Delete Company Policy on Win 10

alz on 15/05/2019 - 10:40

Hey folks

Bought a desktop and it turns out it's got someone's company policy all over it. Cant even bloody change the wallpaper.

How do I get this removed?

Computing

Comments

  • [Deactivated] on 15/05/2019 - 10:51
    +4

    Y u no googel

      • Gronk on 15/05/2019 - 11:54
        +3

        Where do I start?

        ON GOOGLE!

      • sghetti on 15/05/2019 - 12:25
        +4

        Highlight the title for this post, Ctrl+C. Navigate to Google and Ctrl+V in search bar.

      • theHMASfriendship on 15/05/2019 - 18:17
        +1

        Have you tried turning it off and on again?

  • abb on 15/05/2019 - 10:58
    +14

    I would download a Windows 10 installer from Microsoft, put that on a USB drive, then do a full format and re-install.

  • Pootie Tang on 15/05/2019 - 11:22

    C:\Format

  • Montyjpm on 15/05/2019 - 11:30

    You should not be logging into the PC in the first place. Reinstall Windows so it will be yours instead of previous owner GP.

  • wayfastwhitie on 15/05/2019 - 11:38

    settings > type reset in the search box > follow prompts

    assuming it has not been locked out via GPO

  • destination on 15/05/2019 - 11:48
    +3

    Which brand or company is the PC? Many branded PC have recovery Partition from where you can restore to factory default settings. If there is no restore partition then the easy way will be to download Windows 10 and create a USB stick, format the HDD and reinstall windows. You can download Windows 10 from the below link:
    https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10

  • Randxyz123 on 15/05/2019 - 12:00
    +2

    Step 1: If it is clear what the company is called, contact them and ask if they are aware their property ( or ex-lease property) has been sold potentially with their data on it. Sounds like it could either be stolen or not wiped properly.

    Step 2: If you get no response from them, just reinstall windows but it wouldn’t surprise me if the hard drive is encrypted so you can’t.

    Where did you buy the desktop from ?

    • Cheaplikethebird on 15/05/2019 - 12:55

      Probably ex govt with a ton of confidential documents.

      • EightImmortals on 15/05/2019 - 13:02
        +1

        Send it to wikileaks!…..care of HM Prison somewhere in England? :P

    • Zachary on 15/05/2019 - 14:15

      but it wouldn’t surprise me if the hard drive is encrypted so you can’t.

      I thought reformatting the drive basically destroys any data on it including any encryption making that so that you can clean install windows over it…..

  • No Username on 15/05/2019 - 13:03

    Format the Hard Drive and reinstall Windows is the best option. What version of windows is it Enterprise or Pro?

  • ThithLord on 15/05/2019 - 13:06
    +1

    This has the best method to figure out how to remove the company image

  • crashloaded on 15/05/2019 - 13:20
    +2

    Alt+f4

    • ThithLord on 15/05/2019 - 13:28

      That shortcut doesn't work any more. It's now CTRL+W

      • josetann on 15/05/2019 - 14:01

        It's so freakin' annoying when I try to do a quick search in my browser, but for some reason my brain thinks I'm doing a search in nano/pico.

      • Zachary on 15/05/2019 - 14:16
        +3

        ctrl + w is for closing tabs, alt + f4 is for closing windows - completely different use case…..

        • ThithLord on 15/05/2019 - 15:01

          I concede. I didn't realise it will close individual tabs if multiple are open.

  • bdl on 15/05/2019 - 14:22
    +1

    Sledgehammer

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