Wednesday, January 19, 2011

MS Office 2007 - Not Genuine Warning

Method 1.

Uninstall KB949810

Method 2.

1. Save your work and close all the open Office applications
2. Navigate to the following Windows folder: C:\Windows\System32
3. Find the following files and delete them. (You can rename the files instead of deleting them. It is recommended because if anything goes wrong you can go back to the previous state by giving the files their original names).
OGAEXEC
OGAAddin.dll
OGACheckControl.dll

Method 3.

1. Open Windows RUN dialog, enter regedit and hit Enter.
2. Navigate to the following registry key paths:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Powerpoint\Addins
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Excel\Addins
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins
3. Expand each of the above registry paths and delete OGAAddin.connect

You can follow any of the above methods to remove/disable the Office Genuine Advantage notifications. Once you are done with any of the above steps, remember to disable Windows Auto-update else the notification application will be installed again.

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