Installed new Activation Technologies . . .

CarlTR6 said:

I wonder if MS withdrew it?

Yes, it was withdrawn from MS updates. So if you have it installed on your machine, it's already obsolete software. That's precisely why I opted out from installing it too. I was gonna' wait and see the negative effects before I installed it. Glad I didn't now.

seekermeister said:

Despite the fact that there are some of this forum's oligarchy that seems to think that this is a good idea, I sometimes think that these members are those with a vested interest in MS, or in software development in general, rather than a typical private user.

I agree. You can also add the ones who had previously pirated software, and have since then gone legit, who like to get up on their soapbox and preach against piracy now. Kinda' like the ex-smoker who now belittles anyone who smokes. Among other reasons.

CarlTR6 said:

The Apathetic said:

It finally got me, today I had to download XP mode from Microsoft, in order to give me the download link it forced me to download and run the WAT (before that it never appeared in my windows update, I installed my windows yesterday btw)

Anyhow, I passed the test and I don't feel any difference in performance yet, the WAT doesn't even appear in my installed programs.

Did you look in View installed updates and look under Microsoft Windows?

Not there as well..

It will be interesting to see if / how much this adds to my overclocking time. I tend to install OS's a LOT when I start pushing things. My last attempt to ghost and reinstall with the WAT installed failed. Will give it another go when I push my friend's i920 over 4Ghz. I have it on both my Win7 64 bit machines as does my friend.

I recently reinstalled Win7 from scratch when i got my new SSD.

WAT certainly is in the updates, only is now a "Important" update, not optional. So if your set for Auto update, you may have it without approving it.
WAT is 971033 isnt it?