Questions tagged [reset]
Use for questions about returning settings to their default or original values. Other tags are more appropriate for changes on a larger scale, such as [reinstall], [restore], [system-restore], or [system-recovery], unless that's the mechanism required to restore settings.
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What is the command to reset a Windows installation without deleting any files
I want to sell a pc and have reinstalled Windows 10 and afterwards I installed the correct GPU driver. Now I want to reset the pc so when it gets turned on the next time the windows first-time ...
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System error(10054) - An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
I run a dialer made by Altitude Software. Few people are likely to be familiar with this product, so please bear with me.
Problem:
The Altitude dialer software is an application running on Windows ...
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Windows 10 v1809 use custom WIM for "Reset this PC"
In Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, after capturing a well-audited image as OS restoration image, I use run this command in my running OS to instruct WinRE to use this image when resetting:
reagentc.exe /...
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Windows tablet iball
I have an iball windows tablet.i accidentally disable usb 3.0 from the bios and now it wont detect the keyboard anymore or any usb devices please help.and i cant get into the bios anymore since it ...
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Remove Ubuntu from dual boot and reinstall windows 10 on two drives laptop
I have a laptop with 2 drives and windows 10 on the first drive and Ubuntu 18.04 on the second. I want to delete Ubuntu from the second drive and restore factory settings and reinstall windows 10. ...
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I messed with easyBCD an can't find an answer elsewhere
I am on a Dell Inspiron 5567.
I first installed ubuntu to try to use linux but then I wanted to delete it and install debian instead.
But the usb boot never worked for debian (I don't know if I did ...
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Completely Reset Windows 10 Account
My issue is as follows:
I have a default user account ("Administrator") on a Windows 10 machine, a built in account that comes with the operating system. I'd like to reset this account (possibly not ...
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Resetting HP-Elitebook with Bitlocker and BIOS password
so my employment contract is over and I still got my Laptop (HP EliteBook 820 G3) which according to the contract is now mine. But it is encrypted using Bitlocker and has a BIOS password. I tryed to ...
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Dell XPS 13 Crashing on Factory Reset (CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED)
Im trying to factory reset on my Dell XPS 13 however everytime I choose any option in the 'Reset My PC' menu, it loads, restarts my laptop and then crashes with the blue screen containing error code: ...
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Will I lose all drivers if I reset Windows 10?
Two nights ago Windows Defender asked me to update some drivers, which I did but now I get a black screen with some cmd.exe title on it that disappears in a matter of seconds.
I only got to read ...
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What is the equivalent of clear or cls in TempleOS?
Sometimes my cursor gets lost in a muck of text in the scrollback buffer, or I have graphics created with calls like GrLine(,100,100,200,150); that I would like to clear.
What command or system call ...
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Power/Reset button not working after failing a CPU stress test
I overclocked my cpu and was stress testing it using a software. Then suddenly my monitor lost its signal. I thought this was another symptom of overclock failure and tried to hit Power/ Reset button. ...
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Reset password Brother 8890DW
we have in our office a brother MFC-8890DW and we lost the password for user "admin" ("access" is the default). How i reset this password (or reset all printer settings)? I cant do any changes (like ...
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Best way to reset a windows (Nt6x) system before capture other than Sysprep
Is there any other better solution to reset a Windows System
with the intent capture and deploy to possible different hardware...
The intention is to keep most of the installed software/drivers
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windows 10 reset wrongly erased all of my files [closed]
My PC is running Windows 10. It wouldn't start and I selected to RESET AND KEEP MY FILES. After the reset, only the "Documents OneDrive" folder was kept. I had literally only 1 useless file saved ...
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ReAgentC Application Error: Continue factory reset?
I have a Notebook (Samsung Ativ Book 9) running on Windows 10 and I am trying to do a factory reset with Samsung Recovery (Boot + F4). While loading I get an Application Error:
ReAgentc.exe - ...
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How to restore the original firmware on D-link DI-514 router?
