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I don't have windows activated but the mark doesn't appear. I would like to ask how long will it take to appear because I used a Kms key and I want to make sure I deleted it.
Thanks
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Hi Hugo,
I am Dave, I will help you with this.
Activating Windows with a KMS key makes many changes to Windows and may have changed the registry, so that watermark will not appear, usually that would appear within 30 days after Windows has been deactivated, it it has been more than 30 days, that watermark will not appear, but that is no indication that KMS activation is still on your PC.
