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Before you're allowed to make any changes to a Windows server,

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you've got to license it.

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So to license it, we'll go to the Start button,

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go to Settings, I'll click on System,

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go down to where it says About, and then scroll down to where it

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says Change product key. And I'll choose to change that and enter it

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in. And once that's entered, I click Next and then click Activate.

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And now that it's activated, I can actually make some changes,

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such as going to the taskbar, I can hide the taskbar, I can go in and

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change the background if I'd like. Go to Personalize,

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I'll change to a solid color.

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If you don't have your registration done with your license key,

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then you won't actually be able to make any of these changes.

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You'll end up getting an error saying this won't work until your product is

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licensed. Installing your license allows you to customize your newly installed operating system through Windows Server 2022.