Some users have questions: how long will Windows 10 work without activation, are there any restrictions on the operation of the OS, and those who are familiar with these restrictions are questions about how to get around them. In this review, just about all these items in detail.
Work with Windows 10 without activation
If you do not enter the product key when installing the original Windows 10 (click on the "I don't have a product key"), and the 10-ki digital license is not fixed behind the computer or there is no key in UEFI (including from the previous version of the OS) Completion You will receive a practically fully working system with very minor restrictions.
First of all: there is no activation time limit on Windows 10. You will not be displaced by any messages and restrictions in your work. However, some restrictions that are not directly related to the use of the operating system are present:
- Personalization parameters will not be available in the Windows 10 parameters: change wallpaper, colors parameters and some others (we will talk about it below).
- In the same place in the parameters you will see the information that Windows is not activated.
- After some time using Windows 10 to the right at the bottom of the screen, a watermark will appear, which reports that the system is not activated. How to remove the inscription Windows activation from the desktop.
As far as I know, these are all available limitations: no blocking of work after half an hour of use or something like that.
Personalization of Windows 10 without activation
Despite the fact that in the Windows 10 parameters in the absence of activation, personalization is not available, not everything is so bad. First of all - change in desktop wallpapers:
It is enough to click on the right mouse button along any photo or picture and select the context menu item "Make the desktop background image".
The remaining design parameters can also be changed: manually in the registry or using third-party programs. For example, the Winaero Tweaker utility has many settings associated with the design of the system (collected in the Appearance).
As a result - we can use Windows 10 without activation completely legally, without experiencing any serious inconvenience, getting all the necessary updates of the system, working programs and the rest. Moreover, if necessary, you can activate the system at any time by entering the key to parameters - update and security - activation.