De acordo com o artigo da technet , o Windows 7 não impede o login, não reinicializa e não inviabiliza aplicativos normais enquanto estiver em um estado não ativado. Isso significa que você pode executar aplicativos de longa duração por quanto tempo desejar, desde que não esteja tentando fazer uma das poucas coisas preciosas que são proibidas nesse estado (por exemplo, usando o Windows Update para instalações opcionais) .
Haverá um tempo de login mais longo que o normal (você terá que dispensar uma caixa de diálogo de notificação), o papel de parede da sua área de trabalho desaparecerá e você não poderá instalar atualizações opcionais, usar KMS ou acessar downloads genuínos da Microsoft uma cópia genuína do Windows para baixar / instalar).
As informações relevantes sobre essa experiência são as seguintes:
Notifications
The purpose of the notifications-based experience is to differentiate between an activated (genuine) from an unlicensed (non-genuine) copy of Windows in a way that maintains computer functionality, such as logon, access to the familiar desktop, and so on. Reduced Functionality Mode (RFM) is not in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Instead, both operating systems have a notifications-based experience. This new notifications user experience means that computers that are not activated during their grace periods (initial activations and those that result from hardware changes) or that fail validation may provide the following user experience:
After logging on to the computer, users see a dialog box reminding them that Windows must be activated along with options to activate now or later. If users do not interact with this dialog box within two minutes, the logon process continues normally.
In the notifications state, Windows changes the desktop wallpaper to a solid black background, displays notifications in the notification area indicating the activation state, and displays dialog boxes showing actions that the user must take.
In the notifications state, users have access to the full functionality of the installed version of Windows, with the following features disabled:
a. A computer configured as a KMS host responds to KMS client requests with an error message that KMS has not been activated.
b. Windows Update downloads security and critical updates (optional updates are excluded).
c. Optional downloads requiring the online validation service—also referred to as genuine-gated downloads—are not available.
The computer must be activated for it to leave the notifications state.