Disable or Uninstall and Remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications KB905474

If you never and don’t want to download and install any Microsoft software and don’t care about Windows updates, but just getting sick with the annoying warning nag message that keep telling you that your copy of Windows is not genuine and may be is a counterfeit software, you can use the official way posted by Microsoft to disable or uninstall the WGA Notifications. The trick is simple, by just deleting or renaming 2 files i.e. WgaTray.exe and WgaLogon.dll and follows a few simple steps to unregister LegitCheckControl.dll and remove the WGA registry entries.

Bypass genuine Windows validation required during download and installation of Microsoft software exclusive for WGA genuine customers with Direct Download Link and specific application installation instructions

If all of the above methods failed rendering the Windows installed as non-genuine and counterfeit copy, making it unaccessible to various services and software apps that available exclusively to genuine Microsoft customers with valid licenses only, under Windows Genuine Advantage program. WGA restricts access to some programs by requiring validate process to check if the Windows is genuine or not when trying to download the program setup file or when during the installation of the said program.

However, it’s still possible to directly download the WGA protected or restricted software apps from Microsoft by using the direct download link or URL to the installer setup files. This method will allows downloading from Microsoft without passing thru or skip the validation check.

Once downloaded, the application can be installed by using specific instructions that valid only for the respective program setup installation only. For some of the bypass WGA method for popular applications, follow the below links.

Internet Explorer 7
Windows Media Player 11
Windows Defender