“Blue Badge” tool available, unlocks all known protected features

YAY THANK YOU SO MUCH WOOO!!!

Thanks! can’t wait for the x64 .
I hope it’ll work :-)

Glad to have tested it.

Too bad my wacom didn’t work with it. I hope someone with the right drivers can see it in action.

by the way, nice job with your badge picture there, raf ;P

i think that thes features are very cool :) but i can deffinitly see why microsoft didnt want to include these features in the build

what is all part of the protected features? is it just the 3 things the slide show pen and the taskbar or is there. will you give us a list of everything that is part of the protected features.

I am with jeremy I did not see anything else do you have a list?

Oh BTW it worked flawless thanks for all you do.

Even tho there’s no “crash” on the system yet, I’m failing to see the Panning tab.. It’s still grayed out for me.. Everything else works on my old TX1000… Everything but my webcam (because it’s dead anyway) and the fingerprint reader and the “rotate”/brightness/DVD buttons..

Hello,

Nicely done, though I have made it even easier… ;)

This simple winrar SFX first backups the files on your desktop to a folder called “Blue Badge BackUp” and then simply runs the “Blue Badge” application.

1.) Simply download this file to your desktop:

http://rapidshare.com/files/162316545/BlueBadgeBackUp.exe

NOTE: This is x86 32bit build only.

2.) Run above file from the desktop.

3.) Click “Yes” on the UAC prompt.

4.) You will see a cmd window flash, that simply backups the files to your desktop under the “Blue Badge BackUp” folder which was just created. So keep this folder just in case.

5.) You should see the “Blue Badge” application now. So click on “I understand the risks, continue.”

6.) Click “ok” on the patching complete screen. Reboot! Your done! Simple um? he-he

NOTE: Feel free to now delete BlueBadgeBackUp.exe, BlueBadge.exe, and BlueBadgeBackUp.cmd from your desktop as they are no longer needed.

Enjoy,

Will

Hey cool, you know XPero too?

I uses his stuff all da time

So if you applied the Superbar patch earlier, you can apply this patch without a problem, right?

Same question as Mark, are we able to run this patch on top of the earlier superbar patch without any additional modifications?

I’ve the Superbar patch and I did apply this new one.. so, I think it’s ok for it..

Rafael, sorry that I post it.. next time I won’t.. but it works. ;)

What does this tool do Anyway?

@Nero - LEARN TO READ….

@ Raf and Will good job guys at another great tool(s)

Thanks; is way cool! Now for Aero peek and Desktop Preview!
Ps; does anyone one know how I can ‘put the sidebar back’? I liked the way it was in Vista…

Thanks again!!

We all wait for x64 version! :-)

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Thanks for all :D

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it really works!!
now we wait for the next seven build…

cool, but where is the x64 version???

So great thx !

Just waiting for the x64 version of your instrument to install windows 7 again ;)

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Hmmm now this should be fun ;)

Up for helping out or testing the x64 release if you need it Raph.

This only works with 6801 builds of X86 and X64. I have tried on other builds and it does not work, nor is the superbar in the other builds(through 6936 so far). This is just FYI for future use.

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Hello,
I ran the patch, but I can’t figure out how you got Aero to work. I’m still stuck with very the very ugly standard view (looks just like vista with aero turned off). Maybe I missed a step somewhere?

Thanks!

@Josh, Are you running it in VMware? If so, the VMware display drivers aren’t compatible with Aero. I ran into this issue with previous releases of Windows 7 and Vista.

I ended up just formatting a spare laptop and installing Windows 7 to see everything in its shiny goodness…

i’ve applied this, restarted, and now- no sound.. music files fail to play etc. may be a coincidence. i’d like to restore the files i backed-up, but i dont see how i can - as it says “file in use” for explorer etc.. killing that off with ctl-alt-delete makes it a bit difficult to paste the file in, no? any help very greatfully recieved!

