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April 29th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Hi,
Thanks for the tip. Definitely handy to counter Windows irritating nonsense.
Chrissy
June 20th, 2007 at 4:11 am
sorry, but i am not good with computers. =)
Um, how do you open windows directory?
June 20th, 2007 at 4:45 am
whoa! cool! thanks a lot. DID anyone experience that their computer slowed down after the occurence of WGA? Perhaps that WGA is the reason of the slow down? Can anyone tell me a fix for that? I don’t think my computer was slow before i had WGA. my PC has 1GB of RAM, 2.66 Ghz, i think… But whenever i play music then, say, open firefox or MSword, the music still plays but it slows. As in the voice of the singer/song slows, starts to sound like its in slow motion.
TIPS please, would be very greatful. Thanks.
CHeRRy
August 8th, 2007 at 7:11 am
Hmm switching to Linux to have more problems than a simple annoying “Your Windows is not genuine” notification? No thanks, I do want my hardware to still be recognised by my Operating System
August 31st, 2007 at 6:50 am
Que tal.
Otra forma bastante sencilla es ejecutar Autoruns (que inclusive ahora es de Mocosoft), en la pestaña Winlogon buscar WgaLogon, desactivar la casilla y listo…., aunque es cierto que ocupará espacio en disco y en el registro; por lo que es realmente recomendable usar una distro linux, personalmente estoy contento con Gentoo, que ha revivido mi vieja tortuga WinBugs en una verdera computadora que es capaz de mostrar todo lo que puede hacer, siempre que tenga un OS de calidad (*nix like).
Saludos…
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Hi, looks like MS has very much changed how WGA works - just installed WinXP Pro SP2 on Dec 2, 2007, installed all updates (including WGA), followed the 3 steps, but no Reg entries or referenced files found! I searched for WGA and found different info, disabled it, and no more encrypted checks back to MS.
I\’m not strong enough with Win to give a write-up so perhaps someone who knows the correct way to disable the new method will follow-up - thx.
December 26th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Hi!
Thanks so much for the tip.Its really help me to remove it.Never thought automatic update have a side effect…..nonsense.
January 27th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
great ……… absolutely great……..
February 16th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
ok the easyest way to get ri of it is to go to add or remove in the control panel the tick the box SHOW UPDATES un install the last update on the list of updates not the genuine notification cus u cant remove the one above it it will say it might make these programs not work properly it wont do anything except get rid of the genuine advantage notification tool, after you have un installed then restart or urn off
February 16th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
ok the easyest way to get ri of it is to go to add or remove in the control panel the tick the box SHOW UPDATES un install the last update on the list of updates not the genuine notification cus u cant remove the one above it it will say it might make these programs not work properly it wont do anything except get rid of the genuine advantage notification tool, after you have un installed then restart or turn off
February 24th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
I can do steps 1 and 3, but I can’t open up the Registry Editor (regedit.exe)
It’s saved as a .pf file, and I don’t know how to open those types of files. Can you help me?
March 22nd, 2008 at 10:36 pm
thanks a lot.A very good tip and my genuine problem has gone.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:35 am
VERY GOOD ADVICE you Got here..
thank you so much!
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:17 am
That is great solution for remove/disable Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) notifications. but when you search for wga* please don\’t delete wgapi.dll if you found. This dynamic link is not related with that notifications massage. Anyway, thank for your posting. 100% working
May 18th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Hey there are about 5 other “solutions” i tried to fix this problem and yours is the only one that worked.
THANKS A TON FOR THIS!
July 20th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
thanks for the info on removing wga from my pc.
August 18th, 2008 at 6:16 am
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October 16th, 2008 at 3:01 am
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October 24th, 2008 at 11:11 am
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October 30th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Thanks for he tip. FYI this is exactly why I choose Mac for my person use. I’m saddled to this PC AKA Piece ‘o’ Crap at work and your tip has made the box a little more bearable.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:14 am
I am happy to know our tips were of help to you.
Take care,
Angsuman
December 4th, 2008 at 9:45 am
when im opening system, my desktop colour automaticly changing in black colour (previous it was in another screen saver)and im getting windos genuine advantage
1)it showing that you may be activation of software counterfeirting.
2)this copy of windows did nt pass genuine windows validation.
im nt that much aware of computer.
im installed SAP. is this wga harms to SAP.
