Remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications Nag Screen

Only 9 Steps for remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications Nag Screen

   1. Lauch Windows Task Manager.
   2. End wgatray.exe process in Task Manager.
   3. Restart Windows XP in Safe Mode.
   4. Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32.
   5. Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32\dllcache.
   6. Click Start >> Run and type "RegEdit" then ok
   7. Browse to the following location:
      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify
   8. Delete the folder ‘WgaLogon’ and all its contents
   9. Reboot Windows XP and open windows xp normal mode and enjoy.

Repair Install

If XP is corrupted to the point where none of the previous solutions get it to boot,
you can do a Repair Install that might work as well as keep the current settings.
Make sure you have your valid WindowsXP key.
The whole process takes about half an hour depending on your computer
If you are being prompted for the administrator's password, you need to choose the 2nd repair option, not the first.

   1. Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD
   2. At the second R=Repair option, press the R key
   3. This will start the repair
   4. Press F8 for I Agree at the Licensing Agreement
   5. Press R when the directory where WindowsXP is installed is shown. Typically this is C:\WINDOWS
   6. It will then check the C: drive and start copying files
   7. It will automatically reboot when needed. Keep the CD in the drive.
   8. You will then see the graphic part of the repair that is like during a normal install of XP (Collecting Information, Dynamic Update, Preparing Installation, Installing Windows, Finalizing Installation)
   9. When prompted, click on the Next button
  10. When prompted, enter your XP key
  11. Normally you will want to keep the same Workgroup or Domain name
  12. The computer will reboot
  13. Then you will have the same screens as a normal XP Install
  14. Activate if you want (usually a good idea)
  15. Register if you want (but not necessary)
  16. Finish
  17. At this point you should be able to log in with any existing accounts.

NTOSKRNL Missing or Corrupt

If you get an error that NTOSKRNL not found:

   1. Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD.
   2. At the first R=Repair option, press the R key
   3. Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair.
      Typically this will be #1
   4. Change to the drive that has the CD ROM.
   5. CD i386
   6. expand ntkrnlmp.ex_ C:\Windows\System32\ntoskrnl.exe
   7. If WindowsXP is installed in a different location, just make the necessary change to C:\Windows
   8. Take out the CD ROM and type exit

HAL.DLL Missing or Corrupt

If you get an error regarding a missing or corrupt hal.dll file, it might simply be the BOOT.INI file on the root of the C: drive that is misconfigured

   1. Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD.
   2. At the first R=Repair option, press the R key
   3. Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair.
      Typically this will be #1
   4. Type bootcfg /list to show the current entries in the BOOT.INI file
   5. Type bootcfg /rebuild to repair it
   6. Take out the CD ROM and type exit

Corrupted or Missing \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG

If you get the error:
Windows could not start because the following files is missing or corrupt
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM or \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE

   1. Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD.
   2. At the first R=Repair option, press the R key
   3. Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair.
      Typically this will be #1
   4. Enter in the administrator password when requested
   5. cd \windows\system32\config
   6. Depending on which section was corrupted:
      ren software software.bad or ren system system.bad
   7. Depending on which section was corrupted
      copy \windows\repair\system
      copy \windows\repair\software
   8. Take out the CD ROM and type exit

NTLDR or NTDETECT.COM Not Found

If you get an error that NTLDR is not found during bootup,

If you have FAT32 partitions, it is much simpler than with NTFS.
Just boot with a Win98 floppy and copy the NTLDR or NTDETECT.COM files
from the i386 directory to the root of the C:\ drive.

For NTFS:

   1. Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD.
   2. At the first R=Repair option, press the R key
   3. Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair.
      Typically this will be #1
   4. Enter in the administrator password when requested
   5. Enter in the following commands (X: is replaced by the actual drive letter that is assigned to the CD ROM drive.
      COPY X:\i386\NTLDR C\:
      COPY X:\i386\NTDETECT.COM C:\
   6. Take out the CD ROM and type exit

Bringing Up the Shutdown Dialog Box

1.  Create a new txt file somewhere on your system, open it and put in this one line:
      (new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application")).ShutdownWindows();
   2. Save and Close the file. Change the extension to js and your got it.
   3. You can make a shortcut to that file to make it easy to shut down your system.