How to remove the Windows Genuine Adventage notification?

Question

I bought a used computer and its windows are not original.I tried to update the whe windows and accidentally installed the windows genuine advantage.Now everytime I open my computer it says that my windows are not original and even if I close it it stays on the tray.Is there any way to remove it?

Answer 1

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Uninstallers/RemoveWGA.shtml

it is a program that will remove that for you. I had to use it on my brother-in-laws pc.

Make sure that in your settings that you 'automatic updates' are turned OFF or else it will come back.

There are other ways you can remove it but it involves messing with the registry.

Answer 2

Doubt it. You may have to buy your own Windows. You can get XP at:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_sw/102-6459201-2437702?url=search-alias%3Dsoftware&field-keywords=WindowsXP

Microsoft has appeared on my computers lately telling me they are validating my software. This is o.k. with me because I have valid purchases. Here's what's going on:

Install Problems – What Windows Does –Install on Another Computer – Product Key – 25-character code

“When you buy Windows XP in a shrink-wrapped box, you are allowed to install one copy on one PC. When Windows comes pre-installed on a new PC, it stays with the PC. You cannot transfer it from the bundled machine to a different machine. MS uses a technique called “BIOS locking” to make sure the copy stays ties to that specific PC forever.

Windows installer makes you type the 25-character code that’s printed on the case. The Product Activation program looks at various serial numbers inside your PC – the processor, network card, disk drives, etc. – mixes them together, and produces a second 25 character code that identifies your PC. These 50 characters, together, are called the Installation ID.

When you activate XP, you give MS the 50-character Installaton ID. If nobody else activated that 25-character code or if it has been activated with that specific Installation ID (which means you activated this particular copy of XP from the same PC twice) MS send back a 42-character Confirmation ID. The Installation ID and the Confirmation ID are stored on our PC.

If that 25-character code has been already been used on a different PC you will be notified that the number of times you can activate Windows with this product key has been exceeded.”

Source: paraphrased from p. 18, Windows Gigabook for Dummies, by Peter Weverka et al.

Answer 3

First, disregard the "humorous" answer from Joey B. If you delete the Windows directory you kill the machine.

Second, the bad news: Microsoft intentionally did not provide a way of removing it. The only way to turn it of is, indeed, to reinstall Windows. Realize that such a reinstall also entails reinstalling virtually every piece of software on your machine. Also, backup all your data first, as it, too, will go bye-bye.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Try doing the following:

01 open "My computer"
02.open local disk (C):
03 look for e folder that says "windows" and open it
04 look for e folder that says " downloaded programs files" and open it
05. delete e " windows genuine advantage validation tool"
06. clear recycle bin



Hope this helps!!!!

Answer 5

you will first could desire to reinstall your residing house windows and then after this has been carried out you will could desire to coach off you computerized updates and dont verify in the experience that your residing house windows is geniune or no longer

Answer 6

There should be some star beside the clock, right click on it and press on "Change Notification setting".

Answer 7

delete the windows folder

Answer 8

re boot from original disc

Answer 9

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