I bought a used D-link DI-514 router and it had some problems, and the reset button on it seems not to be working.
I tried to update its firmware but something went wrong, now I can't even access 192....
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Force en-masse powerwash for 1500 chromebooks?
My friend refurbishes pcs, buys trucks of them from companies and reinstalls Windows, updates, etc to get them resold.I am more a linux guy than he is so he asked me if I knew a way to force the ...
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sftp Received disconnect 11: Application error
I'm trying to connect by sftp from client-linux to Server. When I'm trying to connect from bash with sftp -v -oPort=22 username@SERVER I get:
Received disconnect from IP_OF_THE_SERVER: 11: ...
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Can files deleted but not erased during "Reset PC" be recovered?
After doing "RESET PC" and opting to delete personal files but not to erase them, can the deleted files be recovered?
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While doing "RESET PC" in Windows 10, will my partitions other than C drive will be affected?
I plan to use the RESET PC feature in WINDOWS 10 in my laptop.
I want to reinstall windows 10 in my C drive and dont want to keep any previous
files in C drive or any system settings.
After clicking ...
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what happened to my program files after factory resetting
I just reset my windows 10 laptop with the keep my files option. It has uninstalled all my programs (as I wanted) however has not freed up any space on my drive. Where are my program files from before?...
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How can I make my hard drive and SSD the same as when i purchased them?
I have A gaming computer with a 2TB Hard drive and 250 gb SSD. lately i feel games i have installed and reinstalled over and over, and then other programs ive deleted are still remaining on the drives,...
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Will a windows reset erase everything in the root of C:\?
I want to reset Windows 10 I don't have enough space to copy GTA V and ARK over to a new harddrive (~180gb worth of space) so I'm wondering if I move those files up to root level will windows reset ...
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Home Router Network Connectivity Issues
I'm not entirely sure whether my question here is appropriate for this Stack Exchange site, but if there's one that's more appropriate, please let me know how to put my question there as well.
So, ...
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Reset Windows 10 to factory state without creating new user
I bought a Dell laptop that I find to slow.
I wanted to clean it and return it so I proceeded with the factory reset option. My aim was to remove user account, language packs and return the laptop in ...
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asus e200ha - black screen after reset
I have a laptop ASUS E200HA Vivobook that I originally got with windows 7, and upgraded a few months ago to windows 10.
I tried to reset the computer and delete everything from it. I first chose the ...
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How to reset PC without reverting back to factory OS, Windows 8?
My notebook comes along with Windows 8 which is factory default OS. I upgraded that Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 via Store. After a long time of usage, I want to reset my Windows as the files were stored ...
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Can Windows reset save my computer?
I've gone through some kind of virus and malware apocalypse after downloading some stuff, and antiviruse programs fail to clean everything. What is worse, after deleting what seemed to me as some ...
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If I do a REFRESH of Windows 10, will it remove all none-system apps I installed on a different logical dedicated apps-drive?
I got a Lenovo G50-80 laptop (1TB, 5400 rpm, 1.90Ghz, 12 GB) that came pre-installed with windows 10. I then dual-booted it with Win81. My Win10 is now freezing five minutes at a time, saying it can't ...
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How to reset the BIOS without opening the notebook?
I have a vostro 5470, I installed the hackintosh, but when I turned it off it does not turn on anymore (the leds do not turn on), I did some research and found that the way mac os shut down the ...
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Two versions of Windows 10 listed under "Reset This PC". How to delete one of them?
I recently "Reset" my copy of Windows 10 by selecting the option "Keep My Files".
However, now the Recovery Environment lists two copies of Windows 10 under the "Reset This PC" option.
Both copies ...
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Why is McAfee pre-installed after resetting my PC?
I have a Dell Inspiration 15 laptop. The computer was acting slow, so I used Windows 10's built in recovery tools to reset my copy of Windows to a clean slate.
Just a few hours after resetting, I ...
