Upgrade alert page four | Image Courtesy: įinally, you can select the “decline upgrade” option to open the final confirmation window: “You’ll stay on Windows 10”. The back button opens another window titled “Microsoft recommends Windows 11 for your PC” because it has a familiar feel, your files will come to the new OS, and you can always go back to Windows 10 without worrying. You can click the “back” button, but it again won’t close the Windows 11 upgrade laert screen.

Upgrade alert page three | Image Courtesy: Instead, it will open another page titled “Introducing Windows 11”, which highlights several features you can use after upgrading to the new OS, a new Start menu, tabs in File Explorer, new settings experience, Micorosft 365 and more. Upgrade alert page two | Image Courtesy: Ĭlicking the option won’t take you back to the desktop.

If you’re taking full-screen desktop screenshots for your job as a tech blogger, it’ll be visible.However, the pop-up won’t disappear when you click on the “Keep Windows 10” option. If you’re streaming games on Twitch, the watermark will be visible. So if you plug in a projector to give a presentation, you’ll see the watermark. It will appear in screenshots and screencasts, on all displays that are connected to your computer. This watermark is overlaid on top of everything on your display, including any full-screen applications you may be running like games. The most obvious sign that Windows 11 isn’t activated is the “Activate Windows” watermark that appears in the bottom-right corner of the screen. Just like using Windows 10 without a product key, truth be told, there isn’t a huge list of downsides to running Windows without activating it. What Happens If You Don’t Activate Windows 11? Copies of Windows downloaded from elsewhere may have been tampered with and could include malware, ransomware, remote access tools, and other nasties. Warning: For security purposes, you should always get your copy of Windows 11 from Microsoft (or preinstalled on a brand-new computer).

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