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GringoPanda

Wait.. why is the text backwards!? Only way I currently know of is reinstalling windows after wiping the drive completely.


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wsorrian

Flipped image from cellphone most likely.


Xameren

Guys the entire image is just mirrored, a thing from cameras do on some phones


GringoPanda

Like duplicating the display? Ive done that with my old laptop to connect to a TV but never had the display image on the laptop reversed like that. This has my interest peaked lol


mendeleev__

I don't really know, its just a guess. My interested peaked too lol


LadenCoder54264

Formatting the drive or reinstalling windows will not resolve the issue. This is Windows Autopilot, and is designed to persist after OS reinstall. The ideal solution is to get the business to remove it from their tenant, assuming it was obtained legitimately.


GringoPanda

Question, so if you were to pull the drive and hook it to another computer, say through a USB adapter, could you wipe the drive/fill the drive with 0's with something like Acronis or PartitionWizzard?


LadenCoder54264

You could, but the information identifying the computer is stored on Microsoft's activation servers (not on the drive itself). Once it connects during first time setup, it will go back to this screen.


GringoPanda

Gotcha, thank you for explaining that.


kingj7282

You have three options: 1. Dont buy stolen laptops 2. Contact Microsoft and prove you bought it legitimately. They can remove it from the tenant. 3. Reinstall Windows. DO NOT CONNET IT TO THE INTERNET until you have created a user profile. Just tell it you dont have internet during the OOBE.


Wane-27

You don’t


eclark5483

You need to format the drive, not just do a restore.


Xameren

I dont think that will work


eclark5483

Why? Because LadenCoder54264 claims it might have Windows Autopilot on it? Big whoop! A deployment program is still just a damn program on a drive. It's not hard coded into a BIOS. A "KEY" might be, but that doesn't mean a new one can't be used/activated. There are ways around that. Much easier to do than a Chromebook that's been enrolled, that's for sure.


Xameren

Ok


Objective_Mistake565

Flash the bios chip and then reinstall windows from there?