Remove Watermark in Windows 10

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You are not alone if you are facing the same problem, the watermark always appear after some tries to activate windows 10. Obviously, I find this annoying too for not being able to see the same desktop that my friends get.

From what I have read on many forums, I have summarized all ways that can be used to solve this problem… but nothing seems working.

How to remove activate windows watermark?

Applied different solutions but still, activate windows watermark keeps coming back? Don’t worry here in this post we have the working ways to remove windows 10 watermark Permanently.

Remove active windows watermark with help of cmd

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With a simple notepad trick, you can easily remove Activate Windows 10 Watermark from your desktop. Let’s see how to do it.

  • First, open notepad on your PC You can do this by click on the start menu search type notepad and hit the enter key. Now on notepad type, the below commands :

@echo off
taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
explorer.exe
exit

notepad tweak to remove active windows water mark
  • Go to File and click “Save as”. Here select the location where you want to save the file. Then Change the save as type to All Files (*.*) and Give the file name as “ remove.bat”
save the file with .bat extension
  • Now open the file location where you saved it. You will see a file as shown below image. Right-click on the remove.bat file and click on “Run as administrator”
run remove.bat file

A command prompt will be opened and closed itself, Now restart your laptop or desktop. That’s all there is no more “activate windows go to settings to activate windows” on your Desktop.

Registry Tweak to remove Activate windows watermark

Here another tweak to remove activate windows 10 watermark using the windows registry editor.https://df48491ec879dee33981c06267e42f0f.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

  1. Open Windows registry editor by Press Windows + R, type regedit and hit the enter key.
  2. Then expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
  3. Double click on the value “PaintDesktopVersion” in the right-hand window.
  4. And Change the value “1” to a “0” and click OK to save changes.
  5. Close registry editor and any other programs and restart your computer.
Registry Tweak to remove Activate windows watermark

In addition, refer to this video for one more registry tweak that help remove activate windows watermark on windows 10.

Windows watermark remover tool

Still activate windows watermark keeps coming back? You can use a third party windows watermark remover tool, “Universal Watermark Disabler 1.0.0.6” which helps remove all kinds of watermarks in Windows 10. 

Running this tool didn’t delete any branding strings (for example does not modify system files) only remove watermarks including Test Mode, Build string in the evaluation and pre-release builds,https://df48491ec879dee33981c06267e42f0f.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

  • Download ‘Universal Watermark Disabler’ here,
  • locate and unzip the file in the download folder
  • save and close all applications running on your computer
  • Finally, double click on uwd.exe to run the tool, Click yes if UAC prompt for permission,
  • Click on install, The application will run and automatically restart your computer.
Universal Watermark Disabler
  • On the next start when you log in back to your machine you will notice the remove windows activation message disappeared.

Disable Activate Windows Watermark by using Ease of Access

Yes, also you can also remove the windows 10 activation watermark from the ease of access options.

  • Press Windows key + S type control panel and select the first result,
  • Go to Ease of Access Centre (to get this option make sure to Change control panel view by large icons)
  • Click on Make the computer easier to see, scroll down to the bottom and check the mark on Remove background images (where available)
  • Click ok and restart your PC and check the status of remove the windows 10 activation watermark.
Remove background images

that’s all.

Alternatively

Remove activate windows watermark registry tweak

Here simple registry tweak to remove activate windows 10 watermark, without a genuine product key.

  • Press Windows + R keyboard shortcut to bring up the Run dialog box
  • Type regedit in the Run box and press Enter to open Windows Registry Editor
  • First backup registry database then go to the following key

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

  • Here on the right panel, Look for PaintDesktopVersion Dword key
  • Double click on the value “PaintDesktopVersion” And Change the value “1” to a “0”
  • Click “OK to save changes.” Close registry editor and restart your computer.
  • Now check if there is no more activate windows 10 watermark on your desktop.
Registry Tweak to remove Activate windows watermark

Remove the watermark by killing the process

If the registry tweak not work for you, Still you are getting “activate windows watermark” Here a simple notepad trick that helps to kill and remove Activate Windows 10 Watermark from your desktop.

Open notepad on your PC, You can do this by click on the start menu search type notepad and hit the enter key. Type these following commands:@echo off
taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
explorer.exe
exit

notepad tweak to remove active windows water mark
  • Now on notepad go to file and click “Save as”.
  • Here select the location where you want to save the file.
  • Then Change the save as type to All Files (*.*) and Give the file name as “ remove.bat”
save the file with .bat extetion
  • Now open the file location where you saved.
  • You will see a file as shown below image.
  • Right-click on the remove.bat file and click on “Run as administrator”
 run remove.bat file
  • A command prompt will be opened and closed itself,
  • Now restart your laptop or desktop.
  • That’s all there is no more Activate windows watermark on your Desktop.

