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Is it possible to turn an old company desktop to personal computer?
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 1/27/21 at 4:59 pm
My company is throwing away a few older desktops that are still nice but they have upgraded. Is it possible to remove the work login domain at the windows start up and just use the basic functions of the computer for personal use?
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Posted on 1/27/21 at 5:03 pm to Civildawg
uh
yeah
yeah
Posted on 1/27/21 at 5:07 pm to Civildawg
All of my home computers are recycled ones from work...typing from one right now 
Posted on 1/27/21 at 5:14 pm to Civildawg
wipe the HD and re install Windows
Posted on 1/27/21 at 5:40 pm to Brosef Stalin
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wipe the HD and re install Windows
Yep, this is all you need to do. You can always add some more memory, a new or additional hard drive(s) and a video card if it is worth your while.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 6:23 pm to gjackx
How do I wipe the hard drive? I can’t get into windows because it’s password protected with an employee username and password.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 6:33 pm to Civildawg
Boot from USB (jump drive containing whatever OS image you want to install, assuming Windows in your case) the installation will ask you if you want to wipe the existing drive.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 6:35 pm to dakarx
Ok thanks. I’ll research how to do that
Posted on 1/30/21 at 5:10 am to Civildawg
quote:The bootable windows jump drive method did not work for me. What I had to do was create a bootable linux jump drive. I did that back in October to wipe the hard drive to get around the password protection. Google how to do that; there are many blogs/websites with good step by step instructions. I don't remember which one I used or any specifics or I would help you more. The main thing is know it can be done and it wasn't very hard.
How do I wipe the hard drive? I can’t get into windows because it’s password protected with an employee username and password.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 2:12 pm to Brosef Stalin
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I have used this program dban to wipe a hard drive
Why? You wipe the drive whenever you go through the windows installation
Posted on 1/30/21 at 2:34 pm to arcalades
So I tried to download windows 10 but I keep getting an error message after about 50% download. It looks like it’s a firewall issue from my research but I may try the Linux system anyway and see how I like it.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 4:51 pm to Civildawg
Windows 10 Media Creation Tool
Follow that link. Click the download tool now. Run the downloaded program. It will guide you through the creation of a bootable USB flash drive from which you can install Windows 10.
Follow that link. Click the download tool now. Run the downloaded program. It will guide you through the creation of a bootable USB flash drive from which you can install Windows 10.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 4:55 pm to gjackx
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All of my home computers are recycled ones from work...typing from one right now
Some of mine are too as once the company wipes them they seem to work fine.
This post was edited on 1/30/21 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 1/30/21 at 5:16 pm to TAMU-93
That’s what I did but I keep getting an error saying the tool failed to download at around the 50% mark. According to forums on the error code, it seems like my antivirus may be causing the issue but I’m not home to redownload it right now
Posted on 1/30/21 at 6:43 pm to Civildawg
Reformat and reinstall. Usually it's built in.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 11:30 pm to Civildawg
Did you choose custom not recommended download settings?
Posted on 1/31/21 at 11:13 am to Civildawg
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My company is throwing away a few older desktops that are still nice but they have upgraded. Is it possible to remove the work login domain at the windows start up and just use the basic functions of the computer for personal use?
If it's an old office desktop, I can practically guarantee that it's using spinning rust. Just go buy a new ssd and install windows on that. Now you don't have to worry about anything that was on there causing you issues.
Posted on 1/31/21 at 11:28 am to Civildawg
quote:did you first use Linux from a usb to access and erase the hard drive? After you do that, you should have no problem installing windows 10.
So I tried to download windows 10 but I keep getting an error message after about 50% download. It looks like it’s a firewall issue from my research but I may try the Linux system anyway and see how I like it.
If that doesn't work, you can certainly use Linux os while you keep trying to get W10 on there.
Posted on 1/31/21 at 1:20 pm to arcalades
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This post was edited on 7/21/21 at 5:11 pm
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