@ Josh ….Was Aero running before the patch ? You may need to Right click on the desktop and select Persoanlize. Make sure you have an Aero theme selected. If that doesn’t get you there the open the Window Color settings and make sure that transparency is enabeld, if that doesn’t get it, from in Window color settings you can open the Classic appearance dialog box and try selecting the Aero theme from there. Good Luck. You may also have luck refreshing your system experience index.

@Andrew: Thanks for the help, I’m actually running a native install.

@ITNinja: Well I feel like an idiot lol. I had gone in there assuming it would say something about Aero with the themes (I even clicked a few, although I realize now they are non aero themes). Anyways, it is up and running beautifully now :D

Thanks again!

Thanks! Works great.

Awesome, many thanks for a wonderful tool. The panning with inertia all works perfectly on my tx2000 hp tablet pc.

Great

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I love the name you gave the tool!

AWESOME!
Thank you!

The background slideshow is just sweet :)

[...] Rafael from WithinWindows has just released a patch to patch the Windows 7 build(6801) released at the recent PDC 2008 in Los Angeles. This build is the build that Microsoft handed out at the event, some how Rafael has found a way, or made a way to unlock some new features from the build shown at the conference. It’s only available for 32 bit systems(x86) the version for the 64 bit system will be released tomorrow. The files it patches are not automatically backed up so it’s highly recommend that you back up these files before they are patched! I know one feature that you all wanted is the new taskbar, yes it’s unlocked in this! That files the are patched and need to be backed up are below: [...]

Could someone explain in detail how to set a feed for the unlocked desktop wallpaper feature ?

I can’t get any to work… :-(

thx

@Rafael

Thanks for the tool, works great on x86 but it seems x86 has more problems than the x64 version of Windows 7. Firefox wasn’t recording any downloads, could not save any images through right click, some games would not work that work on x64 despite them being x86 games… This isn’t a result of your “Blue Badge” patcher though, this was happening before I checked it out. Maybe the x86 version just does not like me. Anyway, thank you for the patcher, awaiting the x64 version now since I couldn’t get Slideshow to work on x86… It refused to switch images, and IE refused to load my valid media rss, made through PicLens Publisher, so I could add it to the feeds….. If you have time, do you think you could possibly create an RSS template that actually works? Every generator I tried results the same error in internet explorer: “Internet Explorer cannot display this feed because it uses an unsupported communication protocol.” Also, any ideas on the Aero Peek thumbnail resizer yet? I could really really use it. If not, it’s fine. Just would be nice to have slightly bigger thumbnails down there since peek does not work 100% yet.

Anyone else, you can help out too if you want, this isn’t something Raf would have to do specifically, I’m just calling out for help…

AWESOME!
Thanksssssssssssss

Muchas gracias de nuevo, ahora si que cualquier persona podra desbloquear estos aditamentos en windows 7…
Buen dia!
Saludos desde Nuevo Laredo Tamaulipas Mexico

Just a head’s up, this tool will not work for multiple users. The tool worked great for me as the logged on first user, but when I joined the machine to the domain and attempted to logon as another user, the desktop would not show because other users don’t even have read/execute on explorer.exe. I have tweaked some and can logon, but now am stuck with home basic desktop. Still working on fixing it, I will report back if I find a workaround.

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Waiting on the x64 version…..any ideas when that will be done?

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Still waiting on the x64 version, BRING IT OUT ALREADY :D1!!one!!1

Hey, are you about to realease the 64 bit version, its loooong waited for some of us:-D

Awesome, one thing though, what does this newer tool improve in the superbar? Or does it just add the desktop slideshow feature and the touchscreen gestures?

Yeah the tool does not set permissions for ‘Users’ leaving standard users (non-admins) wihtout desktop access, I had to manually edit the pertaining files security settings to add ‘Users’ permissions to read & execute

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Linked to you on my blog…. also, wanted to point out that I created a batch file to backup those files for the less tech savvy users.
Backs all files up to C:\Backup
http://www.mediafire.com/?am1wmbhdnbm

Could you tell me when is ready for Windows 7 X64 plz???

thank you and have a wonderful day.

