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What if a customer does not want the WGA Notification application as part of their Automatic Updates? Can customers remove the WGA Notifications permanently?

April 26, 2017application automatic customer customers NOTIFICATION notifications permanently remove updates WGA

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What if a customer does not want the WGA Notification application as part of their Automatic Updates? Can customers remove the WGA Notifications permanently?

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If a user has selected the option to automatically install updates through Windows Update, then the application will be downloaded and installed when it is available. During installation, the user will have the option to decline the update. If the update is declined, the application will not be installed. Users who do not have automatic updates enabled and are updating manually will have the option to install the application when it is available. Once installed, WGA Notifications becomes a permanent part of the user’s Windows XP system, and cannot be uninstalled. However, participants will have the option to suppress all the notifications for some length of time. Users will not have the option of uninstalling WGA Notifications. Users who fail validation will be taken to a Web page with a prominent option to license genuine Windows.