gordons Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 XP SP3, avast and Malwarebytes installed + Your Uninstaller. Everything is genuine, no pirates. I've noticed in "Your Uninstaller" that "Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool KB892130" on my system is marked as corrupt I've downloaded a new WGA.exe file from http://www.download....982dcea49a0.exe with the intention of uninstalling the corrupt version then installing this download. I tried to use ccleaner to uninstall however when I select the program the "Run Uninstaller" box greys out preventing me from uninstalling. Can anyone explain why this happens. I appreciate that this program is part of the original Windows XP installation and is used to validate the authenticity of the installation. Does Windows block the uninstallation? If so would it be in order to install the new WGA.exe on top of the existing? Alternatively is there some other way of uninstalling the original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted November 29, 2011 Moderators Share Posted November 29, 2011 Are you receiving Windows Updates OK? If so it may be Your Uninstaller is seeing this file wrongly. Did you also post this elsewhere mentioning that you were also having boot problems? If so, it would have been a good idea to have posted that info here also. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/267121-35-corrupt-windows-genuine-advantage-tool-kb892130 Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liju_cherian Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Try the steps in the forum below. I tried and it worked for me: http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Windows-Genuine-Advantage-Notifications and after that try again installing WGA it should work. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liju Cherian Dell Studio 1737| 3.2 GHz Windows 7 32 Bit | 4 GB RAM | 500 GB WD HDD | ATI Radeon 3600. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted November 29, 2011 Moderators Share Posted November 29, 2011 Try the steps in the forum below. I tried and it worked for me: http://www.wikihow.c...e-Notifications and after that try again installing WGA it should work. Best that we wait to see if poster has other problems such as mentioned in the link I posted. This may alter advice that we may give perhaps. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liju_cherian Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Best that we wait to see if poster has other problems such as mentioned in the link I posted. This may alter advice that we may give perhaps. yup i agree.......... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liju Cherian Dell Studio 1737| 3.2 GHz Windows 7 32 Bit | 4 GB RAM | 500 GB WD HDD | ATI Radeon 3600. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3bg0D Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 WGA is not meant to easily be uninstalled but removing this is easy. Too easy infact. Click on the start menu and select run and type this: %windir%\system32\wgatray.exe /u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted November 30, 2011 Moderators Share Posted November 30, 2011 I suggest we wait before offering anymore advice. The poster said on another forum that System Restore didn't work for him now and he also had boot problems. He didn't mention that info on here. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3bg0D Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Nice how the minor details are left out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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