How to Remove System Requirements Not Met Watermark in Windows 11

The “System requirements are not met” watermark is an annoying desktop overlay that appears in Windows 11 version 22H2 and later when you run the operating system on unsupported hardware like an older processor or a PC without TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module, a security chip required for newer Windows versions). Removing this text cleans up your screen and hides the warning message without affecting your system performance or update status.

You can get rid of the watermark by tweaking a single value in the Registry Editor (a built-in database for Windows settings ⚙️) or by running a simple script to patch the system files. Both methods take less than two minutes to complete.

Steps to remove the watermark

You can remove the annoying “System requirements not met” watermark in Windows 11 by editing a single registry key. To remove watermark Windows 11 notifications from your desktop, open the Registry Editor and change the SV2 value inside the UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache folder. This hides the warning message without affecting your system performance or receiving future security updates.

1. Click the Start button and type regedit to open the Registry Editor.
2. Use the sidebar to navigate to this path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache
3. If you do not see the folder named UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache, right-click on 🖱️ the Control Panel folder, select New, and name the new key UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache.
4. Inside that folder, look for a file named SV2.
5. If SV2 is missing, right-click in the empty space, select New, then choose DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it SV2.
6. Double-click the SV2 file. Change the “Value data” box from 1 to 0.
7. Click OK and restart your 🔄 computer to apply the changes.

Summary

To remove the “System requirements not met” watermark in Windows 11, change a setting in the Registry Editor.