How to Remove System Requirements Not Met Watermark in Windows 11
The “System requirements are not met” watermark in Windows 11 shows up when you install it on computers that don’t have all the official hardware needed, like those without TPM 2.0.
This watermark is just a visual alert that your PC installation might not be fully compliant with Microsoft’s standards.
Removing it cleans up your desktop by getting rid of that noticeable message about your hardware not meeting the requirements.
Disable the “System requirements are not met” watermark by editing the registry. Navigate to UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache, create or find the SV2 DWORD value, and change its data from 1 to 0. Restart your PC to see the change.
Steps to remove the watermark
To remove the “System requirements not met” watermark on your Windows 11 PC, make a small change in the Registry Editor. The Registry Editor allows you to adjust how Windows operates. Following these steps will help turn off that message appearing on your screen.
- Click the Start button and type
regeditto open the Registry Editor. - Use the sidebar to navigate to this path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache - If you do not see the folder named
UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache, right-click on theControl Panelfolder, select New, and name the new keyUnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache. - Inside that folder, look for a file named
SV2. - If
SV2is missing, right-click in the empty space, select New, then choose DWORD (32-bit) Value and name itSV2. - Double-click the
SV2file. Change the “Value data” box from1to0. - Click OK and restart your computer to apply the changes.
Summary
To remove the “System requirements not met” watermark in Windows 11, a setting in the Registry Editor needs to be changed.
Does 🪟 Windows 11 still have a watermark?
On every Windows 10/11 version you can turn On/Off that watermark, but on Canary you cant turn it off.
How to get 🪟 Windows 11 without watermark?
In the Registry Editor, navigate to 🗝️HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services. Scroll down and look for the folder named svsvc and click on it.
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