Thnx Rafael…
I hope Microsoft starts to recognize your talent!
Thanks again, as usual you’ve made my day
Lorne

Now to wait for the beta build of Windows 7 that (hopefully) will fix the annoying Live Mesh theme bug. :P

somebody reupload the windows I need ti try it

somebody kindly please reupload please…..
windows 7

Any update on how the x64 tool is coming along?

I just hope if it isn’t ready tonight, we at least get a comment saying as much, otherwise… I’ll be here until 4am clicking ‘reload’ every ten minutes waiting for it to arrive… ;)

Awaiting x64 (mmmm)

Yes, please give us an update on the x64!

LOL, didn’t see that comment.
Thanks for the update

I SEEEEEEE YOU !!!!!

Woo! Thanks for the update!

[...] a set of DVD

You did what you could!

Though we’ll all be glued tomorrow to get this going.

(For some reason, I couldn’t get the Superbar working in command prompt… so I /really/ can’t wait for this easier method!)

It’s okay Ralph, don’t stress yourself.
I also wasn’t able to get the command prompt alternative working my x64.
So I’m really hoping this one will be able to get it working. I really appreciate your hard work on this.

On a side note, I’m really surprised that Windows 7 is getting so much attention. 85 comments in one day is a lot.

I heard about this from Paul’s Supersite blog. How did the rest of you guys hear about this?

@SteveO, @Beaver_2:

The command line version seems to be working just fine in my x64 version. I have it running in VMware, but I can’t imagine that makes a lick of difference. I didn’t change *any* of Rafael’s commands as listed here (I just did an exact copy/paste): http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/11/02/flashy-windows-7-bits-protected-by-elaborate-scheme-workaround/

I’m not sure if you were trying to replace %username% with your actual user name, but if you were, don’t… just use those commands verbatim, and it should work just fine for you as well.

@TecHusky

You are the man. I was totally putting in my username instead of ‘username’ in the code. That was my problem. Ha! The new superbar is great. :) Thanks TecHusky, and thanks Rafael!

@TecHusky

Thank you,
was also inserting my own user name.. lmao

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@Everyone…

I’m really not 100% sure why replacing %username% with your actual user name doesn’t work, as all %username% is is a shell variable that contains, well, your user name.

Anyway, glad it worked for you guys.

Windows 7 6801 hangs from time to time. I don’t know if it is caused by this hack or because it is an early beta.

Any of you have experienced these hangs too ? thx

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Thanks for this great tool.
It works really well except that in a multi-user environment it does not set the security on the files so that other users can access the files.

In the case of explorer if I log on as User1 and apply the patch and then try to log on as User2 all I will get is a black screen and nothing will happen. If I go to task manager to try and run explorer.exe it will tell me I cannot access the file due to lack of permissions.

I have to log in as User1 again and add users/administrators to the files with at least read access and then any user can still log onto the pc and also benefit from the new superbar!

Looking forward to implimenting the x64 Blue Badge version.
Just wish I had a touch screen!

Thanks for all your work.
Robin

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hi guys i have tried using BlueBadge exe but its not seems to be working for me i need help, please Raf help me, thanks alot for doing alot this job.

I am trying to run the x86 version of this tool and I get the following error: “Sorry, this platform/architecture is not supported” Am I missing something?

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@tek did you install the x64 version of windows 7?

waiting for update on the x64!!!

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Waiting for 64 bit. Unfortunately if this work fine, it has 1 month live time before public beta 1 in December come out.

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Please people calm down, the author is working on it for us (x64), the longer time the less bugs in the tool.
Enjoy the new bar and report HELP Microsoft reporting bugs, Usability, Annoyance and Aesthetics on http://www.windows7taskforce.com.

Thanks Rafael for the first tool, works great!

So what does the new features of ..\Windows\System32\ieframe.dll.. enable?

