Windows 10: I have done a factory reset of my Windows 10 pc and am having difficulty creating a new...

I have made a factory reset of my Windows 10 PC. My attempts to set up a new profile have failed. The new settings are deleted whenever the PC is restarted, 3 times so far. I have Microsoft 365, now with a stand-alone Outlook Classic. Outlook.com does not work for me and I need to restore Outlook Classic so that it Syncs all current and historic emails on my Virgin Media mail server, as it did before the factory reset was forced upon me. The temporary profiles do not do that. I obviously had to make a fresh download of Microsoft 365, which no longer includes Outlook, so I have downloaded Outlo

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Trying to Factory Reset Windows 10 w/o Administrator/BitLocker/USB

Hello,

I have been trying to reset my Surface Go. I do not have access to the Administrator account, hence why I am trying to factory reset my PC. I do not have a USB available, nor do I have a USB I can use to create a bootable media to reinstall Windows 10. I have tried resetting Windows 10 from the Troubleshoot Menu (Holding Shift while Restarting), but when I complete all the steps, my PC does not factory reset.

My Version number is 20H2 (OS Build 19042.1052)

Thanks!

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

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How to factory reset Cisco 1700 Router

Hopefully I can help you here....its a very common thing to happen.


First, I take it you dont know the passwords for console access or telnet/ssh?

I will assume that these devices belong to you.

step 1. Plug a cisco console cable into a serial port on your pc
step 2. Plug other end into Cisco console port
step 3. Using hyperterm or putty or similar connect to the serial port
step 4. boot router, and make sure you clearly can see the output (this confirms you have good serial comms)
step 5. if this fails, adjust the comm port settings (9600, 8,1,n are the default)
step 6. now you have to do the only hard part...send the break command:

Break command list: Break Commands

Go down the list and match your OS and SW and try the sequence suggested.

If this fails several times do what I do: Install putty (free) and then to send a break so you can get into rommom just hit "ctrl-a b".