December 18th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Thanks for your solution. I did delete all the reg entry of wga from regedit. Before doing so I did back up the registry. This is recommended. Thanks to all.
January 9th, 2009 at 2:57 am
Nonsence tip,like a bully fucker ass damn shit.Say Properly.Also not Recommended and a bad solution…………. blog.taragana.com will not me to open until i die.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
i ccant remove the wga in my add remove it say this update cannot be remove..help me pls i try to fix this almost a week now.
January 20th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
what kind of file is to be deleted?please tell me?asap
January 20th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
when im opening system, my desktop colour automaticly changing in black colour (previous it was in another screen saver)and im getting windos genuine advantage
1)it showing that you may be activation of software counterfeirting.
2)this copy of windows did nt pass genuine windows validation.
im nt that much aware of computer.
im installed SAP. is this wga harms to SAP.
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February 23rd, 2009 at 12:01 am
i did exactly as u explained it does work for a couple of day only then it keeps coming back
March 6th, 2009 at 11:58 am
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March 6th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Hi i managed to remove WGA but now i still cant get automatic updates from main Windows page, when i go to the page it is stil asking for walidation my Windows XP. Can enyone help me please ?
March 19th, 2009 at 9:13 am
The thing keeps coming back! Again and again! What do I do?
April 15th, 2009 at 12:12 am
does this remove the introduction of the wga? its a notification at first and underneath it says introduction then asking you to verify, I want to stop before I click on what they really want ..
May 7th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
how do u reboot ????????
May 9th, 2009 at 11:30 am
hmmm…,
could be interesting
May 12th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
i cannot understand how to remove this bloody software
May 18th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
tnx mate, really appreciated…
anyway, it works…
May 26th, 2009 at 7:07 am
thanks. it worked!
alf
June 11th, 2009 at 3:58 am
Thanks for your tips. I will try it now.
June 14th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
nothin 2 say
June 25th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Thanks, man, worked like a charm. Took a while to find the wga files, but felt so good to delete them!
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:36 pm
its great!
July 12th, 2009 at 2:32 am
To get rid of the of the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification do the the following:
FIRST AND FORMOST CREATE A RESTORE POINT:
Start=>Run. type msconfig. go to the general tab
and click on launch system restore. click on create a restore point and than next. give any name and click restore. close all windows by clicking ok and reboot your machine.
1. control panel=>add/remove program and find the line
“Windows Genuine Advantage validation tool (kb892130). this is the key to find the solution.
2. go to c:/windows/ and find the file kb892130.log
3. open that log and read the lines. you will find the lines which contain the main folder and other files which you want to eliminate.
4. The name of the main folder is SoftwareDistribution which exist in c:/windows and in c:/windows/system32
5. Bootup your machine in safe mode and rename these folders.
6. click on Start=>Run and type regedit
7. go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE => SOFTWARE and find the folder Windows Genuine Advantage or SoftwareDistribution or WGA
if you cant find it open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE => SOFTWARE => WINDOWS
8. delete the file. BE CAREFUL NOT TO DELETE OTHER FOLDERS.
9. reboot your machine and you should be fine.
10. if something goes wrong go to Start=>Run. type msconfig. go to the general tab
and click on launch system restore. click on “restore my computer to an earlier time”.
find the restore point that you created and restore your compuer. reboot your machine
July 17th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Thanks guy for sharing
July 26th, 2009 at 5:20 am
Worked like a charm I agree this is spyware.
July 26th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
thanxs for the share..
August 7th, 2009 at 8:07 am
I’ve just freshly installed WINXP, and got updates enabled, so of course had to download the WGA notification tool but had not installed the tool. It would popup & ask to install on every reboot, & I would of course close it out, but still got my updates downloaded and installed. So far, those have included DOTNET 3.5, IE 8, & Service Pack 3. I didn’t want to be bothered by this notification any longer, so I booted into safe mode, navigated to C:/WINDOWS/system32/KB905474 & simply renamed the “wganotifypackageinner.exe” & “wgasetup.exe” & rebotted…so far it has not bothered me!
August 15th, 2009 at 9:16 am
im very frustrated with this labtop bought used and it was programed in mexico or spain.never the less im from the states and i wanted to add some soft ware.i never been a computer fanantic so i dont know much of computers.so i start useing the lab and microsoft sends me messages that i dont have a legitimate windows xp and the antivirus is not license a big headache.now i have the legitimate windows thanks to my wife. now if i disable the WGA WILL I HAVE TROUBLE INSTALLING OFFICE OR MICROSOFT WORD THANK YOU.