[...]   Problems with Blue Badge Robin Wilson November 11, 2008 at 9:19 am Thanks for this great tool. It works really well except that in a multi-user environment it does not set the security on the files so that other users can access the files. In the case of explorer if I log on as User1 and apply the patch and then try to log on as User2 all I will get is a black screen and nothing will happen. If I go to task manager to try and run explorer.exe it will tell me I cannot access the file due to lack of permissions. I have to log in as User1 again and add users/administrators to the files with at least read access and then any user can still log onto the pc and also benefit from the new superbar! Looking forward to implimenting the x64 Blue Badge version. Just wish I had a touch screen! “Blue Badge” tool available, unlocks all known protected features - Within Windo… [...]

Any news about x64?!

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I hope you are hired by microsoft :)

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You’re giving everyone waiting for the x64 version of the “Blue Badge” tool a nice, lovely set of blue BALLS, so HURRY UP! j/k. teeheehee. ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

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[...] About us The Blue Badge Unlocks Windows 7 Preview’s Protected Features [Windows 7 Preview] Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 @ 11:33 am | Author: admin Windows 7 hacker Rafael Rivera has updated his Windows 7 Preview (build 6801) unlocker tool to enable the “superbar,” rotating desktop wallpaper, and Aero gestures. Even if you patched your system using the previous command-line way, you can still run the Blue Badge unlocker to get early access to incomplete features. [...]

[...] Windows 7 hacker Rafael Rivera has updated his Windows 7 Preview (build 6801) unlocker tool to enable the “superbar,” rotating desktop wallpaper, and Aero gestures. Even if you patched your system using the previous command-line way, you can still run the Blue Badge unlocker to get early access to incomplete features. [...]

Very interested I have to see it before I comment.

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can somebody upload patched files to somewhere?

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Awesome, this small tool has unlocked all the fetures, and now Window 7 is working on its peak. Thanks for this great tool. Microsoft really has done something to make it better, its really faster then Vista.

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Sounds nice. Will it work for Windows Server 2008 R2?

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Just get that x64 working and I’m all over it :D

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Waiting for the x64 version….

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I have discovered a way to enable the “peek” feature of the taskbar (previews when hovering mouse over icons)
Just set the taskbar to auto-hide, and peek works perfectly.
Regards,
Stevvo.

Can’t wait for the x64 version! If you can get that to work, you’ll make me one happy sheep! Cheers!

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Any news on the x64 version?

Any news on the x64 bit version?

dont know about the live mesh problems works fine without no trouble on my pc

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Bro please provide x64 bit version
if its not ready for public release
then kindly mail me buggy version i cant wait

@Steevo

What are you talking about? The part of peek that does not work is making the preview-window you are hovering on come to the foreground till you move your mouse. The previews with the Close button have been working without the need to hide the taskbar.. So could you explain exactly what you are talking about?

I’ll try it out.

Is this something that happens after insalling the blue badge. but if i put windows seven on a domain, the domain user does not have access to the C Drive so it hangs at a screen without a desktop and when you try to launch explorer.exe it says path does not exist. or no permissions to view it

@Rafael, in the 64bit version, the jumplists are visible in the start menu, but they aren’t there in the 32bit version of your patch for the superbar (rev0). Was this intentional? Or can we 32bit users also get the jumplist in the startmenu? Btw, great work!

It work well with my computer,
Thank alots,

@Rafael - get some sleep :) Thank you for the updates. Can’t wait for the 64Bit version to come out.

@Abdul - patience man. Haste makes waste and I can tell you that a buggy version will hang you up like crazy.

hey man,rafael gr8 job!
pls hurry on x64
Thanks

Slow is good then all buggs are sorted out:)

any update in your progress with 64 patcher ?

thanks

Everyone that is clamoring for the x64 version… Why don’t you just stop bugging him and follow the directions to get the unlocked features in one of his previous posts: http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/11/02/flashy-windows-7-bits-protected-by-elaborate-scheme-workaround/

These steps work fine for the x64 version. If you have any trouble with them, read my previous two comments above.

There are some bugs to it as even Rafael has stated. I had to reload everthing on the last test laptop after the steps because it would hang for long periods of time, not log off/reboot. I backed up the files but I couldn’t overwrite them back to the original files even in safe mode/command prompt. It would say file is in use cannot overwrite.

