There’s already a way to remove Windows 11’s watermark

Microsoft has just lately added a ‘feature’ to Windows 11 that can present a watermark message on the desktop if the PC it’s working on doesn't meet the system necessities, however there’s already a hack accessible to eliminate it.Windows 11 has some bizarre system necessities that has meant some completely highly effective and comparatively fashionable PCs are deemed unable to run the brand new working system. However, it’s comparatively straightforward to get Windows 11 to run on these gadgets anyway, and whereas all of it appears to work high quality, Microsoft has warned in opposition to doing this.

The firm now appears much more decided to dissuade individuals from working Windows 11 on unsupported {hardware} by including a watermark that seems on the desktop that claims “System requirements not met.” While this doesn’t stop the PC from getting used, it’s fairly annoying, so it comes as little shock to discover that somebody at Deskmodder.de has already discovered a way to remove the watermark.

How to remove the Windows 11 watermark

If the watermark seems in your PC, here’s the steps you want to take to remove it. This course of entails enhancing Windows 11’s registry, and if that is achieved incorrectly, there’s a hazard your PC might not work appropriately – so solely do that in case you’re assured, and comply with the directions precisely.

Open up the Registry Editor by typing ‘Regedit’ within the Windows 11 search field.
On the left-hand aspect, open up HKEY_CURRENT_USER then scroll down to Control Panel. You ought to see an entry referred to as UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache.
Right-click it and choose ‘Modify’ from the menu.
Change the SV2 DWORD worth from 1 to 0.
Save after which restart your PC.

If you'll be able to’t see UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache, right-click on the Control Panel folder and choose New > Key. Name it UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache, then within the new folder right-click and choose New > SV2 DWORD. Right-click it and choose ‘Modify’ and alter the worth from 1 to 0.Once your PC restarts, the watermark needs to be gone.

Analysis: Is this authorized and do you have to do it?

This hack is comparatively simple, however does that imply it is best to do it? In the previous, Microsoft used watermarks like this when gadgets had been working a copy of Windows that hadn’t been activated (so presumably hadn’t been paid for). Removing a watermark to make an non-activated model of Windows seem to be activated would nearly actually be unlawful – in addition to ethically mistaken.Things aren’t fairly as simple right here, as in case you have an activated model of Windows 10, you need to be eligible for a free improve to Windows 11. However, a part of the licence settlement is that you simply run Windows 11 on supported {hardware}.While you might get away with it for private use the place you simply need to remove the watermark for aesthetic causes, if somebody had been to use it to make a PC seem to assist Windows 11 when it doesn’t (after which sells it on that foundation), once more, that’s possible to be unlawful.It’s additionally price contemplating that whereas this hack removes the watermark, it doesn’t imply the gadget now meets the Windows 11 system necessities. Microsoft doesn't advocate working Windows 11 on methods that don’t meet necessities, and it could imply that future updates, together with vital safety fixes, received’t be suitable.

For that cause alone, the most secure factor you are able to do in case you get this watermark is to uninstall Windows 11 and stick to Windows 10.