Windows needing activation after updating, for some reason

[Windows 11]

I updated windows yesterday on my home desktop PC and now it has the watermark in lower right corner of the screen to activate windows, it was not there prior to the update.There is no product key in the system settings (Win + I).My win11 dvd case (cardboard envelope) has printed on it "Gently scratch to reveal product key" but there is nothing there to scratch, gently or otherwise. This garbage site fails to upload screenshots so I can't include any.I am running Windows 11, version 23H2This is the update in question:"Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (V

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