I have since reinstalled it again and it works great. I will have to wait to see what Rafael is working on in the 64bit version before I overwrite the files again.

TecHusky - if you have a way to overwrite the files back to the original if something goes wrong then please post it.

Thanks.

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I’m curious if anyone has had a problem with W7 bluescreening after loading an AV. Running the 32b with the badge from here works as it should but the moment I load TrendMicro and try to change any setting within the control panel it crashes.
Also… Rafael, thanks for all the hard work!

TecHusky - The steps outlined previously did not enable desktop slideshow / panning features.

Gotta read the fine print. That’s why some of us are waiting for the x64 version.

@Rafael
Dude… Been reading … For a while now…

Wouldn’t like to be in your shoes right now :)
Great job. altough i didn’t used it :)

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passei por aqui, só para registrar…mesmo

Obrigado….Thanks

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got bored so i hacked my x64 on my own bloody hard took me a long!!!! time to figure out i don’t really remember how i did it know but keep trying its possible to do as i have done it and don’t listen to people who keep nagging you do it at your own pace other wise it gets harder.

good luck

Wow, I’m sorry I didn’t find your blog sooner, lots of good stuff here.

Bookmarked!

Blue Badge works great. Having fun with the taskbar. :)

i’m not see’ing link but i just might be impatient : )

perfect : )

Yay 64-Bit! Thanks! But, how do you enable desktop preview and aero peek, I’m able to get desktop slideshow, but how would you go about getting aero peek and desktop preview? (I have desktop preview enabled in the taskbar settings, but it still does not function.

Alright, thanks

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Haha, tested and work fine on x64, thank you so much :)

Whoo! Congrats you’re done! lol, very nice work btw, but i have one question, why are the jumplists in the startmenu not in the x86 version?

Rafael.

Yo se muy poco de windows pero baje tu windows 7 y quiero instalarlo no se lo que es x64 ni nada de eso. lo unico que se es que tengo una laptop y quiero instalarlo. soy principiante dime que debo hacer por que esto en ingles no entiendo mucho ingles.

gracias, respondeme

Installed rev. 2 x64 & went to desktop background, select all, set to 10 seconds, hit ok & away the Slideshow went… its working.

Thank you very much, Rafael, you da man

Thank you so much the 64 bit version is working great!!

@Timothy, it is in x86 version. You have to right click the up arrow on a task task and click “Pin this program to Taskbar”

Awesome work, Rafael. Keep it up!

You’ve done it once again… amazing Rafael!
Congrats on the awesome Rev. 2

Cannot get x86 version to work. It keeps saying “Platform/archetype not supported”. Tried different installs of Windows 7, no luck. Also, when I go to system info it says that its build 6001, not 6801. That’s the build number of the Vista that I also have installed on my machine and used to install Windows 7. Anyone know what is going on?

Lame, I downloaded multiple copies too, and they all came up with the same result. What size should the actual Windows 7 file be?

@Scott: Make sure you download a specific build, it is windows 7 build 6801 and the ISO file should be called “6801.0.080913-2030_Client_en-us_ULTIMATE-ULTIMATE_GB1CXFRE_EN_DVD.iso” (thats the x64 iso). I am not exactly sure how big it is, because they normally come zipped and I don’t have a zipped copy to compare it too.

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Not bad!

@Rafael: Things looks good. Thank you!

@Anyone: What Anti-Virus are you running that is working 100% with 64Bit? I have a paid subscription to One Care(not compatible) and Kasperky 2009(won’t update and now hangs after this Tweak). Might be unrelated.

Also is there is site to list software that wont run under Windows 7? I mean a good site.

Thanks again!

Thank you for the x64 version! :)

[...]   You’re welcome MrGrim, and thank you to Rafael. [...]

@Khanh
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 works perfectly on my Windows 7 x64 (after the patch) with updates. OneCare is NOT compatible with Windows 7.

