Sunday, April 7, 2013

How to Remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notification

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) notifications occur when your computer hasn't passed the validation test. The validation test can be failed because you installed a pirated non-genuine copy of XP, or because you have changed your XP product key to a software-generated key, or sometimes it just happens for no reason at all. Here's how to get rid of the annoying notifications.

Executing a Batch Script

  1. Right-click on your desktop. Choose New, then Text Document.

    • Enter the name as "remove.bat" without the quotes.
    • A message should appear saying that you are changing a file type. Click Yes. If the message does not appear, and the file icon is a picture of a piece of paper, then you need to enable "show file extensions for known file types" in the Windows Explorer Tools ->Folder Options dialog.
  2. Right-click on remove.bat and select Edit. Notepad will open.

  3. Paste the following lines into Notepad, then save and exit:
    taskkill -IM wgatray.exe
    del wgatray.exe
    del wgalogon.old

  4. Double-click on the remove.bat icon. A command prompt window should briefly appear, then close automatically.

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