using regedit to remove activate windows watermark

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using regedit to remove activate windows watermark

Anonymous

Hi

I saw on some websites a way to remove activate windows watermark which appears on the bottom right side of windows

so I wanted to ask is it legal or not to do that !!!

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5 answers

Answer 1

Anonymous

What OS build are you on? Hit the Windows key, type winver, hit Enter.

Or Windows key+X, Run, winver, OK

To be legal you need to be activated.

Answer 2

Anonymous

What OS build are you on? Hit the Windows key, type winver, hit Enter.

Or Windows key+X, Run, winver, OK

To be legal you need to be activated.

I'm on 1903 build ..

so using regedit to do that without activation is NOT legal ?

Answer 3

Anonymous

Hi Tarek,

I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 2-Year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

According to the license terms using an unactivated version of Windows is illegal, so does the watermark.

Answer 4

Anonymous

You did not say what the OS build was. You said what the Version was. Two different things.

Answer 5

Hi Tarek

Removing that watermark will not activate Windows, it just removes the watermark

Windows 10 will still not be activated and it is illegal to run non-activated Windows 10

You will still have the reduced functionality of a non-activated Windows 10, whether that watermark is there or not . . .

Did you ever have activated Windows 10 and now it is for some reason not activated?

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