I would like to have the time to explain you what you can and what you can't do, and what you should and shouldn't do but that's not the case at the moment. first you CAN'T do "whatever you want with it"... toc, toc, license agreement? ... that ugly screen you bypass at the very first process of the installation tells you to not modify any of the components of the system core. i know, i know, you're going to talk me about uxtheme.dll or tcpip.sys, that's illegal too but is sure m$ won't demand you for using an alternative msstyles, but it will certainly do for removing/sharing knowledge about windows activation. yes, you have the right to create a backup for your personal use... so what has this to do with activation? i told to evade this kind of discussion b/c i've spent sometime here and i know people is prone to write phrases like "you can remove/download X in order to use a windows system without activation"