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875212 2010-04-11 11:08:00 HI
I have been given an old laptop from work and i was able to logon once with the passwords i hadfrom work .

I want to be able to use it for home use only
I dont wish to use the work domain to logoonto windows xp
What and how can i re-set this laptop as a stand alone computer
It has Windows XP pn it already
i just want it cleaned up and useable
Can you help me

Tks Gill
Gill Reid (15722)
875213 2010-04-11 11:11:00 do you have a Windows XP CD? you work might have one. get a copy and do a format and reinstall. if you cant find anything usefull on google on how to do this or dont know how to do this, let me know and i'll find you a simple to follow guide goodiesguy (15316)
875214 2010-04-11 11:12:00 Right mouse / properties on my computer on the desktop. Computer name tab. Click on change. Delete the domain info . Altho you may or may not have to take it back to whoever added it to the domain to fix it properly.

Or reinstall XP
Speedy Gonzales (78)
875215 2010-04-12 07:17:00 What brand/model is it? It may have a recovery partition on the HDD, you just press the required key while rebooting, and it'll reset your OS, drivers and all back to factory settings. feersumendjinn (64)
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