You are looking to get rid of the “Activate Windows – Go to settings to activate windows” watermark on Windows 10/8/7? Here you are in the right place, I will guide you how to remove it.
How to Remove Activate Windows 10 Watermark
Method 1: You use KMS key to remove activate Windows watermark
You can read these articles to know:
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/kmsclientkeys
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/dn502531(v=ws.11)
Applies to: Windows 10 all versions, Windows 8/8.1 all versions, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise
How to remove activate Windows 10 watermark
Step 1: You select the right key for your Windows 10 edition you use
- Windows 10 Pro key: W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX
- Windows 10 Home key: TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99
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Step 2: You go to the taskbar and type cmd => then you right-click Command Prompt and you select Run as administrator
Step 3: You use the command “slmgr.vbs /ipk yourlicensekey” to install a license key (yourlicensekey is the activation key you got at step 1).
For example, my Windows 10 is Windows 10 Pro. So I type:
slmgr.vbs /ipk W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX
Then you enter.
Step 4: You use the command “slmgr.vbs /skms s8.uk.to” to connect to my KMS server.
Step 5: The last step is to activate your Windows you use the command “slmgr.vbs /ato”
Note: Sometimes my KMS servers are busy. So you will receive the error code 0xc004f074
You type “slmgr.vbs /ato” again to reconnect my KMS servers.
Done.
You check the activation status again.
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Method 2: You use the Windows product key to remove activate Windows watermark
If you have Windows 10/8/7 product key, you go Activation Setting to activate your Windows. After you activate your Windows, the activate Windows watermark will disappear.
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Method 3: You edit the registry to remove the Windows 10 watermark
- You open Windows registry editor by Press windows + R, type regedit and hit the enter key.
- Then you expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
- You double click on the value “PaintDesktopVersion” in the right-hand window.
- And you change the value “1” to a “0” and click OK to save changes.
- You Close registry editor and any other programs and restart your computer.
Done.
Method 4: You remove the Windows 10 watermark by text file
Step 1: You create new text document, then you copy code below
@echo off
taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
explorer.exe
exit
Step 2: Then you choose “Save As” to save it as a batch file, name “Activation.bat”
Step 3: You run the batch file as administrator
Done! Now you restart your pc or laptop. There is no more “activate windows go to settings to activate windows” on your PC.
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