How to Disable a Windows Validation Notification

The Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Notification will appear whenever your Windows operating system detects that your specific copy of Windows may be a pirated copy. While this can be handy for those users who do not wish to use pirated software, it can be annoying if you have purchased a legitimate copy of Windows that the Validation has simply failed to recognize. There is a way to disable these notifications, but you will need to edit the Windows Registry to do so.

• 1

  Press "Ctrl+Alt+Del" on the keyboard to bring up the Windows Task Manager, then click the "Processes" tab.

• 2

  Scroll down the list of active process until you locate the "wgatray.exe" process. Select it, then press "Alt+E" on the keyboard to end the process. Click the "Yes" button if you are prompted to confirm the choice.

• 3

  Restart the computer and press the correct key to enter the BIOS. Choose to start the computer in safe mode.

• 4

  Open "My Computer" and browse to the "C:\Windows\System32" folder.

• 5

  Locate and delete the "WGATray.exe" folder from the "System32" folder, then open the "Dllcache" folder in the same location and delete the second "WGATray.exe" file.

• 6

  Open the Start menu and type "Regedit" into the Windows Live Search Box, then press "Enter" to bring up the Windows Registry Editor.

• 7

  Navigate to the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify" key, then select and delete the "wgaLogon" key and everything it contains. You may have to confirm the decision before the delete is completed.

• 8

  Restart the computer. You should no longer receiver the Windows Genuine Validation notification.