I disabled like 20 services through services.msc but after rebooting windows says "This copy of Windows is not genuine". What service do I have to re-enable?

I don't know if there is a list of "required" services, but you give a very good example of what not to do in Windows. You should NEVER make any changes to Windows if you don't know EXACTLY what you are doingPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Well if they didn't make the descriptions so obscure :\. It isn't like I disabled some service called "windows genuine".

Actually it does: Windows Activation Technologies Service. Reenable that one. You might want to post the ones you disabled.

make sure the Software protection service is not disabled."A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/

Don't see any of those services. Was following the safe part of this guide http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/servicecfg.htm Is there anyway to reset the default ones for windows?

Hi, Try to activate Windows 7 again to see if it can work. Hope it helps. Alex ZhaoPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Eventually it popped up saying I should download an update to the authenticator and that fixed it.

This service must be running: http://wiki.blackviper.com/wiki/Software_Protection"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/