Many beta testers of Windows 7 and downloaders of the infamous windows update KB971033, have had an unfortunate surprise. Windows 7 has been restarting itself hourly or near-hourly. Do not fret, here at Geekmontage we take care of our users.

Below I have carefully outlined the various methods for ending the Windows 7 Timebomb / hourly reboots.

Method 1: Open notepad and paste the following code in, saving the file as “all files” on file type and type in “timebomb.bat” as the file name and save. Then run it.

@echo off
TITLE TimerNuke
reg QUERY “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion” /v “ProductName” | findstr /i “7” >nul
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO OSERROR
ECHO.
ECHO d888888P oo 888888ba dP
ECHO 88 88 `8b 88
ECHO 88 dP 88d8b.d8b. .d8888b. 88d888b. 88 88 dP dP 88 .dP .d8888b.
ECHO 88 88 88’`88’`88 88ooood8 88′ `88 88 88 88 88 88888″ 88ooood8
ECHO 88 88 88 88 88 88. … 88 88 88 88. .88 88 `8b. 88. …
ECHO dP dP dP dP dP `88888P’ dP dP dP `88888P’ dP `YP `88888P’
ECHO oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ECHO.
ECHO Windows 7 6801 activation disabler by pembros
ECHO.
IF EXIST %SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64 (
SET SYSPATH=%SYSTEMROOT%\Sysnative
) ELSE (
SET SYSPATH=%SYSTEMROOT%\System32
)
if NOT EXIST %SYSPATH%\sppsvc.exe.bak GOTO INSTALL
if NOT EXIST %SYSPATH%\SLUI.exe.bak GOTO INSTALL
if NOT EXIST %SYSPATH%\sppuinotify.dll.bak GOTO INSTALL
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO ֹֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ ֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ»
ECHO ÷ TimerNuke already installed! ÷
ECHO ִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִַ ִִִִִִִִִִִ¶
ECHO ÷ ÷
ECHO ÷ Press any key to reinstall, otherwise close this window ÷
ECHO ÷ ÷
ECHO ָֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ ֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ¼
ECHO.
pause>nul
:INSTALL
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO ֹֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ ֽ»
ECHO ÷ ÷
ECHO ÷ Installing TimerNuke now ÷
ECHO ÷ ÷
ECHO ָֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ ֽ¼
ECHO.
bcdedit>nul
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO ADMIN
sc stop sppsvc
sc config sppsvc start= disabled
sc stop sppuinotify
sc config sppuinotify start= disabled
takeown /F “%SYSPATH%\sppsvc.exe”
takeown /F “%SYSPATH%\SLUI.exe”
takeown /F “%SYSPATH%\sppuinotify.dll”
icacls “%SYSPATH%\sppsvc.exe” /grant administrators:F
icacls “%SYSPATH%\SLUI.exe” /grant administrators:F
icacls “%SYSPATH%\sppuinotify.dll” /grant administrators:F
ren “%SYSPATH%\sppsvc.exe” “sppsvc.exe.bak”
ren “%SYSPATH%\SLUI.exe” “SLUI.exe.bak”
ren “%SYSPATH%\sppuinotify.dll” “sppuinotify.dll.bak”
GOTO FINISHED
:OSERROR
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO ֹֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ ֽ»
ECHO ÷ ÷
ECHO ÷ You are not even on Windows 7! ÷
ECHO ÷ ÷
ECHO ָֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ ֽ¼
ECHO.
pause>nul
exit
:ADMIN
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO ֹֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ ֽ»
ECHO ÷ ÷
ECHO ÷ You must run this program with admin rights ÷
ECHO ÷ ÷
ECHO ָֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ ֽ¼
ECHO.
pause>nul
exit
:FINISHED
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO ֹֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ ֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ»
ECHO ÷ TimerNuke successfully installed! ÷
ECHO ִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִִַ ִִִִִִִִִִִ¶
ECHO ÷ ÷
ECHO ÷ TimerNuke installed without error. ÷
ECHO ÷ ÷
ECHO ÷ Press any key to close this window. ÷
ECHO ÷ ÷
ECHO ָֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ ֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽֽ¼
ECHO.
ECHO.
pause>nul
exit

Now reboot!

Method 2: You can use Hazar’s RemoveWat 2.25 to eliminate the timebomb. The link takes you to Google where you can easily find it.

Method 3: You can use timenuke to disable the time bomb as well. The link also takes you to Google where you can easily find it.