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1.6 - Total unification of driver
- Now driver uses a single INF file for both legacy and standard variants, along with both architectures. - No more separate INF for legacy version. - All configurations are separated with their respective device names. - Visual Studio 2013 configuration updated to cover both variants at every Windows version. - Now it can compile both variants with corresponding project configurations. - Minimum subsystem versions are set so that compiled drivers will work at all Windows versions. - With this update, support for old WDKs (7.1 and older) are removed. - They had very outdated toolchains and lacked support for many things such as: - Project configurations (literally) - C language support newer than C89 - Automatic driver signing - Paths with spaces - They don't work well on modern Windows hosts. - Due to these inferiorities, they were creating a big unnecessary hassle for supporting them and separating binaries by hand after compiling. - Now source files are moved to a folder named "src" so the source tree looks better.
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‎.gitignore‎

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‎README.md‎

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# TimeDefuser
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# TimeDefuser
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TimeDefuser is a kernel-mode Windows driver that patches the kernel to neutralize the expiration date (a.k.a. timebomb),
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which is seen on most prerelease builds that has been ever compiled.
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- Your abusive relationship
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- 100-minute Minecraft demo
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- The Pepsi can from 1956 that is inside your fridge for whatever reason
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- Aceyware "Tracey" Operating System version 0.1.3
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- Aceyware "Tracey" Operating System version 0.1.3 (or whatever its name ends up being)
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- ???
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- Evalution retail Windows builds. While it theoretically should work, such configuration is not supported and any bug reports regarding to them will be closed without any further action.
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- Evaluation retail Windows builds. While it theoretically should work, such configuration is not supported and any bug reports regarding to them will be closed without any further action.
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> This driver will **not** patch Windows Product Activation or any other similar mechanism. These other mechanisms can be preferred as well in supported builds but here is not their place.
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Builds with debug symbols are recommended to try, due to symbols making debugging much easier.
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# Build
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## TimeDefuser Legacy for Windows 2000 and XP
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*Should also can be used to compile standard TimeDefuser to later versions as long as a compatible WDK is used for target version.*
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1. Get a WDK/DDK compatible with your target version.
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2. Open the build environment console
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3. Locate to source folder and execute "nmake"
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4. Get the TimeDefuserLegacy.inf and change the `$ARCH$` to target architecture.
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## Windows 7 and Later with Visual Studio 2013 & Windows 8.1 WDK (And Vista??)
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1. Get the Windows 8.1 WDK (or anything earlier with it's conforming VS version)
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Starting with version 1.6, Visual Studio 2013 can build both variants
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and support every Windows version by having appopriate minimum subsystem version set.
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With this change, building with old WDKs (7.1 and older) is completely removed
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## Every Windows version with Visual Studio 2013 & Windows 8.1 WDK
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1. Get the VS 2013 & Windows 8.1 WDK
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2. Open the solution `TimeDefuser-vs13.sln`
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3. Hit the compile button.
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3. Select the appopriate build configuration for your needs (architecture and standard/legacy configurations.)
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4. Hit the compile button.
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## Windows 7* and Later with Visual Studio 2022 & Windows 11 WDK
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> [!WARNING]
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> \*: With Windows 11 WDK released in May 2025, Microsoft killed the support for 32-bit architectures, and for anything earlier than Windows 10 RTM.
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# Screenshots
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![Windows 7973 x64-2025-05-04-16-08-40](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f3d3a116-5b67-4b8f-bd4c-d907485a435b)
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![Windows 10072 x64-2025-11-10-12-53-19](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/02bb0087-762a-4a2b-98c9-16b3bf850a0d)
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![Windows 2526-2025-05-08-17-39-56](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/24e4f5c9-5cdc-4eae-b91f-dc13bb93a22c)
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# Thanks to
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- **Microsoft** for Windows, Windbg and all else.
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- **archive.org and BetaArchive** for preserving beta builds and debug symbols.
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- **Dimitrios Vlachos** for motivational support.
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- All the precious testers that opened up issues.
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- **All the precious testers** that opened up issues.

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