More than a week ago Microsoft has released a new WGA 1.8.31.0 that causes Windows XP Professional wallpaper and background to auto reset to black screen every 60 minutes. There wasn’t any cracks at that time so the only way is to use RemoveWGA to remove the notifications. However, once you’ve removed Windows Genuine Advantage Validation, you won’t be able to download any updates from Windows Updates and Microsoft Download Center.
Someone by the name “hey” commented that team ETH0 which was famous with its WGA and OGA fixes has left the cracking scene for some security reasons. Good news is after a week since the latest WGA 1.8.31.0 is out, the latest WGA has been cracked but not by the famous eth0 group. It is unknown who or which group cracked and released this latest WGA 1.8.31.0 as the info file only mentioned that this is a tribute to ETH0, creator of base version crack. I’ve tested the latest Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.8.31.0 cracked files and it works!
All you need to do is to run the installer.bat file and it will create a backup of the original LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe by adding a .bak extension at the end. It will then copy the cracked LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe file to System32 folder in Windows. Reboot the computer and persistent desktop notification at the bottom right hand of the screen that says “You may be a victim of software counterfeiting. This copy of Windows did not pass genuine Windows validation.” will be removed. The rest of the Windows genuine notifications will be removed as well. It is also possible to visit Windows Update to download and install latest Windows updates and fixes.
Note: When you run installer.bat file, a command prompt window will appear and you will see “ETH0 Windows Genuine Advantage v1.7.69.2 Crack Installer. Press any key to continue..“.
You don’t need to worry about that because the echo command that controls what gets shown on the screen is not updated. I wished I could post about this earlier but couldn’t do so because I was away for a week and have very limited Internet access. So here you are, hope it’s not too late…