activate windows watermark can it be removed

[theflamingbacon123]

hello i just downloaded windows 10 ive had it for about 5 days and this watermark just appered. this is super anoying because i play and stream games. any fixes?

 

[Supahos]

Yes, simply Activate windows.

 

[theflamingbacon123]

but that is about $100 i dont want to spend more money now that i just finished this computer

 

[Supahos]

Any advice beyond this would be illegal. So I say again the only answer to your question is to activate it

 

[theflamingbacon123]

ok fine i will go buy a product key

 

[knightmike]

So you'll spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on hardware but not a hundred on the software to run it?

 

[theflamingbacon123]

im literally running out of money

 

[knightmike]

If you don't want to spend on Windows, DL Linux.

 

[theflamingbacon123]

no i already have windows 10 on here i just dont have a product key

 

[k1114]

It's something that needs to be included in the budget. There's millions of dollars in developing software just as there is with hardware. Pc gaming isn't a cheap hobby and not everyone can afford it. In a better world, maybe we'd all be driving ferraris.

 

[knightmike]

I'm guessing you didn't get it from the Microsoft site. I'd be careful if I were you. God only knows what comes included with the "free" copies of Windows.

 

[theflamingbacon123]

ok i will go get that done soon.

 

[terry4536]

im literally running out of money

And don't buy the licence cheap from some third person. Those are often fraudulent and don't work.

 

[Supahos]

If it still has the watermark I suspect he did get it from windows site. It's free to download

 

[theflamingbacon123]

i got it from the microsoft site i just didnt get a product key with it

 

[theflamingbacon123]

yeah i did download it from the site

 

[knightmike]

If it still has the watermark I suspect he did get it from windows site. It's free to download

ah ok. i thought you needed a product key to download.

 

[theflamingbacon123]

if it was like that i would have already had the product key on it.

 

[WildCard999]

If it still has the watermark I suspect he did get it from windows site. It's free to download

Unfortunately nowadays when you install it from the ISO you get it very quick. Did a clean install on my system a few days ago and got the watermark the following day. It's not like before when you could go months or longer without it.

 

[theflamingbacon123]

yeah im getting really pissed at this because i have been building this computer for a while now and then it just shows this.

 

[USAFRet]

Win 10 will run forever, Unactivated. Unlike previous versions, the small restrictions show from day one.
The watermark is randomly appearing. It's not there all the time.

Win 8.1 and earlier ran for 30 days with no restrictions. Then, increasing levels of pain, until it ultimately would go to a black screen every 2 hours.

Win 10 runs exactly the same as Day 1, seemingly forever. I have a 2+ year old Win 10 Pro, installed in a VM to test exactly this.
Installed on Dec 8 2016, running just fine.


Ultimately, though...the operating system is just as much a part of the PC as is the RAM, CPU, GPU, all them fancy fans...
It needs to be part of the overall budget.

 

[USAFRet]

ah ok. i thought you needed a product key to download.

No.
You can download it direct from MS: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 

[theflamingbacon123]

ok i know now i will get this done soon