Re: Killing WGA

Hi Carey,

While I agree 100% that users should post to the WGA forum to try to resolve
the issue, just what makes you think the hack is bogus? Have you tested it
on a machine which has failed WGA?
You may be unpleasantly surprised by the results.

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"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Like I said earlier, the purported fix or hack is 100% bogus.
Windows XP users who have an issue with WGA should
post their inquiry in the appropriate Newsgroup for a
honest troubleshooting resolution.

Your post is 100% useless and solves absolutely nothing!

Windows Genuine Advantage Newsgroup
http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=125&SiteID=25

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User


"DanS" wrote:

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:Oht9WuseGHA.4948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

That's because the author of the hack found out
its a bogus hack that will not work....



That's BS Carey! Which of the 12 !!! different methods don't work ?

Does this one not work too ?
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The "Windows Genuine Advantage Notification" (KB905474) cannot be
uninstalled by Add/Remove Program in Control Panel by default, contrary
to
the claim in the knowledge base article. To enable the removal of
KB905474
WGA Notification tool, follow the below steps:

Note: It seems like it's not possible to uninstall WGA Notifications from
Add/Remove Program. Cobolhacker has details on why KB905474 cannot be
uninstalled. Suggested steps to "uninstall" are search and delete all
WgaTray.exe and WgaLogon.dll files in your boot drive (if you using
search,
check the "Search system folders", "Search hidden files and folders" and
"Search subfolders" checkboxes), delete all the register keys in the
following tree: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows NT
\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\WgaLogon, and to remove the entry from
Add/Remove Programs list, delete the registry key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WgaNotify. With
uninstallation, WGA Notifications will try to install again next time.



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