Windows 10: How to reset Windows without the key?

So my 8 year old stepson has a PC and long story short, he installed all kinds of god knows what on it and it's all messed up. There is no way to install any new program (it simply doesn't start any installation app), I CANNOT access Task Manager for shit and can't figure out why.



So I'm going to need to do a fresh uninstall/re-install of windows but I have no idea where the key is or what it is since the actual windows 10 was a gift from family.



Also if I can successfully reset Windows, is there any way I can restrict things like some sort of parental control? I just don't want him installing anything without maybe a special password or something like that?



I'm not too knowledgeable on this kind of stuff so please excuse my ignorance if there is a "everybody knows this" part to my request lol.



thank you all in advance!

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