 RC, 6.1.7100.0 (winmain_win7rc.090421-1700)
Vista SP2 RTM 6.0.6002.18005 (lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830)

Posted by deepxw at 21:16   |    

72 comments:

Anonymous said... January 10, 2009 6:14 PM  

i can not download from eithet locations whats wrong?

Anonymous said... January 13, 2009 2:51 AM  

thank you. it worked perfectly.

Anonymous said... January 18, 2009 5:48 AM  

@deepw
I have accidentally installed the 2nd method on build 7000 - now the compatibility mode isn't working anymore. Any solution yet? Can you post the original user32.dll with the TrustedInstaller permissions? Because I don't want to reformat the whole thing again... Thanks in advance

deepxw said... January 20, 2009 1:07 AM  

The backup file is user32.dll.backup. You can copy it as user32.dll.

Methodof restore permissions:
OPen command prompt as administrator.
icacls %Systemroot%\System32\ver.dll /save c:\p.txt

Open p.txt by notepad. Replace the string "ver.dll" as "user32.dll", save p.txt.

icacls %Systemroot%\System32\ /restore c:\p.txt

deepxw said... January 20, 2009 1:11 AM  

In most cases, even if you resume the user32.dll, compatibility mode still not work correctly.

mouridis said... January 22, 2009 7:27 PM  

The patch only works if I have the windows taskbar docked on the bottom of the screen.

If I dock the taskbar left, right or on the top of the screen, the watermark is back... :(

Anonymous said... February 1, 2009 1:56 AM  

thanks for getting rid of that annoying shit

Anonymous said... February 17, 2009 6:49 AM  

It works perfect on Vista SP2...thanks...

Adrian said... February 26, 2009 7:51 PM  
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Adrian said... February 26, 2009 7:53 PM  

Bug!

You need to know, deepxw! When I use this tool (Remove Watermark v0.4) on Windows 7, the taskbar won't show any notification message again (example, when I'm Safely Remove Hardware, the notification doesn't show up, so I don't know if my flash drive is safely removed or not.)

deepxw said... February 27, 2009 1:05 PM  

TO: Adrian

Which method you are using?

Anonymous said... March 5, 2009 3:58 AM  

Hi deepxw, love your work bro :), can you possibly show me how to write a script to do the same as v4 watermark remover does ? im getting stuck and just really want to learn. Thanks man DAN

deepxw said... March 6, 2009 11:26 AM  

It can't simply cracked by a script.

You must write a exe program to modify it.
If you are using VC MFC, you can get the "Test Mode" string by CString.LoadStringW(hInst, IDS_STRING, wLanguageID) in user32.dll.mui; Or get it by FindResourceEx() and LoadResource().
Then open file to and search the position of it, overwrite it to blank.
Re-checksum the file.

In NT6, it can't using UpdateResource() for string table in PE file, so you must do it yourself.

Anonymous said... March 7, 2009 8:18 AM  

The watermark on the second screen when running Dual View (2screens) is still there! Can you work out a Fix?

deepxw said... March 8, 2009 8:05 AM  

Which version and which method your are using?

Erik said... March 13, 2009 9:54 PM  

Remove Watermark isn't working with Windows 7 build 7057... Any Help?

deepxw said... March 14, 2009 2:38 PM  

I test it in 7057, it works.

Run removeWatermark.exe, and copy the result text or caputure the application window, send the image to me.
deepxw#gmail.com

Anonymous said... March 14, 2009 4:27 PM  

I'm using Vista x64 SP1
I right click on the removewatermarkx64.exe and run as administrator
it just asks me do you really want to apply this patch? and I type y for yes.

I get these Watermark string is not found. msgs and the watermarks are still there.

arp said... March 16, 2009 10:13 AM  

win 7 7059 ... doesnt work

Remove all Watermark on desktop, such as Test Mode/Evaluation Copy.
Version: 0.5, 03/14/2009
Support: Windows Vista /Server 2008 /Windows 7, 32bit(x86)
All Service Pack & all language of Windows.

Author: deepxw
Blog: http://deepxw.lingd.net
http://deepxw.blogspot.com (English)
________________________________________________________________________



Please right click the exe file, run as administrator, and dsiable UAC.

Do you really want to apply this patch?
(Y=Yes / N=No )
y

<<<<<<<<<<<< C:\Windows\System32\en-US\user32.dll.mui >>>>>>>>>>>>
Make a temp file... Success.
ID: 715, String:
ID: 716, String:
ID: 717, String:
ID: 718, String:
ID: 738, String:
String ID: 723, String:
Watermark string is not found. File has no change.


After reboot, if the watermark still exists, you can munally run mcbuilder.exe a
nd reboot again.

???,????????,?????????mcbuilder.exe,???

Restart your computer to take effect!

??????????


Press Enter to exit.

arp said... March 16, 2009 10:14 AM  

sry ... Windows 7 7057

btw ran as admin

deepxw said... March 16, 2009 10:47 AM  

To arp:
The watermark string has been remove.
You need restart computer to take effect.

If it doesn't work, open command prompt as administrator, run mcbuilder.exe again, then restart computer.

