If yourXP Pro is a copy, how do you stop prompts from Microsoft?

Question

My Windows XP Pro is a copy, it was already installed on computor when i bought it second hand. Everytime i switch on a prompt tells me to either buy genuine now! or resolve later. I click resolve later everytime and everything works o.k. after that. I get all my updates that Microsoft won't send on Limewire. I never send error reports. Can i do this indefinately or can Microsoft send anything to shut me down? Pop-ups also keep coming up telling me i'm running counterfiet software. Is there any way to stop the prompts and pop-ups besides obviously forking out 100 quid or so for genuine XP?

Answer 1

the prompts you are receiving are due to a update which was installed into your machine automatically,the windows genuine advantage tool scans your pc and determines wether it is a copy or genuine,it will then report to you if it is a copy,and will do this every time you boot up your p,c
to get rid of these annoying messages,simply right click the genuine windows icon in the taskbar,it looks like a silver start,and then click "change notification settings",this will re-direct you to the genuine windows web page were you can edit the notification settings,you must first agree to their terms,which basically means you cant download any software such as windows media player 11,internet explorer 7 beta ect,allthough you will still receive crucial updates
once you have done this and ticked the box and agree,go back to your desktop and restart your cpmputer,when it restarts you wont see any notifications
good luck

Answer 2

If the popups are just spam then you just need to enable some kind of pop-up blocker, if there from microsoft, then you might need to look into finding a key that'll work, do some research on limewire, and google, someone has had that problem and got around it. Also, microsoft isnt going to shut you down, i dont feel there worried about the one guy with the one illegal copy, just the guy who has 200 copies and is selling it to his friends.

Hope i helped

Answer 3

I think you should get a genuine windows xp because that copy must be an illegal copy, you can in a lot of trouble if you don't get a genuine copy!!!!!!!!!!
If you got it from a computer store or something. Return it, And go to a store that you trust

Take my advice.

Answer 4

1) Open Internet Explorer
2) Go to tools>internet options
3)Click on progrsms tab
4) Click the manage add-ons...button
5) Scroll down to the "Windows genuine advantage"add-on(they
should be alphabetical
6) after you click on it, there is a setting box bellow all the add-
ons in there are enable/ disable radio bottons, just click disable
,then ok and that is all

Answer 5

How to get rid of the Microsoft Genuine check:
Lauch Windows Task Manager.
End wgatray.exe process in Task Manager.
Restart Windows XP in Safe Mode by hitting F8 during bootup.
Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32 by typing the following:
cd c:\windows\system32
You should be at the system32 folder.
Type del wgatray.exe and then hit enter. (This will delete it)
Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32\dllcache by typing the following:
cd c:\windows\system32\dllcache
Type del wgatray.exe and then hit enter. (This will delete it)
Type exit and hit enter and restart your computer to get to normal Windows Mode.
Launch RegEdit by going to start menu, then go to Run and type regedit.
Browse to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify
Delete the folder ‘WgaLogon’ and all its contents
Reboot Windows XP.

Turn off automatic windows update, and set it to manual. Next time the Genuine check update comes up, just bypass it and ignore it and dont install it.

Answer 6

get a genuine cey code from the numerous crakc sites on the net

Answer 7

delete the window genuine copy checker, that should do the trick

Answer 8

It is my pleasure to answer a question that our leader "Sean I.T ©" has already answered.

Sean's suggestion works great. GO MAN GO!

Answer 9

go get a one for me !!!!!!