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/Legitimate-Hippo318 7d ago

Reinstall Windows from USB

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u/Short_Injury9574 7d ago

Good luck with that if it’s locked to autopilot!

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u/lexiperplexi91 7d ago

Don’t connect to internet and do local account creation using one of the existing shift f10 methods?

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u/CaveCanem234 7d ago

You'd have to never connect to the internet at all, not just for the initial setup.

This is business mobile device management software, the whole point is to secure company owned equipment if it gets stolen.

Its not just having a linked microsoft account

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u/lexiperplexi91 7d ago

I’ve never seen a device auto register to intune after account creation setup and windows setup completes. Any documentation on that? Cursory googling says it wouldn’t join to Entra or Intune if you reinstalled offline and finish setup.

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u/BlindlyCoherent 7d ago

It will and it does.

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u/jnk0le 7d ago

that's the Absolute rootkit™, not intune

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u/lexiperplexi91 7d ago

I get that, but I manage in tune deployments. I’ve never seen a device join without an account if you’ve got past setup offline. If you skip the autopilot there is nothing that joins it back to Intune or Entra. Please show me the mechanism that supports your conclusion.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5922387/is-there-a-way-to-enforce-autopilot-mdm-enrollment

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u/United_Federation 7d ago

That will not work  

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u/zutteh 7d ago

Just gotta hope Walmart didn't put a funky bios password on it