Removing WGA Notification

Got that annoying wga notification message on the bottom right hand corner of your PC? Worry no more. We got it busted here. The basic steps:

1)      Start Windows In Safe Mode

2)      Launch Windows Task Manager.

3)      End wgatray.exe process in Task Manager.

4)      Restart Windows XP in Safe Mode.

5)      Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32.

6)      Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32\dllcache.

·         (In steps 4 &5, u can do this using command prompt: i.e.

·         Run cmd-then to go to the root of C,

·         CD windows\system32 and then use Del wgatray.* /f/s/q/a and press enter.)

7)      Lauch RegEdit.

8)      Browse to the following location:

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

9)      Delete the folder ‘WgaLogon’ and all its contents

10)  Reboot Windows XP. 

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