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    • lilluciaL
      lillucia @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller No, just the same user account control blocking I mean.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @lillucia
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        @lillucia said:

        @scottalanmiller No, just the same user account control blocking I mean.

        Oh okay, so a full imaging would probably have worked. That's what we were saying as an SOP, always fully wipe a machine before using. Never trust the OS that comes from the OEM both because it shouldn't be trusted but also so that you can establish a consistent operating environment.

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        • RoguePacketR
          RoguePacket @scottalanmiller
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          @lillucia

          @scottalanmiller said:

          ...Never trust the OS that comes from the OEM....

          That, so that. Kind of a sign when there is a good & well known program to...**Decrap ** computers—

          • http://www.decrap.org/
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            technobabble
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            Has anyone used Decrap?

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            • lilluciaL
              lillucia @RoguePacket
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              @RoguePacket mmm interesting. I have much to learn...

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @technobabble
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                @technobabble said:

                Has anyone used Decrap?

                Hopefully not. Much better to do a clean image.

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                • alexntgA
                  alexntg @lillucia
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                  @lillucia said:

                  @alexntg It wouldn't let us wipe it! I think that was the point where they decided just to replace it.
                  I was only wondering whether it was something with Windows 8 that would have been fine with 8.1,

                  Just weird really... I was at the point of throwing the stupid thing out the window.

                  Was secure boot enabled? It's a BIOS setting that prevents other OSes from installing.

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                    technobabble @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    @technobabble said:

                    Has anyone used Decrap?

                    Hopefully not. Much better to do a clean image.

                    I do like that option when the client is on-board, however very small businesses (mom & pops) usually decline because of time and cost.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @technobabble
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                      @technobabble said:

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      @technobabble said:

                      Has anyone used Decrap?

                      Hopefully not. Much better to do a clean image.

                      I do like that option when the client is on-board, however very small businesses (mom & pops) usually decline because of time and cost.

                      Saving money is never something that little shops like. That's why they stay little 😉

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                        technobabble @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        @technobabble said:

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        @technobabble said:

                        Has anyone used Decrap?

                        Hopefully not. Much better to do a clean image.

                        I do like that option when the client is on-board, however very small businesses (mom & pops) usually decline because of time and cost.

                        Saving money is never something that little shops like. That's why they stay little 😉

                        Yep.

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