{"id":168,"date":"2009-10-30T10:56:56","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T13:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foxnet.com.br\/portal2\/?p=168"},"modified":"2013-10-08T09:09:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T12:09:40","slug":"uninstall-office-genuine-advantage-notifications-notifier-kb949810-with-oga-uninstaller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foxnet.com.br\/portal3\/?p=168","title":{"rendered":"Uninstall Office Genuine Advantage Notifications Notifier (KB949810) with OGA Uninstaller"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) is another initiative by Microsoft to stem the piracy and counterfeit copy of Microsoft Office business producitivity suite and applications. Since April 15, 2008,Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) Notifications\u00a0<\/span>was pushed to clientcomputers<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>installed with Microsoft Office XP,\u00a0<\/span>Office\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2003<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>or Office 2007 as \u201cImportant\u201d or \u201cNeeded\u201d update, and is not removable or uninstallable after installed.<\/p>\n

After installed, OGA validation component will perform a check on install Office software, and OGA Notifications notifier component will display various \u201cThis copy of Microsoft Office is not genuine\u201d message if the Office software is determined as not genuine or not legitimate.<\/p>\n

Although officially Microsoft prevents and disallows end-users from removing OGA Notifications (KB949810), there are several\u00a0<\/span>workarounds or hacks to remove Office Genuine Advantage Notifications. In fact, as it\u2019s a MSI (Windows Installer) package which installed the OGA, the KB949810 OGA update can be removed and completely uninstalled properly and completely by using MSI uninstall string.<\/p>\n

How to Uninstall Office Genuine Advantage Notifications (KB949810)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open an command prompt window with elevated privileges.<\/li>\n
  2. Depending on the version of OGA (Office Genuine Advantage) installed (can be view from properties of %SystemDrive%\\Windows\\System32\\OGAAddin.dll or DEL %SystemDrive%\\Windows\\System32\\OGACheckControl.dll), run following commands below (see Tip below if you only want to run one command):\n

    MsiExec \/X {049F2E8F-D5EC-4133-87FA-8E94837D8D0C} \/QN \/NORESTART ALLUSERS=1<\/code>
    \nMsiExec \/X {B148AB4B-C8FA-474B-B981-F2943C5B5BCD} \/QN \/NORESTART ALLUSERS=1<\/code>
    \nMsiExec \/X {DB427EF6-F13E-4AA6-9D40-5D962394774F} \/QN \/NORESTART ALLUSERS=1<\/code>
    \nMsiExec \/X {B2544A03-10D0-4E5E-BA69-0362FFC20D18} \/QN \/NORESTART ALLUSERS=1<\/code><\/p>\n

    Note that the GUID identifier for OGA application may vary from\u00a0<\/span>system<\/span><\/span>to system, depending on version and language installed. Generally, it works for OGA v1.7.0102.0, OGA v1.7.0105.35.0 and OGA v1.7.0105.35.0 v2.0.48.0.<\/p>\n

    Tip<\/strong>: To determine which is the exact application ID for Office Genuine Advantage installed on your system, run\u00a0<\/span>Registry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Editor<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(RegEdit), and navigate to the following\u00a0<\/span>registry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>key<\/span><\/span>:<\/p>\n

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurentVersion\\Uninstall<\/strong><\/p>\n

    There are many registry sub-keys that resembles the product ID above. Go into each and everyone of the registry sub-branches to look for and locate\u00a0<\/span>DisplayName<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>REG_SZ value data which matches or similar toOffice Genuine Advantage<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>OGA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. After uninstalling OGA properly, it\u2019s wise to clean up and remove all trace of OGA from the system. Run the following commands to delete all registry entries and system\u00a0<\/span>files<\/span><\/span>, if still present:\n

    REG DELETE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Office\\Word\\Addins\\OGAAddin.Connect \/f
    \nREG DELETE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Office\\Excel\\Addins\\OGAAddin.Connect \/f
    \nREG DELETE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Office\\Powerpoint\\Addins\\OGAAddin.Connect \/f
    \nREG DELETE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Office\\Outlook\\Addins\\OGAAddin.Connect \/f
    \nDEL %SystemDrive%\\Windows\\System32\\OGAVerify.exe
    \nDEL %SystemDrive%\\Windows\\System32\\OGAEXEC.exe
    \nDEL %SystemDrive%\\Windows\\System32\\OGAAddin.dll
    \nDEL %SystemDrive%\\Windows\\System32\\OGACheckControl.dll<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    User who want an automated solution to remove Office Genuine Advantage can download the OGA Uninstaller, a batch script that automatically run all of above commands.<\/p>\n

    Download OGA Uninstaller:\u00a0<\/span>RemoveOGA.bat<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) is another initiative by Microsoft to stem the piracy and counterfeit copy of Microsoft Office business producitivity suite and applications. Since April 15, 2008,Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) Notifications\u00a0was pushed to clientcomputers\u00a0installed with Microsoft Office XP,\u00a0Office\u00a02003\u00a0or Office 2007 as \u201cImportant\u201d or \u201cNeeded\u201d update, and is not removable or uninstallable after installed. After… <\/p>\n

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