How do you get rid of Windows 10 "Please activate this" watermark?

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  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.
or go on ebay and buy a key for £3
 

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By using a proper OS instead
...or some 100% legal activator program
Proper OS? Windows has more support, more apps, and more games than ANY other OS. When I need Linux to compile code, I run it in a VM. If I need to compile an app for iOS/tvOS, I run OS X in a VM. There is literally no app, game, or task that you can do/run, that I can't on my Windows PC. I haven't even seen a BSOD since before Windows 7.

It's ok though, little buddy. Valve is coming to Linux user's rescue. :rofl2:
 
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Apply a piece of black electric tape on top of the watermark region on your screen.
Never to be seen again!



For real though, do as the other posters say.
Either buy a legitimate key or *cough* look for some toolkit not by microsoft.
 
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Locking this topic as question has been answered. Either pay for Windows or find out how to activate it using less legitimate means yourself.
 
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