How can I restore a computer to factory settings if it's still connected to the server and I'm not an admin?

[epheby98]

The place I work is closing down and they've let me have a computer. I wanted to restore it to factory settings but I cant do it if I'm not the admin on the server. I have the admin password however because I have the computer at home I'm not able to access the admin because it's not in the area. Help?

 

[boosted1g]

If you have the admin password then what is the problem??? If you have the admin password and just dont know where the settings are to reset we can help you.

It is however agianst our forum rules to help you bypass any security measures as we have no real way of knowing that you are supposed to have the device. I am in no way accusing you, but just making the point that we have no way to know if what you tell us is true, or if you figured they are going out of business and you just took the computer home.

 

[epheby98]

If you have the admin password then what is the problem??? If you have the admin password and just dont know where the settings are to reset we can help you.

It is however agianst our forum rules to help you bypass any security measures as we have no real way of knowing that you are supposed to have the device. I am in no way accusing you, but just making the point that we have no way to know if what you tell us is true, or if you figured they are going out of business and you just took the computer home.

It tells me there are no login servers available meaning although i have the admin password it is unable to access it.

 

[boosted1g]

Your computer is part of a domain, it is giving the error about login servers as it is trying to access the domain server to validate user login to the domain server and apply security permissions and resources. Since the computer was not "disconnected" from being linked to the domain before it was removed it can not easily be "disconnected".

If you are wanting to reset the computer to factory, you should be re-installing windows, not trying to boot into it anyways.
If the computer is not too old (like before 2005) then it should have a recovery partition to wipe it back to factory, you just need to google instructions to do so for your particular computer. OEMs use different keys and different menu options and then change those options every other year it seems like, thus the best course of action is to google your computer model as i stated.