How to remove Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Notification

Windows Genuine Advantage includes two main tools - Windows Genuine Advantage Validation and Windows Genuine Advantage Notification. The WGA Validation tool checks that an instance of Windows XP is properly licensed, and is required for some Windows updates. If the copy doesn't check out, WGA Notification repeatedly reminds the user to upgrade to a properly licensed version of Windows. Unfortunately WGA Notification also checks back with Microsoft once a day even if the licensing check is successful, something the company hadn't previously made public. Neither of the programs is designed to be removable. Now you can remove the pesky WGA Notification tool, thanks to Guillaume Kaddouch, a French developer.

RemoveWGA enables you to remove the Microsoft "Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications" tool, which is calling home and connecting to Microsoft servers every time you boot, even after you passed their validation checks.

Once the WGA Notification tool has checked your OS and has confirmed you had a legit copy, there is no decent point or reason to check it again and again every boot. Moreover, connecting to Microsoft brings security issue for corporate networks, and privacy issues for everyone. It is also unclear which information are transmitted (Microsoft published an official answer, but an individual study brought some questions). All of that, along the fact that Microsoft used deceptive ways to make you install this tool (it was told you it was an urgent security update, whereas it is a new installation giving you no extra security) makes me calling this tool a spyware.

You can download the WGA Notifications Removal tool here.