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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows 10 and 11 => Topic started by: Monstermayank on December 19, 2015, 11:19:29 PM
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Last nighht after my windows 10 updated,it has started to show a watermark on the lower right hand side to activate windows. Befaore that it was working fine. I am attaching a screenshot of it. Kindly guide me as to what can be done. This copy of Windows was initially upgraded from windows 7
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You options are:
- Just ignore it.
- Try to activate it.
- Restore from your backup
- Do a full install of Windows 7 and Windows 10 again.
- Put your question on the Ms social forum
- Try calling Microsoft by telephone.
BTW: in what part of the world do you rive?
Did you alter the hardware in any way?
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Was the original Windows 7 install legally obtained and activated? Are you properly licensed?
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Why is it the Corporate version ? ?
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Why is it the Corporate version ? ?
I wondered that...
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I am from India and the Windows 7 version is the one wihch came with the Dell Machine. Even if I install 7 again it would come to this state after the update.
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And the Dell machine has a certificate of authenticity sticker on the case for the same edition of Windows 7 that was installed on the machine?
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Machines with corporate Windows licenses are sold to companies to be used by employees; if the machine was (legitimately or otherwise) re-sold to a person outside the company, the machinbe may not be able to reach the internal company activation server, and thus the license may no longer be valid, which would explain the failure of activation. Alternatively, the Windows install may have been from an Enterprise disk and falsely activated by a invalid key which has now been detected and deactivated (this often happens with Windows updates.). You could try rolling back to Windows 7 to see what happens.