Note: The hack no longer able to remove Microsoft Genuine Advantage that pop-up “This copy of Windows is not genuine” warning message by telling you that WGA encounters error when trying to perform validation.
With this hack (or crack if you want), Windows WGA piracy check will be bypassed and you can now download software from Download Center or apply updates from Microsoft/Windows Updates.
Note: The data.dat that are replacing the original data.dat can be blank text file or empty, or you may type whatever you want there. Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation check has been disabled. Attributes can be set by right click on the data.dat file, and then click on Properties.Ħ. Set the attributes of data.dat to Hidden and Read-Only. * Delete the text file you created previously.ĥ. * Go back to the Windows Explorer, at folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Windows Genuine Advantage\data, check that data.dat exists. * Change the Save as type to “All Files”. * Open the text document you just created. You can disable the hiding of extension of known file types, or follow the following steps to create a new file out of the text file: txt extention of the text file need to be changed too. Then, either rename the file to data.dat. Create a new empty data.dat: You can create a new text file by (make sure you are at the right folder at above) clicking File -> New -> Text Document or right clicking on Windows Explorer window then click New -> Text Document. Delete (or backup or move to another folder, if you want) data.dat file.Ĥ. Browse to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Windows Genuine Advantage\data folder.ģ. Open Windows Explorer by clicking Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Windows Explorer.Ģ. If you want to download optional components from Windows Update, or simply want to download Windows Defender, Windows Media Player 10, Photo Story 3, DirectX 9 and other application softwares from Microsoft Download Center that require WGA validation tool, you will need to apply a easy and safe hack to bypass the checking.ġ. The downside is, it won’t get for you the optional updates. Just set your Windows’ Automatic Updates (found in Control Panel) setting to Automatic, and let Windows does the updating job in the background. If you just want to download and apply critical updates to your system, you will be still able to do that without any hack and crack.
If you have a valid product code for Windows or Microsoft Office and are having trouble activating, this is the tool you need. In other words, it was designed to resolve licensing issues. For complete listing of more ways to bypass the new WGA update, check it out here.Īs detailed in Bypass Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Check in Windows Update, Microsoft has made it harder for illegitimate, or for whatever reason, your copy of Microsoft Windows couldn’t be validated, users to retrieve updates via Microsoft Updates or Windows Update, and download programs from Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic Tool can diagnose and resolve issues with Microsoft Genuine Advantage components.