Windows 10: Windows 10 Daily Gives me the Activate Windows Watermark, But There's No Place To Activate It

Windows 10 Pro version 22H2 OS Build 19045.2846. Winver also says This product is licensed to Michael, which is me with admin rights.Settings-Update & Security-Troubleshoot says "No recommended troubleshooters right now.All of a sudden, on a daily basis, I have the "Activate Windows" watermark on the lower right side of my laptop monitor. For the last few days I have been able to enter my original product key that has been working for years. It would come up as invalid. I would then activate online and all would be well, until the next day. That's the first problem.Here's my second probl

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Windows 10 Activation (Insider)

How long did you wait for activation?
When I re-installed with a fresh install... it took a few hours to sync and activate.
However, it did, finally, activate.

 

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
    
    
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  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.

 

Windows 10 Activation (Insider)

This kinda sucks. However, if one is upgrading from a retail W7/8, then it should activate on different hardware, with possible phone activation required if it's been over 120 days or whatever the timeout period is now since the last activation. Remember to erase the copy on the old hardware, of course.