Have you updated your copy of windows and received the "The copy of windows is not genuine" notification. Have you ever wondered how to get rid of it?The windows genuine Advantage notification checks if you have a genuine copy of windows registered to that computer. It allows you to update your computer with the windows updates. If you have installed it, and you do not have a genuine copy of windows xp installed, then you may notice and icon at the bottom of your window before you login. It will make you wait three seconds before allowing you to login.
WGA on the Login screen
In your tray, you will also notice a WGA icon telling you that may be a victim of software counterfeiting.
Here's how to get rid of it.
The long way:-
- The longer way is to restart your computer and go into safe mode(press f8 key to go to safe mode).once in safe mode, non-essential programs will not run, including Wgatray.exe (the windows genuine advantage program). Once in safe mode go to c:\windows\system32\ and search for wgatray.exe and delete it.
- click the start menu and select 'run'.
- type regedit.exe in the 'run' box
- Delete the 'WGALOGON' file in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows NT\current version\winlogonNotify.
- search for 'wgatray.exe' [without the quotation marks] and delete any references to that program in the computer registry.
Disclaimer: we dont encourage piracy.This is for educational purpose only.
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