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When you perform a clean install of Windows 10 from USB, ISO or DVD without entering a valid product key, Windows 10 is installed in trial mode, and is valid for 30-days only. The user has to either activate the install using a valid product key to continue using without any limitations or remove the installation after the trial period is expired.
Once you start using the trial copy of Windows 10, Windows will display automatic activation popups at regular intervals asking you to enter the product key to activate the installation even during the trial period. As said before, the automatic activation messages start to appear in the first 30-day trial period itself and doesn’t start after the trial period.
This is because, like previous Windows versions, Windows 10 also comes with automatic activation feature, and this automatic activation is responsible for the frequent activation popups that appear during the trial period.
Although the automatic activation feature is useful and does nothing but simply reminds the user to activate the copy of Windows 10, not all users like this frequent activate Windows popup messages.
Step 1, Open Start. Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen. The Start menu will open.Step 2, Type services into Start. Doing so searches for the Services app, which lets you control which system processes run.Step 3, Click Services. It's a gear-shaped icon at the top of the Start window. The Services window will open. Right-click on the 'WPAEvents' folder and select 'Permissions.' Deny permission access for the 'System' listing and click 'OK' to save the configuration. The Windows XP® activation notice is now disabled and removed. Your computer will now be activation popup free!
If you don’t want see the automatic activation popups every now and then, you can turn off or disable automatic activation feature in Windows 10 by making a small change to the Registry.
Method 1 of 2
Turn off automatic activation in Windows 10 by manually editing Registry
NOTE: We recommend you create a manual system restore point before editing the Registry.
Step 1: Type Regedit in Start menu search box and then press Enter key. Click Yes button when you see User Account Control prompt to open Registry Editor.
Step 2: In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NT CurrentVersionSoftwareProtectionPlatformActivation
Step 3: Select the Activation key. On the right-side, look for the entry named Manual, and change its default value to 1 to disable the automatic activation.
Set the value of Manual back to 0 (zero) to enable automatic activation in Windows 10.
If the automatic activation message is appearing even after making above said change, please reboot your PC once to apply the change.
Method 2 of 2
Easy way to disable automatic activation in Windows 10
Those of you who are not familiar with the Registry can use this method to easily turn on or off the automatic activation in Windows 10.
Step 1: Click here to download AutoActivationOff.reg file.
Step 2:Right-click on the AutoActivatoinOff.reg file, click Merge, and then click Yes button when you see the confirmation dialog.
Step 3: Click OK button when you see the following dialog.
To turn on automatic activation again, download this AutoActivationOn Registry file, and follow instructions in Step 2 and Step 3 of Method 2.
Active9 months ago
My windows somehow 'expired' and I need to activate it or its not Genuine, and it'll shut down every hour. That's normal. I've seen couple ways to activate it like putting in activation keys, but I am tired of doing so.I found out that usually when you go to control panel>admin. tools>computer management>system protection and disable it as well as the updates, it'll stop.But my computer can't disable it. It just says in grey, 'Automatic (Delayed Start).Is it because the windows7 is expired? I am a administrator user, so I do have access to all admin stuff.
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Method 1: Regedit:
Please navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicessppsvc
and locate Start registry keyDouble click on Start and edit the value:
Change Startup type :
- Automatic - 2
- Manual - 3
- Disabled - 4
- Automatic (Delayed Start) - 2
Note: When you change to Automatic (Delayed Start) a new key
DelayedAutostart
is created with value 1
.When you change to Automatic from Automatic (Delayed Start), DelayedAutostart
change value to 0
.Method 2: Command Prompt:
Type
cmd
, right click on cmd icon under the Programs and click on Run as administratorPlease select, right and copy a registry key from below, then right click on command prompt window, select Paste and press Enter
To Stop Software Protection:
net stop sppsvc
To change Startup Type:
Automatic:
Manual:
Disabled:
Automatic (Delayed Start):
Note: When you change to Automatic (Delayed Start) a new key
DelayedAutostart
is created with value 1
.When you change to Automatic from Automatic (Delayed Start),
DelayedAutostart
change value to 0
.Reference:
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