Read me! AntiWPA or AntiWAT? Recommended method on patching Windows XP and Server 2003

[cw2k]

Just compare Antiwpa-V3.4.6 for X64 and X86.ZiP and AntiWAT.XP.2k3.Activator.zip.

• X86\freewat.dll -> just 'facelift' no real codechanges
• xpgen.reg
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
  * "LicenseInfo" =... is unnecessary
  Note: these are no really LicenseInfo - it's a fake name - it's part of WPA-TimerDate (http://antiwpa.net/src/doc/Details%20abo...%20WPA.htm <- search for 'LicenseInfo')
  * "DigitalProductId" = ... forcing in the Serial/CDKEY like this will just generate straight forward errors with any Vorsorglich M$ checking if it's no volumenversion + the oembios.dat pidgen.dll and dpcdll.dll matches to that.
  
  "OOBETimer" = ... okay that makes some sense since that is is used by the WPA-GUI part to check if XP is Activated.
• AntiWAT.cmd -
  
  

  Quote: REG DELETE "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\WgaLogon" /f 1>nul 2>nul
  REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents" /f 1>nul 2>nul
  REG RESTORE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents" "%~dp0OOBE.hiv" 1>nul 2>nul

  Well the order makes not much sense first you 'REG ADD ' and in next line you overwrite the imported changes with REG RESTORE.
  However access rights are probably fine there is so need for oobe.hiv - in some it cause it may do more harm than use and the key "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents" may get unaccessible or unwriteable.
• Blocking mpa.one.microsoft.com
  genuine.microsoft.com
  sls.microsoft.com
  %windir%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
  Well it's not used - is there really a need for this. I wouldn't do that until there's a really benefit / indication for.
• Deleting "wgalogon.dll" and "wgatray.exe" works to get rid of the WGA.
  However Windows update may notice and so keep on 'asking' you all the time to reinstall WGA. <-Well I'm not sure about that / habe not tested it again but I thought to remember this 'problem'.
  

Summary:
AntiWAT =
Antiwpa-V3.4.6 for X64 and X86.ZiP
+ others\WPA counterfreezer 1.0 utils (antiwpa3 win2k3 fix).ZiP\set-oobe-activated
+ delete WGA
+ one/two harmless but unnecessary changes


All in all it's fine and a nice all round solution.