Disable and Remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications Nag Screen

Seventh Method

This method doesn’t remove WGA notification tool, instead just disable the annoying pop-ups and nags screen. Currently, you can opt out of receiving all the pop ups on start up and be left with just the star.

Right click on the WGA star in the system tray and choose ‘change notification settings’. When the web page loaded, click the + next to the “Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications Options”. Then untick (unselect) the “Display Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications messages” box and click “Save Settings”.

The page will now refresh with a new option “I understand that I am disabling the display of messages in this version of Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications”. Select by ticking the box and click “Yes, Im Sure”. After that, reboot the PC and all the nags will be gone although the Blue Star WGA icon stays in the taskbar but it doesnt pop up any warning messages.

Best of all, this is the legal way of getting rid of the annoying warning messages, although Microsoft said this resolution to be around for temporary only.

Eight Method

Install ZoneAlarm firewall, and configure to kill or disallow “WGA” in the allowed programs section.

Ninth Method

Download and install Autoruns from www.sysinternals.com. Run the program, go to the WinLogon tab and uncheck (disable) the WgaLogon, as suggested by PSnet.

Tenth Method

Steve suggested the following:

1. Go to \windows\system32 in explorer
2. Rename WgaLogon.dll to WgaLogon.dll.bak
3. Create a new empty WgaLogon.dll in notepad and save to the same location
4. Right click on the task bar, and open Task Manager at the Processes tab
5. (Quickly) delete WgaTray.exe, then it will give you approx 5 seconds to click on WgaTray.exe in Task Manager and click End Task, and confirm
6. Restart your computer and the login and nag messages should be gone

Again, this method will help to disable the WGA warning notifications only.

Eleventh Method

Dhillip wrote an utility Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications Remover which can help to remove the warning messages.

Melhacker also wrote WGARemover tool to remove WGA.

Note: The file WGANotify Remover has been deleted and all assumed no longer works for new version of WGA.

Twelveth Method

WGA Notifications Patch is a series of steps to disable notifications message suggested by Tekken.

Thirteenth Method

Download WGAFixer (WGAFixer1.5.530.0.exe) which replaces the LegitCheckControl.dll version 1.5.530.0 and modifies the WGA related registry.

Fourteenth Method

If you have installed KB905474 (Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications) which is currently an optional component although it’s grouped as High Priority Update, there is no official and proper way of uninstalling KB905474 (according to EULA, you can’t uninstall it). However, there seems a way of uninstall or at least way to partly remove KB905474 WGA Notifications suggested by TechTics:

1. Click on Start -> Run.
2. In the Open text box, key in %windir%\system32\wgatray.exe /u
3. Press OK or Enter to execute it.
4. Click on Start -> Run again.
5. Launch Registry Editor by key in regedit in the Open text box.
6. Navigate to the following key and delete the key and its branch.

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\WgaLogon

7. Reboot the PC and WGA Notifications should be removed.
8. Optionally, you may delete the WgaTray.exe and WgaLogon.dll installed by KB905474 and its software distribution folder by using the following commands at Run function:

   cmd /c “del %windir%\system32\wgatray.exe”
   cmd /c “del %windir%\system32\WGAlogon.dll”
   cmd /c “rmdir /s /q %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\6c4788c9549d437e76e1773a7639582a”

However, this method just removed the warning message notifications of WGA about pirated Windows, and you will be almost immediately be asked to install KB905474 again. So be sure to unselect the KB905474 when asked to install updates in Automatic Updates or Microsoft/Windows Updates.

