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July 13, 2009
Disable Windows Genuine Advantage Notification in 3 Simple Steps
How To Disable Windows Genuine Advantage Notification in 3 Simple Steps
Angsuman Chakraborty
April 24th, 2007Following three simple steps now you can get rid of the pesky and sometimes buggy Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) notifications:
1. Reboot Windows in safe mode (hold the f8 key while booting and you will get the option to boot in safe mode) [Click Yes I do NOT want to go to a previous Restore Point (Microsoft Doublethink)] and then:
2. Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe) and [backup the registry - Start - Run - Regedit. File - Export - Export Range=All]. Search for wgalogon folder [Edit - Find - wgalogon] and delete it. You should backup up the registry beforehand, in case somethiong goes wrong.
3. In your windows directory search for files wga* and delete them. [Windows Explorer - search folder C:\windows for wga* and delete whatever it finds.]
[Restart your pc and] You are done!
Note: On two of my PC's, it wouldnt allow me to delete one of the files...I think it was the wgalogon.dll file. So, I had to reboot again in the safe mode, then it allowed me to delete all of the c:\windows\wga* files. Now, I believe all 4 pc's are free of this MicroSoft-created virus.
Posted by Rob Kiser on July 13, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Comments
1. Get a Mac.
Posted by: Disable W.G.A. in One Simple Step on July 14, 2009 at 6:03 AM
get a Mac? no thanks. I don't need an overpriced, overhyped PC. (I already have a PC!) however I might install OSX...
Posted by: fractalbrothers on September 21, 2009 at 11:27 AM