How To Remove Windows Genuine Advantage From Your PC Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA for short) is a Windows Update component rolled out to XP users long after XP was released. It is intended to validate your Windows licence, allow updates to Microsoft wares and display a number of notifications if your product key isn’t kosher. There’s nothing wrong with still using XP, a number of staff here at MakeUseOf have yet to budge in fact. If you’ve got an old PC that doesn’t need the bells, whistles and expensive licence that comes with Windows 7 then XP is still a viable alternative. In this guide I will show you how to remove the WGA notifications should you want to, after which you’ll not be able to download non-critical updates but will still receive the critical fixes that really matter. Why Remove WGA? If you bought Windows XP and have been unlucky enough to fail the validation (which isn’t uncommon) then you might just want to remove it altogether. If you’re
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Free Windows 7 Genuine activation keys Free Windows 7 Genuine activation keys If you have downloaded Windows 7 beta version, you will probably need an activation to extend its period more than 30 days. Various tricks were published on some blogs to get activation key for free but the URL provided didn’t work out. Microsoft is giving away some Windows Activation keys to its users so read on to know how to get it. You can get unlimited number of Windows Seven genuine activation keys from microsoft immediately after reaching the provided URL. Visit Microsoft TechNet . Click on Sign In link on the top right corner, and login to Microsoft TechNet with a valid Windows Live ID. You can log in even if you’re not a TechNet subscriber. Copy and paste the following URL to the address bar of the web browser tab or window used to login to Microsoft TechNet: 32-bit Product Key : https://www.microsoft.com/ betaexperience/scripts/gcs. aspx?Product=tn-win7-32-ww& LC