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Have anyone of you guys ever used the Windows RESET option before?? I am going to use this option to reset one of my spare pc's to set it back to defaults and remove all my personal apps and info, so I can give it to a friend. The question I have is will it remain licensed after doing this reset. Its been upgraded to Windows 10 Pro, long time ago..... and I want it to stay as a licensed copy of Windows 10 Pro.

Morning TC.

OldMike65 said:

Have anyone of you guys ever used the Windows RESET option before?? I am going to use this option to reset one of my spare pc's to set it back to defaults and remove all my personal apps and info, so I can give it to a friend. The question I have is will it remain licensed after doing this reset. Its been upgraded to Windows 10 Pro, long time ago..... and I want it to stay as a licensed copy of Windows 10 Pro.

That will do it! Yes, I have. Normally, I would choose "keep my files", and it dl's and installs a fresh copy of Win 10, and I re-install my apps. But you would choose "Keep nothing", and it would DL a fresh copy of Win 10 (what's there), blow everything away, and give you an OOBE box activated with your MS account. All you would need to do is set up your friend as another account, as an administrator, sign on as your friend's account, and blow away your account.

He could be an MS account, or Local, but must be a member of the Administrators Group.

Might be easier and cleaner and quicker to clean install as your friend. Set up an MS account for him first, so you'll have it.

AndreTen said:

Morning Mike and Sammy, Keith and Beeman

Good Afternoon Andre

f14tomcat said:

Morning Andre, Mike, Keith Beeman, and Paul. Feels more like Fall/Autumn than Spring. 51° w/sprinkles.

Good Morning TC

OldMike65 said:

Have anyone of you guys ever used the Windows RESET option before?? I am going to use this option to reset one of my spare pc's to set it back to defaults and remove all my personal apps and info, so I can give it to a friend. The question I have is will it remain licensed after doing this reset. Its been upgraded to Windows 10 Pro, long time ago..... and I want it to stay as a licensed copy of Windows 10 Pro.

Unless you wipe the drive some data will be still on the drive by using a sector reader you can see that data. SSD's can be wiped very easily, HHD's take time

labeeman said:

Unless you wipe the drive some data will be still on the drive by using a sector reader you can see that data. SSD's can be wiped very easily, HHD's take time

Or just get his friend to sign an NDA.

f14tomcat said:

That will do it! Yes, I have. Normally, I would choose "keep my files", and it dl's and installs a fresh copy of Win 10, and I re-install my apps. But you would choose "Keep nothing", and it would DL a fresh copy of Win 10 (what's there), blow everything away, and give you an OOBE box activated with your MS account. All you would need to do is set up your friend as another account, as an administrator, sign on as your friend's account, and blow away your account.

He could be an MS account, or Local, but must be a member of the Administrators Group.

Might be easier and cleaner and quicker to clean install as your friend. Set up an MS account for him first, so you'll have it.

Good morning TC ....sounds good. Thanks

labeeman said:

Unless you wipe the drive some data will be still on the drive by using a sector reader you can see that data. SSD's can be wiped very easily, HHD's take time

He does not even know what a sector reader is....lol , but I suppose I could format it , can't remember if drive C: is an SSD or not.

OldMike65 said:

He does not even know what a sector reader is....lol , but I suppose I could format it , can't remember if drive C: is an SSD or not.

Only a low level format will get rid of all data I do not know if you can even low level format a sata drive

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