Removes watermarks strings in Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 (Preview).
This utility was written by me in 2015, but only now I have published its source code.
- Removes watermark strings: BootSecure, Test Mode, Build string in evaluation and pre-release builds, "Confidential" warning text and even the build hash (for internal builds).
- Supports all builds from Windows 8 7850 to Windows 10 10240 (and newer).
- Supports any UI language.
- Does not delete branding strings (i.e. does not modify system files: work as proxy/injector).
Short answer: COM-hijacking and DLL-Proxying with inject a DLL into the ExplorerFrame.
You can also read the article is about how this utils was researched: Reverse-engineered the Universal Watermark Disabler.
The legacy implementation is incompatible with StartIsBack.
In the far far past I was interested in beta versions of Windows, but the non-disable watermark in them did not allow me to make a beautiful screenshot, so I had the idea to remove the watermark.
Some of changelog.
Special thanks to my old friend Tihiy - author of the StartIsBack project.