Just out of the blue, Thomas suddenly saw this annoying text in the lower right corner of Windows 10. It said Test Mode, Windows 10 Home, Build 17134.rs4_release.180410-1804. No matter which background he chose, the text remained there above the clock in the right corner of his Windows desktop.
Thomas is a messy guy, and he normally leaves a great mess wherever he goes. But, his Windows desktop, that is a tidy place, and he likes it to be in order. So, when this Test Mode text appeared in the lower right corner of Windows, Thomas wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible.
You can see what the error message looked like at the picture above. Are you suffering from a similar Test Mode text or something similar in Windows 10?
Thomas looked for a solution here and there, and luckily, it was quite easy to get rid of the text. This is what Thomas did to fix the problem!
Thomas makes the Test Mode text disappear from Windows 10
To get rid of the text, Thomas did the following thing.
- He enters the Command Prompt in Windows 10.
You can find it searching for Command Prompt. Make sure to right click the icon and press “Run as administrator” for this to work.
He has to enter Command mode as an Administrator. - Thomas copies the following lines and runs them in the Command Prompt.
First: bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions ENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
Second: bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING OFF - He closes the command prompt and restarts his computer.
- He enters the Command Prompt in Windows 10.
Thomas’ is quite curious to see whether this will get the task done or not. As Windows successfully restarts, he is happy to see that the Test Mode text has been removed from Windows 10, and it is now a beautiful and empty spot (like you can see on the picture beneath).
Thomas can now keep on working with peace at heart, knowing that he managed to get rid of the Test Mode Windows 10 error message.
There are quite a lot of other Test Mode build versions, so even if you have another build number, you can still follow these instructions to remove the watermark from Windows 10.
Did you manage to get rid of the Test Mode watermark in Windows 10 after reading this tutorial? Please write a comment and let Thomas know the outcome of his little guide!
yep it worked ……cool thanks it was drivin me crazy
That is great… thanks for writing! 🙂
Unfortunately this method did not fix the issue for me. The text in the bottom right of my screen is only 2 rows though. It does not say “Test Mode” on top. Is there a similar fix that I could do for this scenario?
I do not have an answer to that, sorry… Hope you will succeed!
Reply to Yakbats : Open Regedit as Admin Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop- on the R side locate :PaintDesktopVersion and change the valuie to Zero.:-) now the Text is gone
Thanks a Lot Dude !!!
It works perfectly 😀
Reply to Yakbats : go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop- on the R side locate :PaintDesktopVersion and change the valuie to Zero. now the Text is gone