Disable and Remove WGA / Windows Genuine Advantage Notication on startup


I find it very disturbing when this WGA pop up when i start my computer.
Here’s the steps how to disable and remove the annoying WGA notification.
First Method

  1. Launch Windows Task Manager.(How to launch this Task Manager –> Press Ctrl+Alt+Del)
  2. End wgatray.exe process in Task Manager.
  3. Restart Windows XP in Safe Mode. (To start in Safe mode go to “Start”–>”Restart”–>keep on pressing F5—> u can select Safe mode / safe mode with networking.)
  4. Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32. (Put this into ur address bar in browser —-> search file WGATray
  5. Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32\dllcache. (same as above)
  6. Lauch RegEdit. (Go to “Start” —> “Run”–>key in regedit
  7. Browse to the following location:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
    Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify
  8. Delete the folder ‘WgaLogon’ and all its contents
  9. Reboot Windows XP.

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