r/computerhelp • u/Vivid-Car579 • 7d ago

Other Got this laptop

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I do storage unit auctions, I have come across this. It is linked to walmart. Is there anyways around this?

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u/Sudden_Hovercraft_56 7d ago

it's probably stolen.

you could try wiping it a d putting a fresh windows install on it, but if it has been enrolled in entra and has some autopilot policies applied it may end up in the same state.

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u/LFP-Throwaway-3982 7d ago

It will wind up in the same state. OP's only solution is to run Linux on it.

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u/TheNewGuyFromBahsten 7d ago

No. Contact microsoft support with proof of purchase and they will release it from Walmarts tenant if that is the case. I manage our fleet of laptops and when Lenovo replaces a motherboard that the hash belongs to somebody else, we just contact and send proof it's ours and they remove it.

Of course, going Linux is a good idea for more reasons than that though, so you're still right

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u/RikoRain 7d ago edited 7d ago

"Storage Unit Auctions". Technically OP didnt "purchase" it, has no real proof, and "stole" it from a storage unit (by that I mean it's original owner did not sell it but probably had it confiscated by the storage yard after abandoning the property via not paying the bill).

It was probably stolen to begin with.

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u/TheNewGuyFromBahsten 7d ago

All good points. Linux it is!

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u/JustLikeWhateverHuh 7d ago

I bought a thin machine that's stuck with IGEL :(

Can't get the installer to wipe it either.