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Home Tips 'n' Tricks

Turn off ‘Activate Windows now’ notification in Windows 8

Mayur Agarwal by Mayur Agarwal
July 13, 2021
in Tips 'n' Tricks, Windows 8

Like Windows 7, Windows 8 also shows important messages in the system tray displayed by Action Center. Windows checks for problems in the background and sends you a message when there is any problem related to Security or Maintenance features, including Windows Error Reporting, Windows Defender, and User Account Control.

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To seek user attention, the Action Center pops up a notification in the taskbar and suggests fixes for listed issues. Perhaps, if your Windows is not activated then you’ll be reminded to ‘Activate Windows now’ at frequent intervals. This can turn annoying if you’re using a 90-day trial version of Windows 8 or rearm trick for an extended trial.

To turn off or disable the ‘Activate Windows now’ message, go to Action Center (Win + X > Control Panel). Under Security, simply click the option ‘Turn off messages about Windows Activation’.

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Alternatively, you can open ‘Change Action Center settings’ from the left-side pane and uncheck the Windows activation option. There you can turn messages on or off for various other services as well.

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Tip: To disable Action center messages on the taskbar, open Control Panel > Notification Area Icons. Change the behaviour of ‘Action Center’ to ‘Hide icon and notifications.’ Click Ok and then you won’t be notified about changes or updates.

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Comments 18

  1. Tushar Agarwal says:
    11 years ago

    Well thanks a lot, this windows 8 activation notification has been bugging me every day.

    Reply
  2. Reinaldo Benitez says:
    11 years ago

    Was looking for this so long ago, easy solution, I’m a dump, Thank you so much!

    Reply
  3. Maxi says:
    11 years ago

    this is super awesome, it worked fine for me…God bless you bless you mehn.

    Reply
  4. Reinaldo Benitez says:
    10 years ago

    Actually, this wasnt the Solution, Im talking about the Blue Pop Up!! Plz Tell Me how to Stop It!!!

    Reply
  5. Michael Collins says:
    10 years ago

    This wasn’t a solution. That’s how its done in Windows 7. Windows 8 is the Blue Pop up that always pops up, and the option to unselect Windows Activation is greyed out!

    Reply
  6. Dave says:
    9 years ago

    So i tried to change the action center settings and it won’t let me uncheck the check? any suggestions? I am logged in with admin rights.

    Reply
    • Mehmet says:
      9 years ago

      yeah it happens on me too
      please find a solution for this
      in the middle of a game it just pops out and alt+tabs
      i hate that

      Reply
  7. hari nath says:
    9 years ago

    Hi,

    thanks for the post – but that particular option is greyed out in my copy and i cant seem to be able to check or uncheck that option.

    Cab you help me please. . . .

    Reply
  8. Question says:
    8 years ago

    I\’m using windows 8.1 Pro
    I can\’t uncheck the windows activation as it is not clickable. Both microsoft account and windows activation are not clickable. All others are clickable

    Reply
  9. rey says:
    7 years ago

    same here blue pop up several times /day , so annoying and can t uncheck the windows activation option .

    Reply
  10. Patricio Lagos says:
    7 years ago

    doesn\’t work for me because the \”windows activation\” box is greyed and cannot be modified… I guess I have to run it as administrator, but I have no idea how

    Reply
  11. tehrur says:
    7 years ago

    Useless manual. Checkbox is greyed and i can\’t uncheck it. So how do i do uncheck that box?

    Reply
  12. danwat1234 says:
    5 years ago

    Yup, like others on Windows 8.1, the activation checkbox is greyed out. Even using software like Winabler won\’t let me uncheck it.
    Whenever I unlock my computer, there is an app that comes up in a blue background that has a single button \’activate windows\’ i think. I press ok and it gets me to the desktop (thanks Start8) and then there is a window on the upper left hand corner every time that lets me know how to get the Metro screen by moving my house to any corner of the screen (which I have disabled with Start8).
    I want to stop these messages, maybe Stardock can take care of it.At least the latter which doesn\’t have to do with activation.

    Reply
  13. Sandra says:
    5 years ago

    Anyone figure this out yet? Activation box is greyed out and can’t uncheck it

    Reply
  14. Sam says:
    5 years ago

    I found this works. Its for Windows 10 but I am running Windows 8.1 and using method 2 worked.

    https://www.wikihow.com/Turn-Off-Windows-Activation

    Reply
  15. kek says:
    4 years ago

    GRRR OK I WENT TO ACTION CENTER BUT IT WONT LET ME UNCHECK WINDOWS ACTIVATION ITS GRAY TEXT AND I CANT CLICK IT >:(

    Reply
  16. Alongti says:
    2 years ago

    i cant uncheck that window activation. is there any alternative? thankyou.

    Reply
  17. TMoon says:
    1 year ago

    This solution does not work. The “Windows Activation” checkbox is grayed-out. You cannot uncheck it.

    Reply

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