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by: Mr.Bill.08 February 21, 2012 3:16 PM PST

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Uninstall Windows Anytime Upgrade / Win7

by Mr.Bill.08 - 2/21/12 3:16 PM

I want to uninstall Windows Anytime Upgrade from my systems HDD and gain back all the drive space it takes up ..
I found one link to the Lenovo Support that describes how to remove it from Vista, but nothing pertaining to Win7 ..


http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=SF07-D0069


On the Lenovo Support page:

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User may want to gain back approximately 3GB in hard drive space by removing the Windows Anytime Upgrade. Windows Anytime Upgrade software may be preloaded on any Microsoft Vista preload system except for Vista Ultimate.



How to uninstall and delete WAU Bits from Preload.

Open a Command Prompt with Administrative Privileges:
Click All programs then click Accessories, then right click on Command Prompt and Run as Administrator.
Click on Continue message on the dialogue box with "Windows Need your permission to continue"
Change directory to the root of C Drive by typing CD \ from the "C:\>" prompt.
At the CMD prompt type attrib -r WAUUPGRD
Type RD /S /Q WAUUPGRD
Warning: Make sure you type it in exactly as shown above. The RD command with the /S option will delete all directories and subdirectories contained within the directory specified. The /Q command turns off the prompt asking if you are sure you want to do this. Once you run this command, you can not undo it.
This will remove Windows Anytime Upgrade from the preload.


I did attempt to follow the Command Prompt steps they offered, but couldn't get it to work ..

Here is what I got (pasted from Command Prompt window)


Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>CD
C:\Windows\system32

C:\Windows\system32>attrib -r WAUUPGRD
File not found - WAUUPGRD

C:\Windows\system32>RD /S /Q WAUUPGRD
The system cannot find the file specified.

C:\Windows\system32>






Lenovo W520
Windows7 Professional - 64bit


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Clarification request: Seems that you missed ...

by Edward ODaniel - 2/21/12 9:51 PM

In Reply to: Uninstall Windows Anytime Upgrade / Win7 by Mr.Bill.08

this line in the instructions you shared:

Change directory to the root of C Drive by typing CD \ from the "C:\>" prompt.

When you opened the Command Window your prompt read :
C:\Windows\system32> You were to type CD \ (note the backslash) which would change the prompt to the root directory but you typed CD (note the missing backslash) which doesn't do anything

Try opening that Elevated Command Prompt and typing the following (from your original instructions) and NOTE the spaces need to be included

Type CD \ (press the enter/return key and the prompt you see should change to C:\>)

Now type attrib -r WAUUPGRD (press the enter/return key - this removes read only attribute and allows deletion)

Type RD /S /Q WAUUPGRD (press the enter/return key - this removes the directory and all its sub-directories and the files in them and DOES NOT ASK FOR CONFIRMATION)

Those error messages about not finding files were because you were pointing the system in the wrong direction.


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by Mr.Bill.08 - 2/23/12 9:54 AM

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I still cannot get the last command line to run ...


Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>CD \

C:\>attrib -r WAUUPGRD

C:\>RD /S /Q WAUUPGRD
The directory name is invalid.

C:\>RD /S /Q WAUUPGRD
The directory name is invalid.

C:\>RD /S /Q WAUUPGRD
The directory name is invalid.

C:\>RD/S/QWAUUPGRD
Parameter format not correct - "QWAUUPGRD".

C:\>RD/S/Q WAUUPGRD
The directory name is invalid.

C:\>RD /S /Q WAUUPGRD
The directory name is invalid.

C:\>



As you can see I tried typing it in different ways (even tried a cut/paste on the last attempt) .....


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I even tried this .....

by Mr.Bill.08 - 2/23/12 9:59 AM

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I even tried it without the /Q overide .........

C:\>RD /S WAUUPGRD
WAUUPGRD, Are you sure (Y/N)? y
The directory name is invalid.

C:\>RD /S WAUUPGRD
WAUUPGRD, Are you sure (Y/N)? Y
The directory name is invalid.

C:\>


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by Mr.Bill.08 - 3/5/12 4:26 PM

In Reply to: I even tried this ..... by Mr.Bill.08

As I wrote above, I still haven't gotten the uninstall to perform ...... if someone can review again what I've tried and maybe see where I've gone wrong, I'd really appreciate it ....................


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Windows7 and windows 8 dual boot

by Riyatechie - 3/6/12 7:36 PM

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http://www.techdiscussion.in/index.php?topic=393.0
How to Dual Boot Windows 7 and Windows 8 Consumer Preview


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