I have just upgraded my HP Pavillion P7-1587cb PC (desktop) from its preloaded windows 8 to the new windows 8.1 release. My PC is maxed out with internal memory, 4 hard drives (2 internal and 2 external) a Netgear Wireless LAN, added a 2nd Blue Ray read/write DVD, and have a HP Officejet 7310xi all-in-one Printer connected. Everything was working as well as windows 8 would let it work until I installed the 8.1 version. I do not want secureboot enabled, and have disabled it (BIOS as well). I am trying to find out if anyone knows how to make this watermark disappear short of enabling secureboot, which I don't want. Seems to me there should be someplace (registry maybe) that I can remove the instruction causing it to appear.
Following your directions is exactly not what I want. setting bios to default turns on secure boot. I do not want secure boot turned on, but I also don't want the watermark that appears on the desktop. Let me state my question again: How do I turn off the watermark on the desktop which reads secure boot isn't configured properly, while at the same time, having secure boot disabled? or stated another way How can I get rid of the desktop watermark while at the same time having secure boot disabled (or turned off if you prefer)?
Basic idea: Need Resource Hacker Need TakeOwnership Need shell32.dll.mui from C:\Windows\System32\en-US\shell32.dll.mui Open shell32.dll.mui with Resource Hacker and Edit, String Table / 2070 / 1033 BEFORE Code: STRINGTABLE LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US { 33108, "%ws Build %ws" 33109, "Evaluation copy." 33110, "For testing purposes only." 33111, "This copy of Windows is licensed for " 33112, "Windows License is expired" 33113, "days" 33114, "hours" 33115, "Windows License valid for %d %ws" 33116, "Windows Grace expires in %d %ws" 33117, "SecureBoot isn't configured correctly" } AFTER USING Resource Hacker Code: STRINGTABLE LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US { 33108, "%ws Build %ws" 33109, "Evaluation copy." 33110, "For testing purposes only." 33111, "This copy of Windows is licensed for " 33112, "Windows License is expired" 33113, "days" 33114, "hours" 33115, "Windows License valid for %d %ws" 33116, "Windows Grace expires in %d %ws" 33117, " " } Then replace C:\Windows\System32\en-US\shell32.dll.mui with edited shell32.dll.mui .
Did this... the string is still on the desktop, even tho I checked - the file shell32.dll.miu IS changed :S Maybe its cached somewhere?!
I'm trying to remove the watermark too. I need to disable secure boot while using an unsigned driver. I tried ace2's suggestion as well, and the watermark is still there. I'll keep looking and post back when I figure it out.
Check here: (ht.pforums.mydigitallife.net ... /threads/49882-Fix-quot-SecureBoot-isn-t-configured-correctly-quot-Watermark?p=832715&viewfull=1#post832715
I got it off. Microsoft released a hotfix (KB2902864) to remove the secure boot watermark. Links are at the end of the article. winbeta.org/news/windows-81-secureboot-isnt-configured-correctly-watermark-finally-removed-hotfix-kb2902864 Edit: Sorry, I'm not able to post a hyperlink yet. Copy and paste the above.
here's a link from microsoft that does the trick...(sorry, i can't put the http in the link) support.microsoft.com/kb/2902864