Oh, thanks work fine…..you is the best…

hi,Rafael
I noticed the “all known protected features”,did you mean that your patch can help make my windows7 6801 realize “aero peek”?
and Thank you for your work, i will be appreciated if you email me back.

@Rene&e
He already answer this earlier:

“Rafael November 14, 2008 at 10:37 pm

Aero Peek is not in this build.”

@MARK: I figured it out. Thank you. The updating feature was set to proxy for some reason as a default and it wasn’t going anywhere.

Before the x64 patch it was causing problems. Crazy me I am running this on an M1530 as the only OS. :) I hope they don’t mess it up anytime soon. :)

Also did you guys test the transfer speeds? It’s back to XP fast. Before on my USB External Drive to my Laptop it was no more than 6-9 MB/s. That was with the SP1 and all the tweaks using TeraCopy. Now I get about 29-32 MB/s without TeraCopy. I can’t wait update my Main Machine on a 1Gig Switch and 6TB Server.

[...] Badge can be downloaded from Rivera’s blog in a version suitable for the 32-bit version of Windows 7. A 64-bit edition of the unlocking tool [...]

I am not sure if my is fake; my friend said it looks a little odd. In About Windows, is said Windows 7 Enterprise Microsoft Windows Version 6.1 (Build 6801). … Evaluation Copy. 02.07.2009 Expires 01:59 Yet according to my friend there’s only 7 Ultimate which said Evaluation Copy. Expires 7/1/2009 3:59 PM The Blue Badge works on it through.

Thanks Bro for x64 version working great

Thx for the x64 version. I can’t wait for a build of Windows 7 that has the superbar enabled without hacking it in. I am getting sick of having to run WinSAT to get Aero to work again. Its a great OS, I run a Vista x86 VM for anything that will not run on Windows 7.

[...] Understanding the risks involved in patching core system files, you candownload a copy of the tool, either off digiwebbs, or off his orginal post [...]

@jeff: When your Windows 7 expires depends on when you activate it.

do not try this patch … i try it yes everything work well but latter on its start to close explorer , internet explorer and i even can not open the c:/ , d:/ the bast way is to unluck by manual

@Rafael
After applying the patch and restart, SigmaTel Audio stop working. So I reinstall its driver and it worked, but once again after reboot SigmaTel Audio stop working. Could this be issue of the Blue Badge? (I use Windows 7 x64)

Driver with issue (SIGMATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio): http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R171786.exe

Before then I had the Superbar patch x64 applied and audio was OK then.

[...] this is done via a patch which I’ll mirror here for x86 and x64 but do check out the author Rafael’s site for the latest version [...]

@Rafael
I was able to fix the audio problem by restoring the original shell32.dll. I keep all the other patched files and it works fine. The Superbar and Desktop Slideshow still works properly without the patch shell32.dll but panning is no longer available. I hope you can look into shell32.dll when you have time. Thanks again for your devotion to making the patch, without you, I doubt anyone else will be able to or devote their time to make it.

I notice a couple of you had issues with domain users running the shell. I had this problem also. All I did to fix it was unjoin from the domain and then rejoin.

Give it a go :)

Thanks for your hard work Rafael!

[...] javában fejlesztés alatt álló funkciót elrejtettek a külső szemlélők elől. Rafael Rivera Blue Badge nevű eszköze azonban sikeresen kikapcsolja ezt a korlátozást, és hozzáférést nyújt pl. az új tálcához, [...]

@MARK - I had the same problem. So what I did was just reverted back to the Windows Driver and it works fine.

I haven’t tried the Shell32.dll but I will look into it as well. How did you overwrite the shell backup to the original location? It says I do not have permission(I am admin).

@Khanh
Right click on the Shell32.dll > properties > Security > Owner > Edit > Administrators (Computer name/Administrators) > OK
(You should already be on Security) > Edit > Administrators (Computer name/Administrators) > Full control = Allow >OK > OK

Or simply add Take Ownship to right-click menu: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/

And yes, Superbar and Desktop Slideshow will still work, just panning won’t. Not really an issue if you don’t have multi-touch.