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Will a windows 10 system reset fix corrupted drivers?
I believe I have corrupted drivers since the only way to reach the windows login screen and login is by disabling driver signature enforcement.
I can't use safe mode, system restore fails, and sfc /...
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Windows 10 won't load
My computer (Windows 10) does not want to boot. It diagnoses and then tries to fix issues, but it loads for ages. I tried to make a bootable USB key to repair the computer (I downloaded a cracked copy ...
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Windows 10 Reset Install boot loops and errors
A couple days ago I started a Windows 10 Reset to start fresh again. At this point I am stuck and not sure what to do next. I am using Ubuntu right now which is dual-booted on this machine.
Some ...
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Window 7 upgrade to 10 then Windows 10 reset this PC
I have a client that is across the country from me that wants to factory reset his PC so as to fix any issues the current OS install has. He currently has Windows 7, which does not have a in OS way ...
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Dangers of resetting CMOS to "default settings"..? Can resetting BIOS/CMOS stuff have adverse effects on my XP system?
In troubleshooting a problem I am having, I found one possible solution. (If you are interested: It is No. 4 of this article https://www.raymond.cc/blog/help-a-disk-read-error-occurred-press-...
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Bypassing/Resetting Locked Win 10 Password [duplicate]
The church I go to gave me a computer and said I can have it an play with it. I seems to be the secretary's old Desktop. It is a Dell (maybe Windows 10) Desktop computer. They don't remember the ...
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How do I reset my Laptop to factory settings
I have a sony vaio and I need to reset it to factory defaults - pretty much a format. However "F10" or "ALt + F10" on start up do not work. I suspect the factory partition has been lost somehow.
The ...
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How to hard reset the VoCore2 Ultimate?
A student of mine was trying to configure the VoCore2 Ultimate but somehow managed to lock us out.
He said something about a static IP address, I did not understand what exactly and I frankly don't ...
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Resetting Windows 8 password with a broken screen
Currently trying to get some documents off of a Windows 8 laptop with a broken screen with a password that has been forgotten. I've tried the usual trick of booting into Advanced System Options and ...
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To what extent can a computer be reset to factory settings?
Our teacher gave us 2 used computers and asked us to format them and we did. Then we installed Windows 10 on both. Now he comes and says "I don't want any OS on them". Of course, when a computer is ...
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Will resetting Windows 10 overwrite Ubuntu grub?
I have a dual boot system with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.10. I want to reset windows but don't want to mess up with Ubuntu installation and grub which lets me choose which OS to boot up. What steps ...
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(Windows 10) offline nt password registry editor fails [duplicate]
I forgot my password on a Windows 10 machine. So I tried the offline nt password registry editor to clear it. But whenever I start the cd, it cannot find the partion:
Does someone know how to fix ...
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Will Windows reinstall wipe hard disk and reinstall drivers?
I have an ASUS ZenBook UX306U that I have completely messed up. I have about three operating systems installed, and lots of corrupted apps and files. I want to reset my computer with a clean ...
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Dell R710 - No Video - Hardware-only DRAC reset option?
Ok.. so.
Worst possible scenario with new (to me) server.
For whatever reason this server does not output video on either the front or rear VGA port.
..also, I went to reset the default password (...
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CnMemory with 2TB Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 not really new?
I have buyed a new external HDD CnMemory.
Now i connected it and checked the state with a short S.M.A.R.T test.
The result is really surprising, because it seems to be new, but there is a list of old ...
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Reset CMOS/BIOS
I've got an old Fusitsu Esprimo Q1510. The BIOS is corrupted, so I need to reset it.
I've read the manuals on the Fujitsu website, but I can't find any information on how to do this.
How do I fix it?...
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How to prevent macOS Sierra from resetting manually set brightness?
On both my 2015 Macbook Pro and 2012 MacBook Air (Sierra) brightness changes (usually to a brighter level) from what I had set it (sometimes as soon as 5 minutes ago).
Auto adjust brightness is ...
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