Windows 10: Sudden popup of Activate Windows watermark and Activation on settings doesnt work

Hi there...i am using windows 10 pro... it was working fine until last night the Activate windows watermark pop out suddenly without any prior notices like it did before many many months ago.. as a result cant personalization wallpaper or screensaver and etc... I tried going into the Activation inside the settings app... but the Activation tab is not even working. it just freezes the whole settings app.

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Activate Windows Watermark

Hi Duncan,

The Windows activation watermark is usually appearing if the activation servers detect that a device is not activated. For further help with activating your copy of Windows 10, visit this
link. If the same issue persists after performing the troubleshooting suggestions on the link, follow these steps:

• Using Cortana, type Notepad and then click on Notepad (Desktop app).
• Type the following commands in Notepad:
  • @Echo off
    
    taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
    
    explorer.exe
    
    exit
    
    
• 
  Save the file and name it as Activation.bat.
  
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  Change the Save as type to All files.
  
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  Locate the file, right-click on it and then choose Run as Administrator.
  
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  After running the file, restart your computer and then check if the same issue persists.
  

Let us know if further assistance is needed.

 

Activate Windows watermark after update

No it's not fixed - have you managed to run the report?... we are going to need to see what's going on.

 

Activate Windows watermark after update

Rebooted.
Ran -ato
It did not return anything.
Activation warning still gone from Settings screen.

Is it fixed?

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Think I'm going backwards.



If I run the slui as it says, it returns the same error message.

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Settings still no message about activation but just got a popup out of the blue