Which language you are using?
Or you can try to set the OS language to English, then try again.

If still not work, send the file user32.dll.mui to me.
deepxw#gmail.com

deepxw said... March 16, 2009 10:50 AM  

To Vista x64 SP1 user:

Open command prompt as administrator, run mcbuilder.exe again, then restart computer.

Copy the result of removeWatermark.exe, and post it to here.

deepxw said... March 16, 2009 11:06 AM  

7057 test:

Click here to view image

Goody said... March 16, 2009 5:12 PM  

Not work on build 7057

I'm install english version.Before do anything else I run remover it say everything fine.But after restart the watermark still visible.

Goody said... March 16, 2009 5:18 PM  

It working now!.I'm found the problem.I forgot to run mcbuilder in administrator.Thank for great program.

Anonymous said... March 17, 2009 9:58 AM  

outstanding work. worked like a charm. much better with watermark gone.

Silverdragoonwar

deepxw said... March 17, 2009 1:06 PM  

Thank you for your feedback!

I added a note about "mcbuilder.exe ".

Silverdragoonwar said... March 17, 2009 9:17 PM  

Deepw, keep up the fine work, will come to this site often for more bug fixes and good info.

deepxw said... March 18, 2009 3:55 PM  

To Silverdragoonwar:

Yeah! I will make it better.

Anonymous said... March 19, 2009 9:29 PM  

Anyone having problems with windows update in build 7057 of windows 7, any suggestions

deepxw said... March 20, 2009 2:18 PM  

Windows 7 7057 update is no problem, is works.

mohoram said... March 24, 2009 12:22 AM  

Yo uso vista x64 sp2, he aplicado el parche universal para el tcpip, y me sale las marcas de agua, le paso el remove watermark v05, y no quita las watermarks, por lo visto detecta que se modifica el archivo en cuestion user32.dll.mui y carga el que tiene de backup o de alguno otro sitio,que no puedo arreglar.

deepxw said... March 26, 2009 3:58 PM  

To mohoram:

I don't know what' the matter.

Can you write more detail?

Caronte said... March 29, 2009 5:39 AM  

Hi deepw :-)

The patch does not work for the version Windows 7 Build 7068 :-(

What are you going to upgrade?

Thanks

deepxw said... March 29, 2009 11:56 AM  

Hi, Caronte.
The user.dll.mui has no changes.

Maybe you need to run mcbuilder.exe again:
Open command prompt as administrator, run mcbuilder.exe again, then restart computer.

Caronte said... March 30, 2009 8:42 AM  

Hi deepw :-)
I did comment on the steps and the watermark is gone.
Thank you very much for your help. ;-)

Anonymous said... April 1, 2009 3:36 AM  

I get the same problem as arp.
"Watermark string is not found. File has no change."

I'm using Windows 7 build 7068 32bit.

I have tried several times in administrator mode, whit UAC turned off, system restore off.

And nothing works.
Program is version 0.5

Have searched the harddrive and only one user32.dll.mui is found.

The system language is set to English USA, but have tried several difrent contries.

deepxw said... April 1, 2009 8:19 PM  

You need to rebuild MUI cache.

Open command prompt as administrator, run mcbuilder.exe again, then restart computer.

Or using v0.6, select "R" to rebuild.

Anonymous said... April 9, 2009 8:28 PM  

Works great!Thx!

I use W7 7077 and your 0.6 tool.

I've started the x86 for the 32bit with right-click on the exe then UAC yes, than Y than restart than the x86 as admin again UAC yes, than R for rebuild than the last restart after that the watermark was away.

deepxw said... April 9, 2009 11:13 PM  

I don't know why i am not need to rebuild MUI cache.

I just run *x86.exe, "Y", then log off, and log on again, I can see the watermark was gone.
Even no need to restart computer.

Anonymous said... April 25, 2009 10:03 PM  

Doesn't work on 7100


+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Remove all Watermark on desktop, such as Test Mode/Evaluation Copy. |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
Version: 0.6, 03/31/2009
Support: Windows Vista /Server 2008 /Windows 7, 32bit(x86)
All Service Pack & all language of Windows.

Author: deepxw
Blog: http://deepxw.lingd.net
http://deepxw.blogspot.com (English)

Please right click the exe file, run as administrator.

Do you really want to apply this patch?
(Y=Yes / N=No / R=Rebuild MUI Cache by mcbuilder.exe)
:Y

+ File Name: C:\Windows\System32\en-US\user32.dll.mui V6.1.7100.0

ID String Match Modify
----- ------------------------------------------------------- ----- ------
715
716
717
718
738
723

Watermark string is not found. File has no change.


After reboot, if the watermark still exists, you can munally run mcbuilder.exe a
nd reboot again.

???,????????,?????????mcbuilder.exe,???

Log off, or restart your computer to take effect!

??????????


Press Enter to exit.

deepxw said... April 25, 2009 10:31 PM  

Notic:
Sometimes, the watermark still exists on the desktop after reboot, you need to manually rebuild the MUI cache by:
Press key "R" in removeWatermark;

Log off, or restart your computer to take effect!

