This and the way it was pushed onto systems quietly in the early days has led many people to label WGA as borderline spyware. You can read more in the WGA privacy statement. The Resolve Later will allow you to boot, but all is not well on the desktop:.
Three things happen to your desktop; firstly, the background goes black and although you can add your own wallpaper back in, it will be reset to black again every 60 minutes while the activation status is failed. You will also receive a persistent notification on the lower right of the desktop which will stay until validation is passed. The third thing is a system tray icon which when clicked will give you options to go online and find out why validation has failed and what to do about it.
Although Microsoft themselves state WGA Notifications cannot be removed once installed, this is of course, completely untrue. Just run it and you will be told whether the WGA Notifications tool is installed or not, and if so, do you want to remove it. Click Yes and the files to be removed are marked for deletion and you will be asked to reboot. During restart a window will pop up informing you of the success in removing the WGA Notifications component and what has been removed to accomplish this.
Now when you get to the desktop, everything should be back to normal! The next time you manually download and install updates, make sure to uncheck the WGA Notifications Tool from the updates list and choose to hide it from being offered in future. Enter your email below to get exclusive access to our best articles and tips before everybody else. I don't want this installed.
I have been clicking the cancel button but every time I boot up it comes back. How do I remove this? Comes under the heading of "just do it". Please log in to reply. Posted 17 August - AM.
Holy Marcell Member Member 31 posts. I already installed windows genuine advantage tool. I did updates and want to remove windows genuine advantage tool. I meant windows genuine advantage tool, not windows genuine advantage notification.
I did not install windows genuine advantage notification. Posted 17 August - PM. Neil Jones Member 5k Member 8, posts. The only problem with removing the Advantage Tool is that it'll be the first thing that's downloaded again from Windows Update or Automatic Updates. Microsoft seem to be insistant on you having this update before you can get anything else.
It has 7 tabs. Step 1, Make sure that you're connected to the Internet. In order to activate your copy of Windows, you'll need to be connected to the Internet so that Microsoft can validate your key. Step 2, Open Start. Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
The Start menu will pop up. Step 3, Open Settings. Click the gear-shaped icon in the lower-left side of the Start menu. Validation allows or stops you getting certain update patches and software like Window Media Player or Security Essentials. Notification is actually a voluntary patch you can opt out of, but once on, is the more intrusive because it affects the system while booting and on the desktop if the install is not deemed to be genuine.
The Resolve Later will allow you to boot, but all is not well on the desktop: Three things happen to your desktop; firstly, the background goes black and although you can add your own wallpaper back in, it will be reset to black again every 60 minutes while the activation status is failed. The next time you manually download and install updates, make sure to uncheck the WGA Notifications Tool from the updates list and choose to hide it from being offered in future Download RemoveWGA v1.
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