Making Windows XP Genuine

There is an method in which you will receive an error message " This copy of windows is not genuine" and it will popup at your logon. You will also find a message that "This copy of Windows is not genuine and You may be victim of software countereiting.When you will click on Resolve later button, the balloon will appear in your system tray giving randomly messages.

To remove and to by pass this message follow this method:


  • Lauch Windows Task Manager by pressing cltr + Alt + Del.

  • End wgatray.exe process in Task Manager.

  • Restart Windows XP in Safe Mode.

  • Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32.

  • Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32\dllcache.

  • Lauch RegEdit.

  • Browse to the following location:


  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify

  • Delete the folder ‘WgaLogon’ and all its contents


  • Reboot Windows XP.

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