this notification one day or the other.

The problem was reported by one of our viewers that when she updated her copy of Windows with Windows Update then her system started showing this notification that reads “You may be a victim of software counterfeiting” and “This copy of windows does not pass genuine Windows validation”.

These notifications start coming back again after some time and do not feel good. Though I never encourage piracy but here is how you can remove this problem:
1. Before doing anything serious try restoring your system. If the problem is occurring after the Windows Update then System Restore will surely help.
2. But if it does not then do try this, launch Windows Task Manager.
3. Locate the process “wgatray.exe” and end it.
4. Log in into the Safe Mode and delete the file WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32
5. Also delete the WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32\dllcache
6. Type regedit in Run to open Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify key.
7. Delete the folder WgaLogon and all of its contents.
8. Restart the PC normally.

Whether you have two Windows XPs installed in different partitions or two different OS, you see a Dual Boot menu when the computer restarts.
Note: Removing one of the Dual Boot Options is easy and should be done with utmost care.
Steps:
1. First make sure that you have removed the Operating System that you wish to remove from the Boot Menu also.
2. Now boot into the OS that you want to keep.
3. Right click on My Computer and go to Properties.
4. Now click on Advanced tab and see the Startup and Recovery section, click Settings.
5. Now click on the Edit button as shown, this will open a Boot.ini file.

You will see something like this written
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional
” /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional-set up” /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
6. You just need to delete the option of operating system which you do not want to use any more or is invalid. Click OK and exit.
7. Restart to apply changes.
One of the Operating Systems would have been removed from the Dual Boot Menu.