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-====== ​Laptop Software Policy ​====== +======How to reset your laptop to the Windows 10 factory image======
-All students separating from the college are responsible for deleting/​removing all institutionally owned software from their laptops upon departure.+
  
 +Before doing the steps below make sure you have all your data backed up on an external source i.e. thumb drive, external hard drive, or cloud storage. ​ This process will delete all data and user accounts. ​ When completed your laptop will be like it was out of the box from Dell.  We recommend using this method to “refresh” you laptop to give it a longer life after graduation.
 +  - Make sure it is plugged into power
 +  - Now, click on the Start menu and type “Reset This PC” Click Enter
 +  - Click on Get Started
 +  - Next, click on Remove Everything
 +  - Click on Change Settings
 +  - Click on the toggle so that it says On. It should say “Remove files and clean the drive.” Click Confirm
 +  - Check that it says “Remove files and clean the drive.” Click Next, then click Reset
 +Once it reaches 100% you will see a black screen saying “A configuration change was requested to clear this computers TPM” you want to press F12 to clear the TPM
 +Your laptop will now be ready to setup. ​ It will walk you through creating a new account.  ​
  
-You are no longer licensed ​to use any Olin owned/​licensed software including:+Once the reset process is complete you will need to setup your system, simply follow the onscreen instructions. ​ If you are signing in with a Microsoft account that account will be used via Microsoft support for password recovery. 
 +If you don’t have a Microsoft account you want to use, we recommend making a secondary local administrator account as a backup in case you forget the password for your primary account. ​ You can do this by doing the following:
  
-  * Olin site licensed software such as Matlab and Solidworks + 1Click Start , then type “users"​.
-  * Symantec Endpoint Protection - you should have a personal copy of antivirus software +
-  * All programs that are licensed for the cloud from Microsoft and Adobe will stop functioning as the licensing will be expiredBe sure to move any cloud files to a more accessible location+
  
-Microsoft Security Essentials is free antivirus/​anti malware product provided by Microsoft that  + 2. Expand the **Local Users and Groups section**. 
-should serve most students needs in replacing ​the institutionally-owned Symantec that comes installed ​on all Olin-maintained computers.+ 
 + 3. Select **Users**, and then **Action** at the top of the window, and click **New User**. 
 + 
 + 4. Create username and password for the account and click **Create**. 
 + 
 +5. Click on **Groups** on the left in the **Computer Management** window, then double click **Administrators**. 
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 +6. On the next window click **Add**, type in the name of the new account you just made and click **Okay**.
  
-Please note that all network based applications that connect to a server for a license key will no  
-longer work.