“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! :-)

Thanks for all :D

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 ;)

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.

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

I love the name you gave the tool!

AWESOME!
Thank you!

The background slideshow is just sweet :)

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.

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

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

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!

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

@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

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

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?

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

waiting for update on the x64!!!

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

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?

Any news about x64?!

I hope you are hired by microsoft :)

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. ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

Very interested I have to see it before I comment.

can somebody upload patched files to somewhere?

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.

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

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

Waiting for the x64 version….

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!

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

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.

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 :)

passei por aqui, só para registrar…mesmo

Obrigado….Thanks

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

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.

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! :)

@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.

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.

@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.

@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!

@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… ;)

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)

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.

Wow, awesome! Thanks a bunch.

thx for the nice tool. works perfectly.

I have problem- I cant switch off monitor after any inactivity period…
Also, I have small nice program TurnOfMonitor to force that action. It works on every OS till now…
Any help- which process is running monitor all time on…

anyone knows any rss site for the wallpaper slideshow

a have the problem switch off too… == bug windows vista

“Sorry, this platform/architecture is not supported” … it would be great to have the “unlockProtectedFeatures.exe” so we can install it manually …

Would you like to test Windows 7 with its full speed, and without modifying your current computer installed OS ?

learn how to install and run Windows 7 from an external USB harddisk:

http://runwin7fromusb.blogspot.com

Hey Rafeal, question, I installed windows 7 before activation and before turning of UAC, I ran your BlueBadge V.2 and it installed and I restarted, but NO effects were made. When I go to run the Blue Badge again, it says:

“Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately
Cannot create a file when that file already exists”

I tried hitting continue and it just starts over then the same message. Did this happen because I did not turn off the UAC and didn’t activate before I installed the Blue Badge v2? How do I overcome this, do I need to re-load Win 7? this is the x86 version. I ran the patch as Admin.

Could you also give instructions on whether or not this needs to be installed prior or after activating and turning off UAC?

Happy Birthday, good job with everything. You can email me at tstyln1888@yahoo.com

Thanks,
Tarik

@david:

I would assume that he’s running the 64-bit version if his system is 64-bit. OEMs don’t preload Windows 7 yet. ;)

I would like to have the rev0 of the program so I can install it the manual way as I still get the error “Sorry, this platform/architecture is not supported” when trying to launch the program. (32bits version on 32bits system … )

@tryon:

You mean just the batch file?

I am also getting this message “Sorry, this platform/architecture is not supported” when attempting to install 64-bit V2 of Blue_Badge on bld 6936 on win7 server-64. Am running on proto AMD platform.

@Paul:

6936? It’s the leaked version of Win7 Server? Wow, I wish we had Win7 6936…

I don’t believe the server OS has the new taskbar… why would it?

İt’s great job. Thanks

Rafael > The htought it might be a wrong built never occured to me. I grabbed the one from the PDC, 6801 I think, although the exact built number is nowhere once installed the folder I downloaded (not a .iso so it might have been corrupted or something … anyway i launched it from a vista box to do a full reinstall so it didn’t matter to me)

I’ll try using a legit release as the one form torrent are never to be trusted so I have expereinced … I’ll get back to you on the architecture thing error :), thx for the hint. (I first thought it might be because your script doesn’T use the env variable and only works if installed in the C drive, mine’s on F:, but after reading a little around I found you could even install w7 on a usb thumb drive so my conjectures didnt make much sense)

After carefully checking I did had the wrong version number …always use trusted sources, it works fine now. So to everybody with the architecture error, just use the correct .iso provided from the PDC.

Thx for the tools too, w7’s really nicer with the new UI.

Dude this is just perfect! I did originally wonder why my install of 6801 seemed to look just like M1, but then I realised that any “incomplete” features (ie the stuff I’m interested in) were locked. I can’t thank you enough for this, and can’t wait for the next build, or even the beta!

I know MS like to think that they can wrap up every leakage in one campaign, but let’s face it, they’ve been trying to wrap up retail-level piracy for years, and they’ve got so far none of us can download a copy of XP in 10 minutes! :D

I don’t know why MS would really care about leaked pre-betas of 7 seeing as no matter what we do, 6801’s dead come the middle of next year thanks to the time limitations on it.

Is system tune up a locked feature also? and other features in troubleshooting and maintenance?

Let freedom be free …

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-7-Build-6936-and-6948-on-Windows-039-23rd-Anniversary-98453.shtml

What about this?

Windows 7 pre-Beta 6948 is already being tested, as Microsoft is making its way to the first fully fledged Beta of the operating system. Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, Steven Sinofsky, has already revealed that the Beta version of Windows 7 is planned for the start of 2009. In fact, the pre-Beta M3 bits delivered at PDC 2008 and WinHEC 2008 are time-bombed, and set to expire in January 2009. The expiration date remains in place independent of the slmgr method to prolong the initial grace period of Windows 7 Build 6901, or using valid or leaked product keys to activate the bits, or one of the cracks that have started to circulate.

your the man…many respects.. cutting off access to everyone but some devs is sad.

i mean why not cook a version without the features.

