Windows 10: I have an old corporate laptop which I received from a former employer for personal use,...

I have an old corporate laptop which I received from a former employer for personal use. They have removed the hard drive and RAM which I have replaced. When I go to install windows 10 onto the new hard drive it gets to a point then asks for my old company email address. Is there a way around this? I asked the company IT department if they can help, which they advised they cannot due to it no longer being a company laptop?The laptop previously had windows 10 Enterprise. The new hard drive I've purchased is blank yet when I try to install Windows 10 Pro it gets so far and asks for my previous c

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Received laptop from previous employer

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Until the OP reposts those images, this is the best I can do [pictures updated after I discovered a utility called PerspectiveImageCorrection]. I think it is enough to allow identification of the screens.

This one looks, to me, to be a Bios system password prompt, as expected.




I don't know this one. I don't know Bitlocker.




Denis

 

Received laptop from previous employer

Couldn't you just email your former employer at let them know the machine they gave your is password locked. They should be able to provide the credentials to unlock it.

 

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Taking into consideration all that we know about your corporate email account, including what software it uses and what instructions you were given, and what happened when you followed those instructions, and what troubleshooting steps you've already performed
and what the results were, and what help and advice you received from your employer and what happened when you tried to follow their advice ... what were you expecting us to say?