Bypass and Disable Genuine Windows Validation Check
Update: The patch no longer working. For complete listing of more ways to bypass the new WGA update, check it out here.
As detailed in Bypass Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Check in Windows Update, Microsoft has made it harder for illegitimate, or for whatever reason, your copy of Microsoft Windows couldn’t be validated, users to retrieve updates via Microsoft Updates or Windows Update, and download programs from Microsoft Download Center.
If you just want to download and apply critical updates to your system, you will be still able to do that without any hack and crack. Just set your Windows’ Automatic Updates (found in Control Panel) setting to Automatic, and let Windows does the updating job in the background. The downside is, it won’t get for you the optional updates.
If you want to download optional components from Windows Update, or simply want to download Windows Defender, Windows Media Player 10, Photo Story 3, DirectX 9 and other application softwares from Microsoft Download Center that require WGA validation tool, you will need to apply a easy and safe hack to bypass the checking.
- Open Windows Explorer by clicking Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Windows Explorer.
- Browse to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Windows Genuine Advantage\data folder.
- Delete (or backup or move to another folder, if you want) data.dat file.
- Create a new empty data.dat: You can create a new text file by (make sure you are at the right folder at above) clicking File -> New -> Text Document or right clicking on Windows Explorer window then click New -> Text Document. Then, either rename the file to data.dat. The original .txt extention of the text file need to be changed too. You can disable the hiding of extension of known file types, or follow the following steps to create a new file out of the text file:
- Open the text document you just created.
- Click on File -> Save As.
- Change the Save as type to “All Files”.
- In the File name, type data.dat
- Click Save.
- Go back to the Windows Explorer, at folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Windows Genuine Advantage\data, check that data.dat exists.
- Delete the text file you created previously.
- Set the attributes of data.dat to Hidden and Read-Only. Attributes can be set by right click on the data.dat file, and then click on Properties.
- Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation check has been disabled.
Note: The data.dat that are replacing the original data.dat can be blank text file or empty, or you may type whatever you want there.
With this hack (or crack if you want), Windows WGA piracy check will be bypassed and you can now download software from Download Center or apply updates from Microsoft/Windows Updates.
Note: The hack no longer able to remove Microsoft Genuine Advantage that pop-up “This copy of Windows is not genuine” warning message by telling you that WGA encounters error when trying to perform validation. More details and ways to bypass WGA available here.
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September 24th, 2006 14:41
theres a new dll file… can’t access download from microsoft sites now… can still use windows update though…
someone crack the new legit control already… will ya
September 24th, 2006 14:40
http://rapidshare.de/files/34229264/Windows_Genuine__Crack.zip
http://rapidshare.de/files/33871356/rapishare_Premium_accounts.rar
September 15th, 2006 03:19
i found this way didnt work for me so what i do which works everytime is click , run , in open box put %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\ ,then click Windows Genuine Advantage , i then open the data file with notepad, then dlete all the text and then save it, this has to be done everytime you want to download something tho.
September 10th, 2006 09:21
infiniteam’s intelligent programming is excellent.
Followed his instructions and voila, it works.
Ironically, now I can be protected from some malicious hackers through windows update.
September 8th, 2006 21:16
[...] In a bid to protect Microsoft software from illegal piracy and counterfeiting, Microsoft has started Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program. One aspect of WGA is that several popular software and downloads available for free from Microsoft have been protected with WGA and required genuine Windows validation before users can download the software from Microsoft Download Center. These software includes Windows Defender (Beta 2), DirectX End-User Runtime, Internet Explorer 7 RC1 (Windows XP SP2), Windows Media Player 10, DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtime, Photo Story 3, Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable and etc. If your validation check is failed then you won’t be able to download the files. Several crack, hack and bypass methods have been found in order to skip the Windows validation check when downloading from Microsoft Download Center. Now there is additional method found by gHacks where you’re able to download all WGA-protected free download software and downloadable files from Microsoft without going through or simply bypass the genuine Windows validation check. The method involves using Microsoft Genuine Validation Diagnostic Tool program MGADiag.exe. [...]
September 1st, 2006 17:05
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August 16th, 2006 16:41
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July 22nd, 2006 23:08
Thx very much 4 that tips…
it’s working so nice…
July 20th, 2006 21:21
I have successfully hacked again the WGA Validation Tools, here’s what you exactly do:
Download a version of hacked WGA here and intall it to your PC then reboot:
http://rapidshare.de/files/26401615/KB905474Hacked.exe.html
After reboot, to to C:\WINDOWS\system32\
then look for the file LegitCheckControl.dll and delete it, then replace it with this:
http://rapidshare.de/files/26400839/LegitCheckControl.dll_Hacked.exe
then Restart you PC.
After doing this, you should be able to download all the necessary update!
July 4th, 2006 22:18
I have Dell Laptop and using Pirated XP Professional version I followed the
Third Method updated
(Latest Update for WGA version 1.5.532.2)
using this method I’m able to download the Updates directly from the Microsoft site but Not able to install after the download, it says the XP Key is invalid? why?
Regards
Vikas
July 3rd, 2006 14:07
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July 1st, 2006 11:13
System restore did the trick, thanks.
June 29th, 2006 09:25
Execut3r, visit this page for more info. Look for the comments section for downloads.
June 29th, 2006 08:23
A new version is out: 1.5.540.0. Anyone have the update?
June 29th, 2006 02:39
here is a universal patch:
http://rapidshare.de/files/24391922/www.mu.dr.ag_lccp.zip.rar.html
June 28th, 2006 13:56
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Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.5.532.0 Cracked.rar
June 25th, 2006 00:27
hey can someone tell me how I can install
Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2. I get the eror which says that validation was unsuccessful. Please help!
June 22nd, 2006 09:18
[...] Another alternative suggested by dman is by using System Restore to restore the PC to a previous restore point that WGA Notifications hasn’t kicked in, and then carefully stop KB905474 from been applied to the system. To use System Restore, go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore. [...]
June 18th, 2006 14:43
mublinder still works
http://www.p2plife.com/forums/Official_muBlinder_Page-t320.html
June 12th, 2006 19:00
after downloading, Windows Media Player 11 (beta), and overcoming WGA, i get this
“Setup cannot continue
(one or more of the following problems has occured during Setup.
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation
Setup was unable to validate that your copy of Windows is genuine. Click Finish to close setup and naviage your web brower to the Windows Genuine Advantage WEbsite for additional information.”
How do i over come this and get Windows Media Player 11 installed?
June 12th, 2006 07:48
[...] How to bypass and disable the Genuine Windows Validation Check (from http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/03/07/bypass-an d-disable-genuine-windows-validation-check/ [mydigitallife.info]): [...]
June 11th, 2006 19:03
…it is confirmed that all other possible ways to “Bypass WGA” no longer works! Our wonderful friends at the “OS Ranch” have made less possible and more difficult to obtain updates! This monopolizing, jauggernaut, monstrous of a company can’t just get enough money … they need to bleed users dry!
June 8th, 2006 11:56
M$ updated again.
LegitCheckControl1.5.532
Shark, the RapidShare link is not working. Any other download links?
June 3rd, 2006 09:34
I used your genuine windows authenticaation bypass today June 2nd, 06. It worked flawlessly. The first thing I was able to install was, of all things, Windows Defender, Beta 2. Microsoft should make things available at no cost which are designed to “protect” the net from destruction. You are amazing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Everyone, try this “Bypass and Disable Genuine Windows Validation Check” and then install Defender Beta 2.
May 31st, 2006 22:39
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