How To Disable Windows Genuine Advantage Warning
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkThursday, July 13, 2006
Previously I described how to remove the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification Tool. It is a simple tool to get rid of the home calling of Windows Genuine Advantage notification tool. Obviously it also disables the regular “This copy of Microsoft Windows XP is not genuine” type warnings if it feels your copy of windows is not genuine. There is also a manual way to remove WGA notification tool available from internet -
Update: Please follow this procedure instead:
How To Disable Windows Genuine Advantage Notification in 3 Simple Steps
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Kill the process wgatray.exe in Windows TaskManager (Select it then right click and select End task) and restart Windows XP in safe mode. Now delete the following files:
Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\windowss\system32
Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\windows\system32\dllcache
Start Windows Registry editor and delete the folder “WGALOGON” located in the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinlogonNotify.
Delete all references in your registry to WgaTray.exe (repeat search using F3 function key).
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April 29, 2010: 1:46 pm
I can’t find WGA folder. regeditor can’t find it. Plus, i’ve downloaded the removal tool but it don’t work. dey said dat ders no wgalogon!!! |
 A J |
March 8, 2010: 4:33 pm
I have a problem that probably has quite a simple solution though I have no clue what it may be. “Cannot delete WgaTray: Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.” |
When I go to delete the WgaTray.exe file from C:/WINDOWS/system32 it tells me this:
 komal |
September 25, 2009: 11:50 am
how i should unistall genuine microsoft software form my pc. it always display you may be a victum of software counterfeiting |
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September 12, 2009: 8:33 pm
i restarted my PC. after stopping the WGSTRY process directly |
 superrwoman |
May 30, 2009: 4:19 pm
thanks a lot! although i haven’t really tracked the folders cause it isn’t the exact when i try finding the whole thing out, the guide really helped! thank you =] |
 Hans\\\'arnold |
 Sara |
October 18, 2007: 12:57 am
I’ve just removed all references of wgatray in my registry following Angusmans directions. Could someone please go though some sort of check list with me so I can be sure that it has worked and that I haven’t actually messed things up? Thanks- |
 tonight |
 rashid |
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April 11, 2007: 10:43 pm
can you guys make a registry editor so beginears can just double click on it and can get rid of this error easily |
 Bill Davis |
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July 31, 2006: 9:17 am
Remove Windows Genuine Advantage (Download Latest Version) This version removes cleanly both WGA Notification ‘Pilot’ version and ‘Final’ version, it should theoretically not be needed anymore to directly unload the WGA notification in live from memory and to risk a blue screen (BSOD)…. |
KMD