So here is what I have done to try to get this to work. After a Clean Install of Windows everything installed fine however the “Superbar was Solid Grey and when you go over the icons it doesn’t show the little window. It should look transparent and be able to peek at each icon without selecting it. I tired BlueBadge rev1 and it prompted for a restart then upon restart nothing changed at all, the taskbar still solid grey. SO I re-installed 7 and tried BlueBadge rev2 and it didn’t work after restart automatically, I had to go to “Personalize” and hit a theme and then it all changed to the transparent Superbar with Peek. Well on my Laptop it was still stuck on the Grey taskbar and nothing I tried could change it. I then even tried re-installing 7 again and this time tried the original “unlockProtected” command propmt way of doing it and it seemed to work but once I clicked the “Launch” button my wonderful Grey taskbar with no peek came back up. I have effectively tried every method and can’t get my laptop to show the Transparent Superbar. The only thing that seems to work is that the Watermark is removed.

I was having the same issue on my PC but after Bluebadge rev2 was installed and I was messing around with the theme’s then and only then did the Transparent Superbar pop up. Can Anyone give me anykind of suggestions? I have followed all instructions but can’t make the bar Transparent. Any help or Suggestions would be great and very much appreciated.

Thx

TC WEST > Like Rafael said, install your GPU driver and then update your “Windows Experience Index” (very important, windows won’t let you use Aero with a 1.0 index !). It’ll all be there.

My Laptop is a Gateway with an Intel Celeron Processor 1.30GHz with 1.25GB of Ram on X86 version of Windows 7. I go to Personalize and there are 4 themes that you can choose, Windows 7, Landscape, Light Auruas, and Nature. When I select any of those it changes the desktop image and thats it, no changes to the Bar. Is there a way to turn on the Aero effects, I can’t find any. ANy thoughts?

When scanning for spyware i get this message “Preliminary scan results show that malicious or potentially unwanted software might exist on your system. You can review detected item when the scan has completed” but when it’s done scanning it doesn’t show anything. Is this a bug in Windows 7 build 6801? I installed AVG 8.0.175 and the Resident shield keep turning off but when I turn off User Account Control Resident shield stay on. Is this a bug too?

How about zonealarm does it work in Windows 7 build 6801

@Rafael it is a Gateway model 3018GZ The specs are:
Intel Celeron M processor 350 operates at 1.3GHz, 400MHz FSB, 1MB L2 cache, Has Intel Extreme Graphics2.

my slideshow is ok with nasas images

Hi, Rafael, i downloaded the x64 version bluebadge, and unzip it. Then i double click the execution file, and then click the “i understand the risks, continue” on the windows. But the following information showed up:
“Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately Cannot create a file when that file already exists”
if i click coutinue, it just went back to the previous windows. What should i do to get over this problem? My system is a 64-bit system. Thanks.

its a good taff, nice job

hey rafael,
gr8 job but that watermark keeps on bugging me:( could you tell me a way to remove it,i tried through reshacker hacker and editting the files but didn,t work,although i clearly saw it written windows then on for testing,but deleted that stirng but it didn,t work:@so help would be apreciated,note iam on a x64 system.Thanx
u the man!

thanks,
your site help me whatever windows version i decide to install,
again thanks and keep up the good work.

@Rafael, Thanks so much for telling me that, I thought I was going crazy and doing something wrong. I’m glad you helped me figure that out. I would then assume even later builds and the retail version will probably do the same on that Gateway laptop right? Thanks again for continuing to help out the community.

Thx

if you people are suffering from lack of virtual drive (daemon tools etc)
Try UltraIso 9 build 2633 it works fine on both x32/x64

Thank you for trying the Mojave experiment.
It appears you are enjoying your experience from us.
We are just closing the program.
You may all legally use Windows 7 when it releases Beta, we do not like the fact you are currently using this, considering you need this ‘crack’ to use the locked parts of the product.
Windows 7 features the SuperBar, but the Windows 7 featured at the PDC 2008 was Windows Vista, aka Windows Mojave with a three month old Shell build.
We have noticed people have been sending out information about Windows that is not true at all, saying Windows Vista is better and faster, when actually, we haven’t changed anything at all.
This is all about our experiment, and we will finish developing the Shell, UI and Kernel (MinWin) by late January next year, when the Beta period starts, Windows 7 will hopefully be released into retail stores and online for a set price by June.
Upgrades from Vista SP1 to Windows 7 will be of a $45 fee (this is because there is a few new programs added the value of the Vista license).
We hope to here more of you.
The lease period will be usable up until April, by then the official Beta will be out.
Thanks to all during the Pre-Beta development.
Regards.
Carole Farr & Steven Sinofsky.
The Mojave Experiment
Windows 7 Development

LOL@ “microsoft experience” << OBVIOUSLY a fake person
Anyways, i have been using this copy os 7 for about 2 weeks on my desktop, and have 1 problem, Anti Alisting with Nvidia Optimized games using an ATI processor. maby it is just my gfx card, but with multiple Nvidia branded games, my screen gets a black dashed bar that is diagonal, any help with this yet?

