Removes the Microsoft Windows “Genuine Advanced Notification” tool and lets you know if the patch was or wasn’t successfully applied.
- RemoveWGA
- Version :1.2
- License :Freeware
- OS :Windows All
- Publisher :Guillaume Kaddouch
RemoveWGA Description
RemoveWGA is a little tool designed to remove the intentionally-deployed Windows Genuine Advanced (WGA) Notification, which means it could make things a little bit quieter for your computer by disabling repetitive balloon messages and popup alerts triggered by this Microsoft tool.
This is a Windows update flagged as “Important” and could pose a security risk as it opens a connection to Microsoft’s servers every time the files are loaded.
Successfully disables WGA notifications
The surprising thing is that the software program really works, although there’s one major thing to be clarified here: RemoveWGA does not disable the validation procedure of Windows but only the notifications and the adjacent connections to Microsoft’s servers.
This means that stability of your computer is not affected in any way. Nevertheless, it would have been useful if it integrated an undo operation in case you changed your mind.
Requires system reboot to finalize changes
The whole process is extremely easy, so our test practically came down to downloading and running the executable file. Afterwards, a computer reboot is necessary. A list of the files to be deleted will be presented on the screen after the restart.
As far as the app’s interface is concerned, everything comes down to a simple dialog that informs you whether the patch has been successfully applied or not.
Testing its performance
During our tests, everything worked pretty fine. However, we received reports from many users who encountered all kinds of problems when applying the patch.
What we like probably the most is the idea behind the tool: to resolve an issue that bothers Windows users who have purchased the operating system.
Bottom line
All things considered, RemoveWGA does a pretty good job and can help you ease the load on the system at startup by disabling the Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications tool.