Using Services
. Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen. The Start menu will open.
2Type services into Start. Doing so searches for the Services app, which lets you control which system processes run.
3Click Services. It’s a gear-shaped icon at the top of the Start window. The Services window will open.
4Scroll down and click Software Protection. You’ll find this service in the “S” section of the window.
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- On some computers, this will say sppsvc instead.
5Click the “Properties” icon. It’s the folder-shaped icon just below the View tab in the upper-left side of the window. A new window will open.
6Click Stop. This option is on the middle-left side of the window. Doing so will prompt the Software Protection service to stop running.
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- If this button is greyed out, you will need to use the Registry instead.
7Click OK. It’s at the bottom of the window. Your activation will remain off until you restart or update your computer, at which point you will need to disable it again.
Using Registry Editor
. Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
2Type regedit into Start. This will search for the Registry Editor command.
3Click regedit. It’s a collection of blue blocks at the top of the Start window.
4Click Yes when prompted. Doing so will open the Registry Editor window.
5Expand the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” folder. Click
to the left of the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” folder in the top-left side of the Registry window.
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- If you see an indented column of folders below “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”, it’s already expanded.
6Expand the “SYSTEM” folder. It’s near the bottom of the list of folders inside of the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” folder.
7Expand the “CurrentControlSet” folder.
8Expand the “Services” folder. This will result in a long list of folders appearing.
9Scroll down and select the “sppsvc” folder. Click this folder to prompt its contents to display on the right side of the window.
10Select the “Start” file. It’s near the bottom of the list of files that’s on the right side of the window.
11Click the Edit tab. This option is near the top-left corner of the Registry window. A drop-down menu will appear.
12Click Modify. It’s at the top of the drop-down menu. A new window will open.
13Type 4 into the window. This value change will disable the activation notifications.
14Click OK. It’s at the bottom of the window. Your activation will remain off until you restart or update your computer, at which point you will need to disable it again.
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