{"id":279819,"date":"2024-05-01T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=331356"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:35:51","slug":"windows-11-will-not-have-a-watermark-it-was-a-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/windows-11-will-not-have-a-watermark-it-was-a-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 will not have a watermark, it was a hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fears about the Windows 11 watermark for PCs that do not meet the AI Explorer requirements <strong>were unfounded, clarifies a famous insider who often accurately leaks the new Windows steps.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Windows 11\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3a83edc2-8bcb-4baa-8fbe-3ddcf458c1a4\/1709716978\/windows-11-win11icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Windows 11<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is rumored that the next big feature of Windows 11 will be AI Explorer &#8211; in fact, it is strongly rumored &#8211; and recently there has been some controversy about how it could be implemented in the operating system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reason has been a recent Twitter post by the well-known Microsoft leaker Albacore, who <strong>has unearthed clues in the Windows 11 code that suggest that<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-ai-copilot-of-windows-11-may-be-the-great-revolution-its-a-pity-that-almost-nobody-uses-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"AI Explorer checks PC system components\">AI Explorer checks PC system components<\/a> and notifies if they do not meet the requirements for the AI feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clearing up a few things \u2757<br>1. These are requirements as of build 26100.1, MS can change them later<br>2. Warnings displayed if your system doesn&#39;t meet them are purely within AIX, no OS-wide nag<br>3. AIX is AI Explorer, NOT AI File Explorer! Completely separate app, not a replacement <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XmnjzCYSOY\">https:\/\/t.co\/XmnjzCYSOY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Albacore \u2601\ufe0f (@thebookisclosed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebookisclosed\/status\/1784495187772768513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It will only notify us within the AI Explorer itself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some interpreted it as a hint that <strong>maybe Microsoft could put a watermark on Windows 11 somewhere to enforce this warning,<\/strong> but Albacore just tweeted again to clarify that it will definitely not be the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you can see, the author of the leak clearly states that any warning about the system not meeting the necessary requirements<strong> would be placed exclusively in the AI Explorer interface itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means that you would open the AI Explorer application (it will be a standalone application, not to be confused with File Explorer), and it would simply present you with that information (&#8220;you cannot run this&#8221; essentially).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Windows 11\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3a83edc2-8bcb-4baa-8fbe-3ddcf458c1a4\/1709716978\/windows-11-win11icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Windows 11<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As Albacore says, there would be no notice throughout the operating system indicating it,<\/strong> such as a watermark or other notice in the general Windows 11 interface. This would be limited only to the Windows 11 app, so it wouldn&#8217;t bother you if you never go near it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps Microsoft could put a watermark on Windows 11 somewhere to promulgate this warning about AI Explorer, but it wasn&#8217;t true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":279820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3149],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-279819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwindows-11"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313449,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279819\/revisions\/313449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279819"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=279819"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=279819"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=279819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}