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Click the Activation tab. You'll find it on the left side of the window. Click Change product key. It's a link in the middle of the Activation page. Doing so opens a new window. Enter your Windows 10 product key. Type the activation key that came with your copy of Windows 10 into the text box. You can usually find the product key on the CD box if you bought a hard copy, or in a confirmation email from Microsoft if you bought a Windows 10 product key online.
If you bought a key for Windows 7, 8, or 8. Click Next. It's in the lower-right corner of the window. This will prompt Microsoft to attempt to verify your copy of Windows.
Follow any on-screen instructions. If your copy of Windows is legitimate, you should receive a notification that it has been accepted, though you may need to enter additional information if prompted. Method 2. Make sure that you're on an administrator account. You'll need to be on an account that has administrator privileges in order to make changes to your computer's registry.
Type in regedit. This will search your computer for the Registry Editor command. Click regedit. It's a teal collection of blocks at the top of the Start window. Click Yes when prompted. Doing so will open the Registry Editor window. Go to the "Activation" key. Right-click Manual.
It's a blue-and-white icon on the right side of the window. A drop-down menu will appear. If your mouse doesn't have a right-click button, click the right side of the mouse, or use two fingers to click the mouse. If your computer uses a trackpad instead of a mouse, use two fingers to tap the trackpad or press the bottom-right side of the trackpad. Click Modify. It's at the top of the drop-down menu. A window will appear. Change the value data.
In the "Value data" text box, replace the "0" with a "1", then click OK. You may be prompted to confirm this choice. If so, click Yes or OK before proceeding. Right-click NotificationDisabled. This item is also on the right side of the page.
Change the value data to 1. This will prevent the activation notification from appearing on your desktop. Restart your computer. Repeat this process if the notification reappears. While removing the watermark notification will work temporarily, you may need to disable it again in the future.
Method 3. Click the search bar. It's at the bottom of the Start window. Type in task manager. This will search your computer for the Task Manager application. Click Task Manager. It's at the top of the Start window.
Open the Run window. If this doesn't work, re-open Start , type in run , and click Run. Type in system System32 is a folder that contains many of your computer's sensitive files. Click OK. It's at the bottom of the Run window. This will open the system32 folder.
Enable viewing for hidden files and file extensions. To do so: Click the View tab. Check the "Hidden items" box. Check the "File name extensions" box. Find the "WgaLogon. The easiest way to do this is by typing wga into the search bar that's in the upper-right side of the window and then waiting for the "WgaLogon. Rename the "WgaLogon. Right-click the file, click Rename , and type.
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