Remove WGA

[Yani2001]

Hello,
How to remove wga?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

You won't get any help here bypassing WGA. If you want the warnings to go away then go buy a legal copy of Windows.

 

[wrathofdragon]

You won't get any help here bypassing WGA. If you want the warnings to go away then go buy a legal copy of Windows.

on some "LEGITIMATE" versions of XP it still pops up.

i had a Legal WinXP computer that i used as a server, and it the freaking WGA was installed with service patch KB905474. I had to delete : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\WgaLogon in the registry to get it to not startup.
Use the Search Tool to search your boot drive (C: in most cases) for “wga”. Remember to check the “Search system folders”, “Search hidden files and folders”, “Search subfolders” boxes. The files that have been bothering you live in the WINDOWS folder, though a number of copies will be found in other folders. Delete all of the WgaTray.exe and WgaLogon.dll files you find.

I DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL WORK FOR YOUR SYSTEM, OR THAT YOU WILL NOT "BREAK" YOUR WINDOWS IF YOU MESS WITH THE REGISTRY OR WINDOWS FILES. IF THE WGA IS BOTHERING YOU, CONTACT WINDOWS OR IF YOU USE A BOOT LEG VERSION OF WINDOWS, GET THE LEGITIMATE ONE.

Removing the WGA Notify tool won’t stop you from getting automatic critical updates, but it will stop you from downloading things from Microsoft and from using the Windows Update site. Also, this is a temporary solution. The next time you get a round of critical updates, the WGA Notify tool will return, requiring you to carry out this process again.

on my PC it came back every month, and annoyed the crap out of me, so eventually i had to get a "new version" of WinXP on a disk with SP3.