Anonymous said... April 26, 2009 6:20 PM  

In this version:
7100.0.090421-1700_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRC1CULFRER_EN_DVD

works OK!

Thanks A LOT!

Anonymous said... April 29, 2009 6:00 AM  

Doesn't work on 7100 RC for me

Anonymous said... April 29, 2009 6:03 AM  

I take that back, after rebuilding the MUI cache and rebooting it worked for me on 7100 RC! =D

deepxw said... April 30, 2009 12:45 AM  

Thanks your feedback.
Maybe I need to force rebuild MUI cache in next version of RemoveWatermark.

Anonymous said... May 1, 2009 1:22 AM  

cool, it works.

tam said... May 2, 2009 7:51 AM  

TCP-Z, and RemoveWatermark64 do not work in Win 7 RC 7100 64 bit.

Wont even load, message given:
The version of this file is not compatible with..... etc etc etc.

Please help?

tam said... May 2, 2009 2:20 PM  

My mistake, i accidentally burned the wrong OS.

works fine on 32 bit.

Anonymous said... May 6, 2009 4:14 PM  

thank you!! works for my rc1 7100. i too would recommend forced runs of mcbuilder as it took a few tries for mine to catch

andythecurefan said... May 8, 2009 6:35 PM  

I used method #1 on 7100 RC 64 bit and it worked great. Thank you.

Now I was wondering, is there any way to get get the watermark back?

gustaf said... May 8, 2009 9:00 PM  

build 7100
on x64 work 1st method
on x86 must rebuild MUI cache

deepxw said... May 9, 2009 2:19 AM  

To gustaf: Thanks for feedback!

deepxw said... May 9, 2009 2:20 AM  

To andythecurefan: The backup file is user32.dll.mui.backup. you can copy it as user32.dll.mui

andythecurefan said... May 9, 2009 9:58 PM  

can you email a backup file for 64 bit if you have one? im running Build 7100 64 bit and I replaced the file with the backup and it hasn't returned. it's not THAT big of a deal, but I wanted to just see if I could bring it back after removing.

my email is in my Blogger profile. Thanks.

deepxw said... May 10, 2009 12:09 AM  

To andythecurefan: You need to restore 2 files in 64bit Windows:
1) \windows\system32\en-us\user32.dll.mui.backup
2) \windows\syswow64\en-us\user32.dll.mui.backup
3) run removewatermark-x64.exe, press key "R" to rebuild MUI cache.
4) restart computer to take effect.

Sorry, I have't this version of x64 file.

andythecurefan said... May 10, 2009 8:13 AM  

I got it back! thanks very much. :D

gustaf said... May 18, 2009 2:15 AM  

v0.8, Build 20090509 work on Win 7 Build 7127 (x86), 1st method

gustaf said... May 29, 2009 12:13 PM  

v0.8, Build 20090509 work on Win 7 Build 7137 (x86), 1st method

deepxw said... May 29, 2009 10:49 PM  

Thanks gustaf for feedback!

Anonymous said... June 4, 2009 8:58 AM  

The program worked fine removing the Test Mode watermarks for me (using Vista x64) but I still have a watermark up the top of the screen saying "Microsoft (R) Windows (R) (Build 6000)".

tony said... June 11, 2009 6:55 PM  

Can you send me the .bat file?
My email:
tonychiu2001-qdbjp@yahoo.com.hk
Thanks.

gustaf said... June 12, 2009 5:29 PM  

v0.8, Build 20090509 work on Win 7 Build 7229 (x86), 1st method

Anonymous said... June 26, 2009 3:33 PM  

worked perfectly.
s1mple and gen1al.

tks.

Anonymous said... July 1, 2009 9:32 PM  

Thankyou so much :)

Moly said... July 27, 2009 2:46 AM  

Hi

I try to activate the windows but it says: "the system cannot find the file specified"

what should I do?
I tried to activate it as soon as I finished installing the windows..

Anonymous said... July 30, 2009 9:49 PM  

This works on retail Win7 that has been patched to use a RC Beta key to activate windows.

Anonymous said... August 4, 2009 12:27 AM  

Thanks worked fine for me had to use the cmmand promt option

akoonn said... August 5, 2009 9:53 AM  

Work perfectly great for vista sp2, thanks a lot :)

Anonymous said... August 30, 2009 2:13 PM  

I have Windows 7 64 Ultimate.

TCP-Z shows version as (7600) 11.

TCP-Z version is 2.6.2.75

My broadband is 2 MbPS.

Guyz, i ran TCP-Z on this version of Windows 7 - in desire to increase broadband performance. I also ran RemoveWaterMarkx64. It asked few Yes No and I did all updates without knowing what changes it would do.

Is it a mistake to do this on Windows 7 64 7600?

Also, what is watermark? what is MUI?

Drcoop said... October 18, 2009 3:22 AM  

i can not restore "user32.dll.mui.backup" because wininit.exe has open archive. some solution please?

sorry my english is bad.

thanks :)

Leviana said... October 29, 2009 6:48 AM  

I have a bug in my Buy With No Prescription blog so can you help me to fix it ?

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