Or it is also likely that you have been using Windows 10 Home key on Windows 10 Pro. If the system failed to find the right product key or Windows 10 deactivated itself, you will be prompted to activate Windows 10 again.įor most users, perhaps your license key has expired after months, or the key is actually invalid and doesn’t come from Microsoft at all. This Activate Windows activation error occurs to you mainly due to the expired, or invalid or wrong Windows 10 license key. Why Does Activate Windows Appear on Windows 10? And when you go to Settings, you find there a license key for your Windows 10 edition, like Windows Home, Pro. Suddenly, a message “ Activate Windows, Go to Settings to activate Windows 10” pops up on Windows 10 Desktop and doesn’t go away even if you rebooted the PC for many times. How to Remove Activate Windows 10 Watermark?