Remove activate windows watermark permanently

Here another Easiest and permanent solution

  • Right-click on desktop > display settings
  • Go to Notifications & actions
  • There you should turn off two options “Show me windows welcome experience…” and “Get tips, tricks, and suggestions…”
  • Restart your system, And check there is no more activate Windows watermark.

Alternatively

Method 1: Remove Activate Windows Watermark using Regedit

To remove activate Windows watermark using Regedit, follow the following;

  1. Click Start and type in Regedit and hit enter
    (you will be prompted by UAC, click Yes)
    Regedit: Remove Activate Windows Watermark
  2. Now, browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop
  3. In the Desktop folder, scroll down to find PaintDesktopVersion and double click on it to open
  4. Make sure Hexadecimal is selected and change the Value to “0″. Then, Click OK to save changes
    Regedit: Remove Activate Windows Watermark
  5. You close the registry editor and restart your computer. When you log back on to the desktop the watermark should now be removed

Method 2: Remove Activate Windows Watermark using Windows PowerShell

This method will temporarily activate Windows for 90 days (3 months), which means you won’t be seeing activate Windows watermark for 90 days. However, after 90 days, you have to redo this method to continue the essence. Here’s how;

  1. Click Start, and type in PowerShell, right-click and select run as administrator.
    (you will be prompted by UAC, click Yes)
    Remove Activate Windows Watermark using Windows PowerShell
  2. In the PowerShell window, type the below command and hit enterslmgr /renewRemove Activate Windows Watermark using Windows PowerShell
  3. Now restart your machine and you will be good for the next 90 days.

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Method 3: Disable Activate Windows Watermark using A Script

We have discussed many ways to activate Windows to remove activate Windows watermark. Here’s another way to activate Windows, this time by running a script. Here’s how to;

  1. Open notepad on your computer
  2. Copy and paste the below text into the notepad@echo offtitle Activate Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 for FREE!&cls&echo =====================================&echo #Copyright: MSGuides.com&echo =====================================&echo.&echo #Supported products:&echo – Windows 7 Professional&echo – Windows 7 Professional N&echo – Windows 7 Professional E&echo – Windows 7 Enterprise&echo – Windows 7 Enterprise N&echo – Windows 7 Enterprise E&echo – Windows 8 Core&echo – Windows 8 Core Single Language&echo – Windows 8 Professional&echo – Windows 8 Professional N&echo – Windows 8 Professional WMC&echo – Windows 8 Enterprise&echo – Windows 8 Enterprise N&echo – Windows 8.1 Core&echo – Windows 8.1 Core N&echo – Windows 8.1 Core Single Language&echo – Windows 8.1 Professional&echo – Windows 8.1 Professional N&echo – Windows 8.1 Professional WMC&echo – Windows 8.1 Enterprise&echo – Windows 8.1 Enterprise N&echo – Windows 10 Home&echo – Windows 10 Home N&echo – Windows 10 Home Single Language&echo – Windows 10 Home Country Specific&echo – Windows 10 Professional&echo – Windows 10 Professional N&echo – Windows 10 Education N&echo – Windows 10 Education N&echo – Windows 10 Enterprise&echo – Windows 10 Enterprise N&echo – Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB&echo – Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB N&echo.&echo.&echo ====================================&echo Activating your Windows… & cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk FJ82H-XT6CR-J8D7P-XQJJ2-GPDD4 >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk MRPKT-YTG23-K7D7T-X2JMM-QY7MG >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk W82YF-2Q76Y-63HXB-FGJG9-GF7QX >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk 33PXH-7Y6KF-2VJC9-XBBR8-HVTHH >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk YDRBP-3D83W-TY26F-D46B2-XCKRJ >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk C29WB-22CC8-VJ326-GHFJW-H9DH4 >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk BN3D2-R7TKB-3YPBD-8DRP2-27GG4 >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk 2WN2H-YGCQR-KFX6K-CD6TF-84YXQ >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk NG4HW-VH26C-733KW-K6F98-J8CK4 >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk XCVCF-2NXM9-723PB-MHCB7-2RYQQ >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk GNBB8-YVD74-QJHX6-27H4K-8QHDG >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk 32JNW-9KQ84-P47T8-D8GGY-CWCK7 >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk JMNMF-RHW7P-DMY6X-RF3DR-X2BQT >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk M9Q9P-WNJJT-6PXPY-DWX8H-6XWKK >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk 7B9N3-D94CG-YTVHR-QBPX3-RJP64 >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk BB6NG-PQ82V-VRDPW-8XVD2-V8P66 >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk GCRJD-8NW9H-F2CDX-CCM8D-9D6T9 >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk HMCNV-VVBFX-7HMBH-CTY9B-B4FXY >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk 789NJ-TQK6T-6XTH8-J39CJ-J8D3P >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99 >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk 3KHY7-WNT83-DGQKR-F7HPR-844BM >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk 7HNRX-D7KGG-3K4RQ-4WPJ4-YTDFH >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk PVMJN-6DFY6-9CCP6-7BKTT-D3WVR >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX >nul&cscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk MH37W-N47XK-V7XM9-C7227-GCQG9 >nulecho ————————————&echo.&echo.&set i=1:serverif %i%==1 set KMS_Sev=kms7.MSGuides.comif %i%==2 set KMS_Sev=kms8.MSGuides.comif %i%==3 set KMS_Sev=kms9.MSGuides.comif %i%==4 goto notsupportedcscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /skms %KMS_Sev% >nulcscript //nologo c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ato | find /i “successfully” && (echo.& echo ====================================== & echo. & choice /n /c YN /m “Would you like to visit my blog [Y,N]?” & if errorlevel 2 exit) || (echo The connection to the server failed! Trying to connect to another one… & echo Please wait… & echo. & echo. & set /a i+=1 & goto server)explorer “https://productkey.net”&goto halt:notsupportedecho ======================================&echo.&echo Sorry! Your version is not supported.:haltpause >nul
  3. In notepad, go to File and click Save as and name the file windows10.cmd (it is crucial that the file name ends with .cmd) and save the file to your desktop.
    Remove Activate Windows Watermark using A Script
  4. Right-click on the windows10.cmd file (we just created) and click run as administrator.
    Remove Activate Windows Watermark using A Script
  5. Restart your machine to activate Windows.

