Windows 8 active in the settings of the pc, but showing a gray text on desktop telling me to activate

I have a windows 8 HP Pavilion laptop computer g6 I bought a few weeks ago. It comes preinstalled with windows 8 and some other software. I have since reinstalled windows 8 on it so that I can get for free any other software that was preinstalled. It's just me, I like a clean install when I first started using a laptop. I activated windows and everything was ok. Yesterday, I remember I have to not activate the automatic updates, so I decided to do a manual for my windows to date with the latest bug fixes and update all. After all has been updated smoothly, restarting the laptop and I see on the lower right a grey message (not a proper notification message) that tells me: "activate Windows. Go to PC settings to activate Windows. ». I right click on my computer > properties and I can clearly see that Windows is activated. Also when I go into computer settings, enable option isn't here, as it is shown in the help screen (F1). How to solve this problem? Any suggestions?

How to activate Windows 8

1. press the Windows key + X , and then clickrun, and then type: slui.exe 4

2. then press the ENTER"" key.

3. Select your "country" in the list.

4. choose the option "activate phone".

5. stay on the phone (do not select/press all options) and wait for a person to help you with the activation.

6. explain your problem clearly to the support person.

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