August 18th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Thanks for the tips, it seems to have worked!
September 6th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Thanks man Thanks a lot… worked like a charm…
One more thing if hard 2 find the wgalogon folder just use ctrl+f and search….
September 13th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Thank you so much, that message was driving me mad, great tip!
September 30th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Ok so I’ve tried this and it won’t let me delete the file because it is in use. So then I go to the task manager and each time i try to delete the WgaTray.exe from the Processes, it opens another and another and another, each time I try to end it.
Any other suggestions?
October 10th, 2009 at 4:43 am
Is it real?!
I think it can damage my computer if i delete the registry..
October 10th, 2009 at 5:37 am
hiii i’m having another method
first boot the system, then go to C:\WINDOWS\system32 find the file ‘WgaLogon.dll’ and ‘WgaTray.exe’ rename the file / cut n paste the file into desktop, restart ur computer. the notification ‘ll gone. and one thing afterwards del the that two files from the desktop
November 15th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
hi,
my prob. is that every time i log on to windows,it pop ups with a notification..to acivate windows..plzz help..plz send the solution to nandus586@gmail.com.
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:23 pm
i want to deactivate genuine microsoft software. in desktop i can see that display (ask for genuine micr. software), i dont want that so what i do?
December 9th, 2009 at 8:12 am
Thanks much, Angsuman. Dhonnobaad!
Hate these damn Window updates. The last time round I got myself the blue screen of death. Lost important data and paid MS some more for new Windows XP. Only to have this happen.
Works like a charm, and easy to follow even for someone as computer illiterate as me.
December 10th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
how to remove genuine windows validation
December 14th, 2009 at 3:07 am
i am insatlled windows 7 in my laptop but now there is wga notification is disturbing me ,whats the solution to remove wga notification from windows 7
December 29th, 2009 at 6:02 am
how to prevent winxp to wga… i am finished xp installation what i do…
January 25th, 2010 at 2:54 am
hiii frnds…….cant we disable dis windows genuine notification without rebooting our system?????
n moreover i couldnt find any wga files in the proceses in the taskmanager……
my heartful tanks to any replies……
January 27th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
May thousands well wishes reach your doorstep!
i’m really emotional having your suggested steps work perfectly.
Thanks once again!
January 31st, 2010 at 12:23 am
Simple enough…;) thanks.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:22 am
remove the plzzzzzzzzz help me….i want to remove “ask for genuine microsoft software” from my desktop…when i turn on PC it shows “you may be a victim of software counterfeiting” ….plz help
February 5th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
I’D REALLY LIKE TO ONLY HAVE UBUNTU BUT YOU CAN’T RUN HALO 2 AND RESIDENT EVIL 5 ON IT SO DAMN WINDOWS
February 6th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
thank you. Just found this tip and I’ll use it immediately. I hate the fact that Microsoft thinks they need to control everything we do online.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:58 am
“Bonus Hint: A better option is to switch to Linux…”
Amen Brother!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
looky windows genuine
February 11th, 2010 at 3:40 am
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February 15th, 2010 at 12:21 am
Great Solution Buddy …. It worked for me ….. Thanks a lot.
February 22nd, 2010 at 2:34 am
Thanks for help
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:23 am
I’d sure like to get LINUX running. However, I’ve found getting it to load is a formidable task. The 300 page install guideline via fedora 12 is so complex and bounces around way too much. What we need is a straight forward load instruction to deploy your CD and hard drive. The manual seems like it has 100 different ways to load LINUX, most of those options don’t apply to the home / small business user.
February 25th, 2010 at 5:07 am
i just used this way.
1. Killed Wgatray.exe (task manager)
2. hurriedly deleted Wgatray.exe in system32 folder
then the notifications are gone!
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:12 am
hello, i tried find the file you told, but unfortunately, i’m not found it it my windows7..huhu please help me…
March 3rd, 2010 at 4:15 pm
how to remove wga notification in windows 7 ultimate. when try to find wgatray in system32 folder or notify option in regeditor but nothing appear or no files exist named this?
please help me
March 9th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
I did as you suggested and I can no longer log into windows at all. Can’t even start in safe mode or go to command prompt. How do I get to registry backup?!? HELP!
March 16th, 2010 at 12:55 am
good idea.. thanks . but how if i get it again?