Windows 10: just inherited a good win 10 laptop-how do I refresh and eliminate previous owner info

just inherited a good win 10 laptop-how do I refresh and eliminate previous owner info-Thanks!

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Need to remove previous owner/administrator

Inherited a Win10 HP laptop. Need to remove the previous owner/administrator.

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Folder Owner and Inheritance spontaneously get changed

Hi,

I have a folder within my Documents folder where the ownership and inheritance keep changing, preventing me for editing files in that folder until I manually fix it.

Most folders under Documents are owned by my Windows account (my Windows email address) and Inherit permissions at a drive level.

The folder just show 4 inherited permissions:

Admins:Full Control

SYSTEM:Full Control

Authenticated Users:Modify

Users:Read and Execute

But, even if I set this particular folder to the same permissions the owner gets changed to the Administrators group, the inheritance is completely removed, and the folder changed to specific permissions:

The 4 above become folder specific, and 4 new permissions are added:

SYSTEM:