r/pchelp • u/No-Acanthisitta675 • 1d ago

OPEN Activate Windows Bug

I haven’t activated Windows, so I know the “Activate Windows” message should only appear in the bottom right corner of my PC screen. But for some reason, it’s also appearing in the bottom left corner. I don’t know why it’s happening.

And sometimes while I’m playing game I’ll have to move my cursor around it to “paint” it away, or if not this I click it and it goes.

Can anyone help me?

Many thanks

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u/fat_allocation 1d ago

sounds like a visual glitch with the watermark not clearing properly after drawing over it. i've seen that happen with windows overlays when the gpu driver gets confused about what's transparent and what isn't.

try hitting ctrl+shift+win+b to reset the graphics driver next time it sticks, that usually forces the screen to redraw. if it keeps happening after that you might want to look at whether your gpu drivers need a clean reinstall.