test mode ?

[osmington]

i did a reboot and in the bottom right hand corner of the screen was :

test mode
windows 7
build 7600


i activated with a technet key, and all is well apart from that. i restored and it disappeared. anyone else seen this ?

[craz]

you probably got a fake build. no watermark should come up

[david]

I believe it happens after installing this one software. I don't recall the program, but it did it to me after installing it. Once I remember, I'll let you know.

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you probably got a fake build. no watermark should come up

You're wrong.

[AveCat]

Yeha i had that happen to me too

[osmington]

it cant be a fake build , i have it from a very reputable source.

[Soukyuu]

There was something like that in the past, i think this watermark came up when you patched the TCP/IP limit, which is completely unnecessary since win7 doesn't have this restriction anymore (nor does vista SP2)

[GophaKyorselv]

64 bit? Using a driver signing tool? Press F8 and bypass Drivers Signing enforcement?

Download DSEO 13b
Driver Signature Enforcement Overrider 1.3b - NGOHQ.com

Windows Defender WILL identify this program as a virus.



It is definitely not. They see it as a threat because it bypasses Driver Signing (useful when a company provides .sys files that are unsigned because they won't pay the fees to sign it)

In that program, you can enable and disable test mode.

Run it, Click Disable Test mode and click next. Should fix things right up.

[xelitus]

I'm running a release version of Windows 7 Ultimate and had to disable driver signing so I could get my Pinnacle PCTV 800i PCI card to work properly in Media Center. After I did so I got the little watermark in the lower right about being in "Test Mode".

[fozzyuw]

I believe mine turned on when I followed these instructions:

Disable Driver Signing in Windows 7

You can probably turn it off by doing this...

1. Type CMD into the "start menu" search box
2. Right click on the CMD tool that appears in the search results
3. Choose "run as administrator"
4. in the command console, type: bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING off

At least, that's my guess, working backwards from what I did to turn it on.

[davehc]

fozzyuw has the correct answer.

There is nothing illegal or otherwise with the OS.