Method 4: Disable Activate Windows Watermark by using Ease of Access

We can remove activate Windows watermark by also using the Windows 10 Ease of Access option. Don’t get twisted, here’s how to;

  1. Click on Start menu, and search for Control Panel then click on the app
    Ease of Access: Remove Activate Windows Watermark
  2. Go to Ease of Access Centre
  3. On the next screen, click on Make the computer easier to see
  4. Now, scroll down to the bottom of this screen to tick the box Remove background images (where available)
  5. Click OK and Restart your machine
  6. The activate Windows watermark should be gone.

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Method 5: Get Rid of Activate Windows Watermark by disabling Windows 10 Tips

Another way to get rid of activate Windows watermark specifically on Windows 10 is by disabling Windows 10 tips. Here’s how to do it;

  1. Go to Start and click Settings (The button that looks like a gear)
  2. Go to System and click Notifications & Actions
  3. Scroll down and turn off Show me the Windows welcome experience after updates and Get tips, tricks and suggestions as you use windows
  4. That’s it! you will be good.

Method 6: Get Rid of Activate Windows Watermark using CMD

Sometimes, enabling test mode on your Windows causes the activate Windows watermark to appear. If your test mode is enabled, you can disable easily using CMD. This is how;

  1. Click Start and type in CMD, right-click and select run as administrator
    (you will be prompted by UAC, click Yes)
    Remove Activate Windows Watermark using CMD
  2. In the cmd window enter the below command and hit enterbcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFFRemove Activate Windows Watermark using CMD
  3. If everything is good, then you should see “The operation completed successfully” prompt
  4. Restart your machine. You’re good.

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Method 7: Remove Activate Windows Watermark using Third-Party Tools

If nothing worked, this is probably the last method you can try to get rid of Activate Windows watermark. These free third-party tools remove activate Windows watermark by deceiving Windows to believe it has been activated. So, we won’t recommend this method, but it’s our duty to inform you. Here’s how;

1. Universal Watermark Disabler (Winaero)

This software will remove activate Windows watermark from your machine with a click of a button. Before you proceed make sure all the applications are closed on your machine and save all work. Here’s we go;

Universal Watermark Disabler: Remove Activate Windows Watermark
  • Download Universal Watermark Disabler from this page.
  • Unzip the file and double click on uwd.exe and install it.
  • The application will run then automatically log you off.
  • Log back into your machine.
  • The watermark should now be removed.

2. KMSAuto

This is a good alternative to counterfeit Windows product keys. It can be used to activate not only Windows but also other Microsoft products, such as Office.

KMS Auto: Remove Activate Windows Watermark
  • Download KMSAuto and install it.
  • Open the program, click on Activation Windows.
  • Once it’s done, your machine will restart.
  • That’s it! when you log in back, Windows will be activated and the activate Windows watermark will be long gone.

Conclusion

The most radical new feature of Windows 10 is its foreboding looks. And no, I am not referring to the incessant criticism Microsoft has garnered for its alleged invasions of privacy. Rather, I’m talking about the irksome Get Windows 10 nag screen that pops up every time you turn on your PC. As if that weren’t enough, Windows 10 also includes an obnoxious watermark on your desktop reminding you to activate the OS.

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