Fifteenth Method

A registry hack for WGA suggested by PBLee. Copy the text below into notepad (including the ‘Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00′ heading), then save the file as a .reg file. Alternatively, download the wga.reg fix here or here. Double click on the file to apply the registry patch.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\WgaLogon\Settings]
“Data”=hex:01,00,00,00,d0,8c,9d,df,01,15,d1,11,8c,7a,00,c0,4f,c2,97,eb,01,00,\
00,00,69,56,c4,80,41,b9,4a,43,bf,97,3b,98,06,7e,34,57,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,\
00,53,00,00,00,03,66,00,00,a8,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,14,d8,49,b1,9b,43,d1,7b,\
b9,7c,85,a2,9c,f6,c8,b7,00,00,00,00,04,80,00,00,a0,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,e4,\
59,49,a2,0f,ee,a6,23,78,e5,c8,91,3e,f7,40,64,70,06,00,00,1a,2b,76,12,0e,6c,\
b9,0e,f2,68,c3,ba,11,32,b8,e4,1c,4d,63,45,b4,42,e6,b8,95,49,31,9c,45,ab,21,\
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22,d0,21,9d,1b,f9,ea,7a,b3,b1,07,2c,6b,17,48,06,10,1e,10,48,06,32,a6,fb,16,\
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0f,7d,83,30,d1,4d,13,d9,72,52,8f,db,4c,43,63,cb,dc,97,a8,86,83,85,e6,ad,00,\
a2,13,23,c8,3a,f0,50,a7,58,ae,eb,b3,e6,1f,a4,5f,6f,5d,a1,1b,c8,1f,9e,c4,ed,\
48,53,1d,82,0d,1c,a2,6f,b6,8a,67,1a,bc,c8,de,2a,56,d9,7a,b6,e9,83,28,ab,44,\
fb,06,0b,3b,0d,9f,3e,e5,3e,5f,ff,97,eb,0c,9f,b8,4a,8b,6a,fc,91,34,64,ac,7e,\
e8,41,5d,ae,3c,59,71,2f,67,08,9c,a2,d6,88,8f,3c,e9,a9,eb,fc,b9,77,c6,ff,b6,\
66,24,b7,65,31,0e,95,64,5f,5e,af,f1,a3,f1,f2,16,f9,53,52,f1,46,77,31,4b,ad,\
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28,6e,39,8c,bf,01,b8,3a,7a,2f,ee,07,54,ec,84,90,4b,a2,4e,24,06,19,da,e9,f3,\
1d,b1,a0,f8,1d,fc,c3,42,1a,d0,42,ba,95,8b,4b,af,16,6d,35,3e,a2,d3,9b,a1,39,\
2f,d7,a0,50,51,8e,2c,52,87,67,17,26,54,7e,de,7d,ed,68,97,66,1b,5a,c0,3f,8d,\
22,b7,8f,21,1b,51,7a,28,67,d4,ed,81,cf,fc,94,0b,ca,14,c6,8d,85,2b,e2,a5,5e,\
2a,70,50,70,59,1e,a2,aa,d8,cc,eb,59,89,36,ca,b8,15,e9,3b,14,82,86,20,9f,8a,\
45,cd,35,0c,fb,1f,52,d0,26,27,f8,ff,e3,ae,b4,80,75,c6,7b,b1,11,ab,47,8e,3f,\
11,fc,b5,1f,f9,65,e3,8a,e1,6b,68,20,e4,c3,cb,91,1e,03,99,84,48,00,a2,18,9e,\
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0d,5c,45,01,01,1d,cc,12,ce,d0,a4,de,e2,b2,42,45,be,ba,a9,d4,8c,7c,05,d8,7c,\
0e,48,8b,3b,0a,a5,74,90,6e,fa,ce,5f,42,93,51,19,8e,5f,6e,bd,a1,ce,cc,a3,89,\
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72,86,b5,ce,da,bb,29,37,d7,e1,0e,5e,80,77,61,57,1b,6e,ae,ae,11,ae,46,98,3d,\
da,fb,3a,92,a4,8e,68,b7,24,1a,cf,8e,06,8b,63,c3,8b,55,15,c2,df,b1,97,b4,b0,\
4a,99,7d,f7,1b,8b,48,38,74,24,1c,be,c3,57,35,75,ec,ba,3e,3e,f9,03,d7,a6,9f,\
75,8b,91,73,37,27,d9,a1,4c,64,19,28,f4,54,76,81,22,1e,8a,63,c6,b0,5f,f3,f3,\
7e,d8,f6,e1,3a,06,4e,2f,3b,d6,a8,8f,a9,49,26,3d,3d,16,e4,cb,ce,8d,46,26,52,\
38,95,0d,2a,98,77,f1,c7,11,b9,da,1c,f1,c9,60,b1,97,14,4a,d5,40,53,02,f8,5e,\
de,53,27,58,94,bd,00,74,4b,04,16,35,8d,00,b0,dd,fe,43,ef,3f,84,eb,b5,f8,1d,\
72,45,b0,7a,94,99,c9,91,11,59,d5,f6,e6,69,d4,4f,e6,69,d3,cf,75,73,53,9f,82,\
2b,94,68,e4,c2,af,1e,4b,99,ea,c3,1c,9d,20,8f,cd,8d,40,af,bf,e1,be,93,02,de,\
05,40,56,2f,e2,2d,57,c0,24,f3,63,43,0d,3c,4d,de,28,ed,98,96,74,59,a5,83,8e,\
d8,be,09,15,9a,7e,f5,df,95,24,15,07,27,06,11,6a,a1,82,d8,20,35,71,9e,c5,9b,\
56,64,45,43,96,a0,55,23,c4,57,8a,c2,bc,ab,a8,ef,04,a7,27,8b,98,9c,83,5c,a7,\
55,11,d2,61,15,47,e7,d4,da,f9,33,6e,bd,de,9e,5a,eb,39,f2,9b,b2,f8,44,40,01,\
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0c,a2,aa,d6,53,b9,a6,4c,9f,a2,3e,ee,65,21,46,5c,3c,63,79,68,58,60,94,87,ce,\
3f,f3,82,e9,03,b3,7e,91,ce,3d,dd,42,2a,cd,a6,01,0f,b7,51,0e,1a,b4,bd,7b,7e,\
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3c,db,49,3a,5c,90,19,b9,bc,07,7f,1b,b9,ae,3f,fe,a1,f8,9f,39,0e,34,10,fe,a1,\
8a,04,cd,48,47,c9,ba,a6,35,cc,36,61,51,36,96,a9,2a,a8,c5,61,0c,c3,97,c2,c5,\
71,ae,93,b4,f4,37,68,fb,b9,9a,77,a1,6c,9f,c3,1a,e6,10,63,0c,44,fe,ce,68,44,\
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ac,0e,52,72,89,17,9d,23,13,af,7c,65,45,76,1d,d5,ab,f5,b0,9e,b4,20,6b,be,b2,\
57,e6,73,ff,6b,69,dc,4a,76,13,c3,e3,e7,41,62,88,a0,54,11,6a,6a,31,f9,b1,25,\
cc,c2,06,dc,d3,88,02,82,69,70,2e,09,9f,64,40,88,c9,ff,6a,ee,66,69,5d,ca,79,\
b9,f0,03,23,b8,c9,1b,d9,f6,9b,d4,65,85,4c,d4,c4,09,fd,a5,45,ad,ad,49,bb,c7,\
fb,b8,2a,46,e1,15,09,1a,5e,1c,e7,16,e6,a7,8b,e4,42,d1,07,8a,ec,b4,eb,d0,09,\
c9,bd,24,89,1f,28,65,99,72,bd,3b,ca,6b,fd,f2,24,63,2a,0b,d9,c7,9a,4b,c1,29,\
21,17,7b,23,60,2c,06,db,ac,64,b7,7d,83,80,0d,ef,58,a8,a5,6f,df,9c,16,0c,5d,\
ff,ec,db,de,72,80,66,7f,0c,65,82,45,c3,b8,9a,5e,cd,0f,3d,bf,5f,cf,93,db,fc,\
5f,89,de,8b,82,88,33,ad,83,d6,bb,fd,f2,24,f5,df,ee,14,00,00,00,af,22,08,52,\
f6,a0,30,d5,4e,c6,b8,bf,fd,67,be,a7,73,67,db,7d

