After months of no updates on the Windows Genuine Advantage Tool, looks like they are back with a new version! I got to know about this because I stumbled on the latest Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.7.59.0 CRACKED ETH0.
WGA 1.7.59 crack
I immediately went to Microsoft Update but didn’t find any updates for Windows Genuine Advantage.

In the cracked archive, there is only 3 files. Cracked LegitCheckControl.dll, installer.bat for installing the cracked DLL and eth0.nfo which is their information file. Let’s see what is in the installer.bat batch file.

1. taskkill /IM wgatray.exe
- First it will try to end the wgatray.exe process using the taskkill command. For your information, taskkill command is not available for Windows XP Home edition. You might need to change the command from taskkill to tskill. You also need to exclude the .exe extension if you’re using the tskill command. If you don’t want to modify the batch file, you can copy the taskkill.exe from XP Professional system32 folder to your XP Home system32 folder.

2. del %systemroot%\system32\wgatray.exe.old
del %systemroot%\system32\wgalogon.dll.old
- If you’ve used ETH0 WGA crack before, you should have wgatray.exe.old and wgalogon.dll.old. ETH0 batch file always backup the original WGA files.

3. ren %systemroot%\system32\wgatray.exe wgatray.exe.old
ren %systemroot%\system32\wgalogon.dll wgalogon.dll.old
- Now the batch file will rename your current wgatray.exe and wgalogon.dll by adding a .old extension to the files.

4. del %systemroot%\system32\LegitCheckControl.dll
del %systemroot%\system32\wgatray.exe.old
del %systemroot%\system32\wgalogon.dll.old
- Deletes the original LegitCheckControl.dll and also the original backed up wgatray.exe and wgalogon.dll. I am not sure if step 3 is necessary because why not just delete the files straight away without renaming them?

5. copy LegitCheckControl.dll %systemroot%\system32\ /Y
- Copies the cracked LegitCheckControl.dll to your system32 folders. You are now allowed to doWindows will now allow Windows Update, Microsoft Download Center and Microsoft Update.

This crack is slightly different from the previous versions because it doesn’t include cracked wgatray.exe and wgalogon.dll. It even delete both of the files from your system. Maybe Microsoft has decided not to include the nags and popup anymore due to so many complaints? I decided to find out myself…

I HAVE a genuine Windows XP Professional. I deleted LegitCheckControl.dll, WGaTray.exe and WgaLogon.dll from my system. Then I went to Microsoft Update. I get the page that says “To use Microsoft Update, you must first install the latest version of some Windows components“. Yeah right, I know for sure it’s the Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool. I clicked on the “Download and Install Now” button and true enough, it says that it is downloading Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130).
Download Windows Genuine Advantage Tool

Once it has finished downloading and installing the WGA tool, I went to Windows\system32 folder to search for WgaTray.exe, WgaLogon.dll and LegitCheckControl.dll. I can only find LegitCheckControl.dll but not WgaTray.exe and WgaLogon.dll. Looks like Microsoft has decided to remove their ridiculous nag popups after all.

UPDATE: A minor updated version of Windows Genuine Advantage v1.7.59.1 is released. Previously is v1.7.59.0. Link below is updated to WGA 1.7.59.1 ETH0 CRACKED.

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