Turning off Windows watermark
05-21-2020, 05:11 PM
Well the watermark kept coming back even after doing these, so eventually I figured I'd just "reactivate" Windows using HWIDGEN.
Backstory: I got Windows 7 through my university and then got the free upgrade to Windows 10. I then had to replace the CPU and motherboard for unrelated issues, and since Windows is bound to the motherboard Microsuck thought it was a different computer. I didn't feel like going through all the trouble to swap the old one back in and do the "out of box experience" stuff that would prevent this from happening so I just accepted the watermark for months....until I started recording game footage and it showed up in there.
Backstory: I got Windows 7 through my university and then got the free upgrade to Windows 10. I then had to replace the CPU and motherboard for unrelated issues, and since Windows is bound to the motherboard Microsuck thought it was a different computer. I didn't feel like going through all the trouble to swap the old one back in and do the "out of box experience" stuff that would prevent this from happening so I just accepted the watermark for months....until I started recording game footage and it showed up in there.
