How to remove windows genuine advantage program notification

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.
  

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Remove boot virus from start up

Fix an unbootable windows xp or vista, Remove boot virus from startup

Unable to boot into winddows XP or vista due to virus? trojan? Sometimes we find ourselves in deep trouble when our system refused to boot up,more often than not,this is due to viral infection and how do we go about cleaning the system without formatting when our system failed to boot, even in safe mode?

In situation like these, Rescue disk become very useful, today we are going to talk about Free rescue disk available in the market, basically what these Rescue disk does is, it boots itself up before the system(windows) in DOS and subsequently performs a system check for virus and trojans.

Fix an Unbootable windows Xp or vista, Remove Boot Virus from startup

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• updated several times a day so that the most recent security updates are always available.
• Repair a damaged system
• Rescue data
• scan the system for virus infections.

How to repair windows xp professional

Recovery console: The xp recovery console can be a very useful utility when employed with care. There are a variety of situations where having access to it can be really handy. In fact, you need to get access to it before we go any further.

1.Insert xp cd and Reboot or restart your computer.Once you arrive at the welcome screen, choose 'R' for recovery.


2. You will be asked which windows installation you wish to access. Choose the appropriate number.


3.Now a prompt for your administrator password will appear. Enter it and continue (if no password, press enter).

Now we are ready to roll up ourselves and get to work. While at the console, you can type help for a list of available comands that are at your disposal. For example, you can repair a messed up boot sector by typing FIXBOOT and then typing ENTER afterward. If you are having difficulty booting up because of a messed up NTLDR file,however, then you might need to replace it by typing: COPY E:\i386\NTLDR C: [if you cd/dvd drive is G put G instead of E].

After completion of copy process type EXIT to leave and restart windows.

How to remove Drivegaurd.exe or Flashgaurd.exe

steps to remove Drivegaurd.exe or Flashgaurd.exe virus

What drivegaurd.exe does?

• Adds itself to startup and the task manager.
• Adds a registry key for making changes in the registry editor.
• Adds Autorun.inf in the pen drive(USB)
• Adds some malcious temporary files in the system.

Solution :

1. Boot computer in safe mode. [restart your system and press f8 key to go to safe mode]


2. Open task manager and kill the processes with names DRIVEGAURD.EXE/FLASHGAURD.EXE/DRIVEMONITOR.EXE



3. Open My Computer and search for the same virus names but don.t forget to check all the boxes int he 'More advanced options' of search. Delete all the files



4. Now search for tmp.exe and delete drivegaurd.tmp.exe and gHmpg.exe files, if any.



5.open the msconfig, now go to startup processes and uncheck the flashgaurd process to remove it from the startup list.



6. Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\FlashGaurd.



7.click on Flash gaurd and delete the key.

drivegaurd.exe and flashgaurd.exe will be removed

Solution for taskbar and icon loading problem

Aren't you getting your icons and taskbar?Don't worry i have solution to get back your icons and taskbar as before. Simply follow these steps to get back your icons and task bar.
1.press control alt+alt+delete
2.Go to file option
3.click in New Task
4.type userinit or explorer
Thats it! you have done, you will get all your icons and taskbar as before.

Happy Computing

HOW TO FORMAT USB DRIVE IN NTFS SYSTEM

JUST 4 STEPS TO FORMAT YOUR USB DRIVE

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1.connect usb to your computer.goto desktop and right click on my computer and click on MANAGE

2.click on device manager and expand the disk drives in the left side pane.u will see your USB drive as shown in the figure

3.now right click on your USB drive under the DISK DRIVES and goto properties and then click on policies tab as shown in the figure
By default it set to "optimize for quick removal "
change it to "optimize for performance"


4.Thats it u have done now goto "My computer" and right click on your USB drive and click on FORMAT u will see NTFS file system in the drop down box

HOW TO INSTALL XP FROM USB

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REQUIREMENTS:
1) 1 gb usb thumb drive

2) usb_prep8

3) bootsect

4) a pc or laptop with windows xp or vista installed and one with cd-rom(so you have now two computers -one with xp/vista installed and one with no cd-rom)

5) a genuine copy of windows xp/vista


PROCEDURE (COPYING XP TO USB AND CONFIGURING)(INSERT PED DRIVE TO DO THIS PROCESS)
1. extract usb_prep8 zip and bootsect zip
2.After extracting usb_prep folder open or double click on usb_prep8.cmd.a command promp will open
3.press any key to continue.A peTousb window will open
4.don't change anything in peTousb window wil open.just click on "start" button.Formatting of your USB will start
5.Do not close that two windows (petousb and usb_prep8).now open a new command prompt by typing cmd in run box[start>run].in this new command prompt go to the directory where bootsect.exe is saved.Now type " bootsect.exe/nt52 R" change "R" with the letter drive directory of your usb drive.
NOTE:when running the boot.exe command u cannot have any windows open displaying the content of your usb drive.if it is done successfully u will see "bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes." .now close this command prompt (do not close usb_prep8).
6.now close peTousb window.you must see the usb_prep8 command like this

7.now u need to enter the correct info for numbers 1-3
press 1 and then enter.A folder browse window will open to browse to the location of your xp setup files(insert xp cd in cd rom)
press 2 and enter a letter NOT currently assigned to a drive on your pc, say T
press 3 and enter the drive letter of your usb stick
press 4 to start the process
8.The script will ask you if its ok to format drive T. this is just a temp drive the program creates to catche windows installation files.press Y then enter
9. once its done formatting,press enter to continue again,u will now see the program copying windows xp files from your CD to the temp drive it created.it takes 3-5 min.press enter to continue after copying files
10. Next u will see a box pop up asking u to copy the files from temp drive to USB drive.
press yes
11.once the program has completed copy files a popup window asking if u would like to USB DRIVE to be preferred boot drive U: select YES on this window
12.u are done with this part.select YES to unmount the virtual drive

PROCEDURE 2 (INSTALLING XP INTO YOUR PC WITHOUT CD-ROM USING USB )
1.insert your usb and start your pc,then goto the BIOS set-up.set usb as your primary boot device or first boot device
2.on the start up menu u have 2 options, select option number for text mode setup.
3.from this point on,it is just like any other windows xp installation.when prompt delete all the partion,including the one with labeled "BIOS" for EEE-PC.RECREATE the primary partition on your EEE pc and format it using NTFS.
4.Once the text mode partition of setup is complete,the computer will reboot.this time, boot into the GUI mode
5. once the GUI setup is complete u have to boot into GUI mode to complete the xp installation
untill end up at your XP desktop.it is very important that u DO NOT REMOVE THE USB DRIVE before this point.once u can see your start menu it is safe to remove the USB drive and reboot your pc to make sure everything worked.