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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Removing the Get Genuine Notification

Many of you guys might be trying to get rid of the irritating 'Get Genuine' logo that pops up each time you start your windows. This is nothing but a notification by the microsoft to tell you that your copy of windows is pirated. But this is nothing else but intrusion into the users privacy. The software that is responsible for such repetitive notifications is downloaded while the updates for your computer are being installed after you have confirmed its installation.
After this whenever you start your PC it prompts the user to buy a licenced copy. To remove this notification a small number of simple steps have to be followed :
  • Go to My Computer and open the folder "C:\Windows\System32".
  • Locate the file "WgaTray.exe" and rename it to "WgaTray-spyware.exe".
  • Locate the file "WgaLogon.dll" and rename it to "WgaLogon-spyware.dll".
  • Go to the task manager(by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del) and end the process "Wgatray.exe" under the processes tab.
  • Then just restart your computer and you will see the change.