XP "not genuine"

it just remove the crappy notification..

nothing else..

it pops out whenever a copy of o.s. is not genuine enough to pass the wga..

what steps did you take to remove wga from your computer? did you got to security updates in control panel and change updates from automatic to notify me but don't download or install? cause if you get automatic updates, wga may be added back onto your machine...some of the updates do it, some don't...i've had the same problem with my machine...microsoft found it to be "not legal"...and i had to take steps to remove wga files from it, and one of the things i did was the above mentioned changing of updates...

don't know if this helps...

well things must be sacrificed..

of coarse, basically when wga notification shows up..

you have no choice but to remove it.

Guys, He tried to do the right thing and pay for an OS like we all should and you are trying to teach him how to hack things to make them work for him. I do understand but he just seems to want what is right. He wasn't out to steal the OS>

the removal is really no big deal...and you should be able to use all of windows' software that is installed on the machine...

i wasn't trying to steal the os either, but ran into the same prob...found a work-around for it, in order to use a legally purchased os that microsoft didn't recognize as legitimate...

xp not genuine

I didn't mean it in a way that means anyone really was trying to steal anything. What I think I was trying to say is that maybe the person that sold it to the guy was just boot legging which leagally means the poor people that bought it from him are out of luck. Software like anything else can be faked. My nephew bought a Gibson guitar off of ebay and it was a fake. At least the guy in this scenerio we are writing about gave the buyer his money back and it was done. Now start right and buy it legitimate and it will work and be genuine. My Nephew has no recourse because it was a fake id as well as a fake guitar.

simply put,

he paid for his o.s. been there, done that..

but he's annoyed by all these prompts..

since when wga turned on and found something fishy about your o.s.

it gives notification..

well thats our point, to help, we must kill the annoying thing.

got it.

Hi . I finally got the time to get everything sorted and the bottom line is MS dont wanna know! Im going to use the software as the only thing i dont seem to be able to use is Windows Media Player and everything else including automatic updares seems to be working properly? Is there anything bad that could happen from useing the software or will i just be unable to use a few apps such as media player? Thanks.