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Win XP Security (selling laptop)

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Name: audisadi
Date: August 18, 2007 at 07:41:06 Pacific
OS: Win XP Home
CPU/Ram: Celeron M 1.4
Product: Acer
Comment:

Hello, I'm going to be selling my laptop shortly and was wondering if there was anything aside from a total uninstall/reinstall to remove all traces of me from this computer? I'm not so much concerned with files etc., but this version is registered in my name etc. which I can't seem to change.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.



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Name: mountain
Date: August 18, 2007 at 08:58:38 Pacific
Reply:

format/reinstall is the only way


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Response Number 2
Name: 1stepbeyond
Date: August 18, 2007 at 09:54:09 Pacific
Reply:

Hi
to change registered ownership xp etc easily done follow this link info

http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/ho...

& clean up ie6 with ccleaner.com



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Response Number 3
Name: EC
Date: August 19, 2007 at 00:15:58 Pacific
Reply:

If you are selling it, I would use one of the following to safely WIPE the drive:

CLICK HERE to go to DARIK'S BOOT AND NUKE

CLICK HERE to go to KILLDISK

EC


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