Windows 10: I have just installed Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB Evaluation

And now I have a watermark on the most right bottom side of the screen that says: "Windows License valid for 90 days".
What that means? Why did I get this watermark? Will Windows become invalid, locked and unusable in 90 days? If yes then why? I got it for free. What should I do to remove this watermark and make sure that I have this Windows forever?

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Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation

Hello!

So until now I've been using Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation and since this version of the os doesn't qualify for the Windows 10 Update I decided to download the Enterprise Evaluation for 10. I know that the LTSB is a "slim" version, let's say, and it
doesn't have the Store and Microsoft Edge, so I checked at the registry panel "Windows 10 Enterprise" not LTSB and I downloaded and installed this : 10240.16384.150709-1700.TH1_CLIENTENTERPRISE_S_EVAL_X64FRE_EN-US.iso. The problem is once everything was done
I checked the windows version and is Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation LTSB and the Store and Edge are missing as well.

Is this supposed to happen on all Enterprise versions or the link just gave me the LTSB version? Is there a possibility to get the normal Enterprise Evaluation with all the things like in Windows 8.1?

 

Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation

I confirmed that they had the links backwards. Downloading the LTSB version gives you regular Enterprise and downloading the Enterprise version gives you the LTSB version. I found this out the hard way, because I wanted the regular Enterprise version, but
got the LTSB version. You can tell by the watermark in the bottom right corner of your desktop.

 

Uhh...gee...Erez: think about what evaluation means. Try it for a while and if you like it, BUY a real copy. When the timeline runs out, you may be able to rearm (restart the 90-day clock) as many as three more times. But after that, you must uninstall, then reinstall to start another evaluation. It's illegal to convert an evaluation copy into a permanent copy, because it violates Microsoft's licensing terms. 'Nuff said.
--Ed--

 

I didn't notice or think about the "Evaluation" word. Thank for your quick answer. I think that after 90 days, I will go back to Windows 10 Professional I had before, although I deleted all it's files in the disk cleanup, because it took 40 GB on my C drive!

 

The purpose of the watermark is to clearly show it is an evaluation version. Otherwise someone could sell the evaluation version as the real thing. It has happened before.

 

Where do I see how much days left until windows expires? And if windows has been expired, can I still use it? If yes then what are the limitations then?

 

Open and admin command prompt and type: slmgr -dlv or slmgr -xpr

The first displays your full licensing information, and the second command just shows expiry information.

On expiry, the OS may fail to run altogether or may display warnings and close down after certain periods.

 

In this case, it will stop working and refuse to start, end of story!

 

Alright got it.