Solved Win 8.1 watermark suddenly showed up on my screen

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boidsonly

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I now have the following on the bottom right corner of my screen:

Win 8.1 Pro with Media Center
Build 9600

All my disks are valid purchases with keys. Here is what I did.

I cloned/replaced my OS from a Toshiba 64gb SSD to a newer Samsung 250gb SSD using Samsung's Data Migrator. Went off w/out a hitch. The laptop system info says Win 8.1 not activated. WTH? :sarc:
I have had no problems with my upgrade since overcoming all the black screens of death from upgrading from Win 7 Home premium. That is another tale...

Anyone else have this problem?
How do I get rid of the watermark and why is my valid copy of Win 8 saying not activated?

I purchased the disk back in Nov when they were on sale. I still have 2 in the blue folders to use but I don't think I will be using them given all the headaches this one upgrade caused.

Any help will be greatly appreciated,
Jeff
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba X505-Q898
    CPU
    1.7
    Memory
    6 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 460M

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    64-bit Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
boidsonly said:
I now have the following on the bottom right corner of my screen:

Win 8.1 Pro with Media Center
Build 9600

All my disks are valid purchases with keys. Here is what I did.

I cloned/replaced my OS from a Toshiba 64gb SSD to a newer Samsung 250gb SSD using Samsung's Data Migrator. Went off w/out a hitch. The laptop system info says Win 8.1 not activated. WTH? :sarc:
I have had no problems with my upgrade since overcoming all the black screens of death from upgrading from Win 7 Home premium. That is another tale...

Anyone else have this problem?
How do I get rid of the watermark and why is my valid copy of Win 8 saying not activated?

I purchased the disk back in Nov when they were on sale. I still have 2 in the blue folders to use but I don't think I will be using them given all the headaches this one upgrade caused.

Any help will be greatly appreciated,
Jeff
Click to expand...

I'm guessing your OS is still registered with MS as active from the old SSD.
Is there a way you could try to extract your key from the old SSD and then install it on the new one?
Link:
Product Key Number - Uninstall and Deactivate in Windows - Windows 7 Help Forums
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 7 Home Premium
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion
  • PC2
    Tablet - Windows 10 Home
Thanks for all the replies-learned quite a bit just by investigating the possible solutions.

Using the activate by phone feature, thankfully, did the trick. :) I was given a new code but that was much easier than some of the options out there.

Thanks again,
Jeff
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba X505-Q898
    CPU
    1.7
    Memory
    6 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 460M
You're most welcome Jeff. Glad we could help. :)

Your product key number will still be the same. The confirmation ID number you got was just to activate with your product key.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    64-bit Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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