There is another similar registry hack which patch WPA related registry entries to let Windows assumes itself is a genuine copy of Windows and has been activated. To apply the registry modification, copy and paste the following code into a text file, and save it as a file with .reg extension. Then simply double click on the .reg file created to apply it to Windows registry. Or to save your work, simply download the zip file wpa_registry.rar that contains wpa_registry.reg. Double click on wpa_registry.reg to apply the patch. Once applied, the hack should allows users to access and download updates from Microsoft Windows Update and install certain WGA-protected software such as IE7.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
“CurrentBuild”=”1.511.1 () (Obsolete data - do not use)”
“InstallDate”=dword:427cdd95
“ProductId”=”69831-640-1780577-45389″
“DigitalProductId”=hex:a4,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,36,39,38,33,31,2d,36,34,30,2d,\
31,37,38,30,35,37,37,2d,34,35,33,38,39,00,5a,00,00,00,41,32,32,2d,30,30,30,\
30,31,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,0d,04,89,b2,15,1b,c4,ee,62,4f,e6,64,6f,01,00,\
00,00,00,00,27,ed,85,43,a2,20,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,31,34,35,30,34,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,ce,0e,\
00,00,12,42,15,a0,00,08,00,00,87,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,94,a2,b3,ac
“LicenseInfo”=hex:9e,bf,09,d0,3a,76,a5,27,bb,f2,da,88,58,ce,58,e9,05,6b,0b,82,\
c3,74,ab,42,0d,fb,ee,c3,ea,57,d0,9d,67,a5,3d,6e,42,0d,60,c0,1a,70,24,46,16,\
0a,0a,ce,0d,b8,27,4a,46,53,f3,17

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