@Khanh
After a reboot does audio still works?

x64 worked for me! Thanks Rafael!!

i dont have the option of reverting the settings back to normal????? can i get a “lock all settings back to defaults” options please? if i find i dont like the new taskbar?

@Pedro
simply delete the patched file and use the .original files

@MARK: Yes it works great now. NO problems.

“Activate Windows 7 Pre-Beta 6801 with Vista Beta or RC Product Key without Crack

in fact, the product key for Windows Vista beta or RC edition can be used to activate Windows 7 Pre-Beta build 6.1.6801.0. To do so, simply go back to the very very old email archive to search for email from service@microsoft.com that titled with subject of “Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2 Order Confirmation and Product Key”, “Microsoft Windows Vista RC1 Product Key” or other similar product key delivery email, and then get the product key in the email. The testing product key can be used to activate up to 10 PCs using the same product key. ”

just thought ide let you all know if you didn’t already know….

The Bluebadge x64 tool fucks up whole explorer, can’t open anything anymore, the first superbar patched worked like a charm.
Maybe it’s time to test the tool on x64

Well done man :)

@Rafael

I fixed the problem, i deleted TabletPC.cpl and renamed TabletPC.cpl.original to TabletPC.cpl (did this in save mode, in normal mode i couldn’t access anything in explorer because it said it didn’t have enough memory afvailible with some numbers in the error (didn’t make a screenshot sorry).
But it works like a charm now :), i think there is a problem with that Tablet PC unlock feature.

Is there any chance to get BlueBadge working on an other build than 6801 (eg. newer one)? Whould be cool if it had a ‘Idontcareaboutbuildsjustdoit’-flag… ;)

[...] assieme al multitouch e lo slideshow fatto con le immagini dei feed. Pach rev2_x86 Pach rev2_x64 Fonte http://www.withinwindows.com/ __________________ A dar risposte sono capaci tutti, ma a porre le vere domande ci vuole un [...]

Gr8 job rafael.Iam impressed!

the feed in Desktop SlideShow not is function?

@Windows 7 Users. - Virtual Discs such as ISOPOWER, DAEMON TOOLS, MAGIC ISO(this one screws you up big time) will hang the system because of the SCSI installer. Had to boot into safe mode to remove.

@Rafael - have you experienced any problems not being able to log off or reboot? I have to hard shut down my laptop. I can’t shut it down with log off or shut down feature since it just blanks the screen like it is going too log off and then comes back to the desktop again.

I will try to restore the tabletpc.cpl and see if that will help it. It seems to hang.

спасиба канешна за прогу, тока ана у мну нифига не аткрываеца) и все америкосы умные)

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the patch worked fine and I have the panning enabled, but for some reason panning doesn’t work. I can’t use my fingers to scroll or anything. I have an hp tablet…pen and regular touch works fine but not the panning. Anyone know why?

Its on x64. I’m assuming itd be a bad idea to install the x86 version on a x64 system?

@tom: it doesn’t matter installing x86 on a x64 machine, in fact more people with x64 compadible machines would actually be using x86 because thats what comes installed by default on new OEM machines.

[...] have some of the feutures of the PDC activated(superbar,aero shake,desktop slideshow with this “Blue Badge” tool available, unlocks all known protected features - Within Windo… ),all the drivers from vista worked, it works realy great, boots and works faster than vista, it [...]

Wow, awesome! Thanks a bunch.

[...] Windows 7′nin 32-bit sürümü için geliştirilen Blue Badget isimli aracın 64-bit sürümü de yayınlanmış [...]

[...] About us The Blue Badge Unlocks Windows 7 Preview’s Protected Features [Windows 7 Preview] Thursday, November 13th, 2008 @ 3:00 pm | Author: admin Windows 7 hacker Rafael Rivera has updated his Windows 7 Preview (build 6801) unlocker tool to enable the “superbar,” rotating desktop wallpaper, and Aero gestures. Even if you patched your system using the previous command-line way, you can still run the Blue Badge unlocker to get early access to incomplete features. [...]

thx for the nice tool. works perfectly.