@ “Microsoft Expierence” MS aint dumb enough to sell 7 for $45 for a vista upgrade, because 7 is completely differant from vista, and vista will be beyond sp1 by that time, do you research before trying to scare some noobs =P

Sheesh

Please can the file ” Tabletpc.cpl ” be sent to my mail ( EZEKSCHINE@GMAIL.COM ) ASAP,I need it badly,thanks.

Thanks,works great and I have the 64 version!
Great job!

@Rafael
I am getting this bug with x86 version, any idea?

System.IO.IOException: Cannot create a file when that file already exists.

at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError()
at System.IO.File.Move(String sourceFileName, String destFileName)
at unlockProtectedFeatures.Unlocker.CopyAndPatchBinaries()
at unlockProtectedFeatures.MainForm.LaunchBtn_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.PerformClick()
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.ProcessDialogKey(Keys keyData)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessDialogKey(Keys keyData)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PreProcessMessage(Message& msg)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PreProcessControlMessageInternal(Control target, Message& msg)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.PreTranslateMessage(MSG& msg)

@mimi_soso
Either you have run this tool before, or when you used revision 1 or 0, and made a backup of the files, you did it by appending the .backup to the filename
look for the .backup files in your system 32 folders, and in the windows folder, and place them somewhere else.

@pizzaboy192
In systems 32 i found 3 .cat files whic are differnt backup packages and one .evtx windows backup file. no .backup file?

i had a fresh install when I tried to intall this app, and the V2 was the first version I ran. I made no system changes before it failed. The fist error I saw was for the tablet .cpl I think I might need the modified version of that.

Nice! Nice news and posting. I’ts fine post.

With best and regards – Sergei from Russia.

way to go Rafael, (bow)

great work… works like a charm… i am wondering if i can somehow “uninstall” windows 7 “easily”

i read somwhere the only way you can do is by deleteing it and all..

is there an alternative?

your my hero

@mimi_soto
I hope BB3 worked for you then…
I havent the slightest why it would do that…

how to run windows 7 under ram 256mb
is there method patch or crack to run windows 7 on ram 256 like vista
please i need one
just send message to my email
f7reveng@gmail.com
and i well be thank you all so>>

Well i tried everything to unlock the protected features and nothing works,tried the blue badge patch and everything is still the same spent hours on this now i just give up ,will wait for beta 1 to come out,which is due in january. I read all the posts but no avail to get the super bar.

А для русских слабо выложить, не все же понимают ваш язык!

There are 5 houses in five different colors
In each house lives a different nationality.
These 5 owners drink a certain beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet.
No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.

The CLUES:

The Brit lives in the Red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane Drinks tea.
The Green House is on the left of the White House.
The Green House’s owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats
The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the Blue House.
The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.
The QUESTION:

Who owns the fish?

Can anyone tell me how to get Aero and the rest of the lot to work on Build 7000, using a valid beta product key? (It said the key would enable everything, but i guess not).. Bluebadge seems to do nothing for me – says it worked, but thats it…

anyone know how to manually enable this crap?

Is Windows 7 Build 7000 available to use this software, if this software is available, please send me a e-mail, dixon424@gmail.com , thx

The X64 is out already you will find it here, but you need a hotmail account and will provide you with they key.
https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=10&ct=1232399604&rver=5.0.3265.0&wp=MCMBI&wreply=https:%2F%2Fprofile.microsoft.com%2FRegSysProfileCenter%2Fwizard.aspx%3Fwizid%3D83bcfb21-ef4f-4282-9059-ceac11a44f5a%26lcid%3D1033%26FU%3Dhttps:%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fbetaexperience%2Fscripts%2Fgcs.aspx%3FProduct%3Dtn-win7-64-ww%2526Lcid%3D1033&lc=1033&cb=LCID%3D1033%26WizID%3D83bcfb21-ef4f-4282-9059-ceac11a44f5a%26brand%3DTechNet_Regsys&id=74335

X86
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4628328/Windows_7_build_7000_activated_and_fully_unlocked

There are still some things you can unlock on build 7000 with some registry changes and a couple file swaps. I’m making a list and welcome any pointers to other such lists. At this point, there are some things in theory that are fun to play with, but nothing of such practical benefit that I find myself using them. Thanks!

Thanks you so much. This utility is really good, a good unlocker!!!.

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

working on rc 1 ?

what if i want to remove blue badge tool and want to go back to the original settings? What do I need to do? thanx!