How to disable test mode in windows 10 when it is protected by secure boot policy?

Question

Hi, I am wondering how to disable this huge test mode watermark in windows 10. I have tried the normal fix, only to be met with this error. What can I do?

Answer 1

Hello EMansuy3,

You should be able to temporarily disable Secure Boot in your UEFI settings, disable Test Mode, and enable Secure Boot again afterwards.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/85279-enable-disable-secure-boot-windows-10-pc.html

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/156602-how-enable-disable-driver-signature-enforcement-windows-10-a.html

Answer 2

Same issue. No solution found anywhere yet on microsoft.com, keep getting the same message. I disabled Secured Boot and still get the same message in command prompt. Yes I am running it as an administrator

Answer 3

I found these microsoft "solutions" to this same problem. But there are some who disable secure boot and will see the watermark pop back up on the screen a few hours later.

The exact same issue it seems: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-update-test-mode/4d96ed8a-c14a-4320-baa6-963a58a6ae87?rtAction=1624070068196

Note that I disabled Secure Boot from UEFI by holding "shift" and clicking restarting the pc from the start menu. I went into Advanced Options and entered UEFI settings then navigated to the Secure Boot tab to uncheck the box that said Secure Boot was Enabled. Afterwards, I restarted my PC and successfully had these results in Command Prompt:

As you can see from my tabs, I been trying to fix this issue quite often. Keep in mind that I noticed that after I restart the PC, I won't get the Test Mode water mark for a few hours but it will always re-appear. So if you don't get a response from me in a few hours, then this method resolves the issue: disable secure boot,

SAVE THE SETTINGS WHEN PROMPTED,

then allow the pc to reset and run command prompt as admin,

then enter the bcdedit testisigning off code thing.

NOTE: In the image: i ENABLED & DISABLED integrity checks... i got no idea **** this does because I found conflicting solutions to the problem which we all share:  

this guy says you need to ENABLE it:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/my-computer-suddenly-went-into-test-mode/2854fc7c-2679-4645-a16b-42aeec445336

so does this guy right? ENABLE it? https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/test-mode-watermark-not-disabling/4d3147ee-12a4-41c3-b3eb-7bca03ccb08f

but then 45 minutes later I find a dude with the EXACT SAME ISSUE and he solved it by claiming you must DISABLE it. So I'm like ****? https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware-winpc/windows-10-test-mode-text-covering-whole-screen/50a9848d-8b08-4f98-86c4-5bb32eeab8c1 Then there is THIS guy who says he tried to ENABLE the Integrity checks but later found that it did not solve the issue: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware-winpc/test-mode-watermark-windows-10/cb7854a6-e53b-41b6-95e0-d29020a30061

So best of luck to you all. I went with Disabling it. Microsoft has abandoned us. So please shoot me a message if you find more information on this solution. Like I said, if I am not back in 24 hours then that means I found the fix.

Answer 4

solution: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-update-test-mode/4d96ed8a-c14a-4320-baa6-963a58a6ae87