Keep in mind that the aforementioned Windows 11 requirements caused quite a stir at the time they were made public. The technology giant said that all this was done primarily for security reasons that were applied to the new Windows from the beginning. But with everything and with it, the problem came for many users with modern equipment but that did not comply with what was necessary to install the expected operating system.

Of course, in the event that our PC does not meet the requirements of the firm, it is possible to force the installation. At the same time, those from Redmond warned that computers that did not meet the requirements, but installed Windows 11, would not be guaranteed the arrival of updates. Obviously we were recommended to carry out this forced installation as it could lead to problems in the future related to operation and security.

Despite all this, users with non-compatible computers continue to force the installation of the operating system. But it seems that there has been a novelty in terms of the movements that Microsoft made to avoid this. What we really want to tell you is that if you have already installed Windows 11 on an unsupported PC, you may soon see a new watermark on your desktop. This appears above the Taskbar clock , similar to the Windows is not activated error.

How to remove the new watermark in Windows 11

Something that we must take into consideration is that the aforementioned watermark does not affect the applications that we have installed or the functions of Windows. It will indicate that the system requirements are not met, but it is a message that can be somewhat annoying for many. This is just another move taken by Microsoft to warn users of the potential problems of force installing the system.

To all this, which we are commenting on, we are going to add the fact that this is a warning that will also appear in the Configuration application . All this to remind users that their device is not officially compatible with the new Windows 11. Although they can be a bit irritating, these watermarks and messages can be ignored as they do not affect the user experience.

Fortunately, it is possible to eliminate the annoying mark , as we will see below. To do this, the first thing we do is open the registry editor using the Regedit command that we type in the search bar. Next, we have to place ourselves in the following route of this:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache

Here we only have to change the value of the SV2 entry to 0. After that, we only have to restart the computer for the changes to take effect.

We must bear in mind that the firm is testing this watermark in Windows 11 Build 22557 and it may appear with the Sun Valley 2 update. In turn, Microsoft adds a pop-up window that appears during installation that indicates the inconveniences of installing this system if the PC does not meet the minimum specifications.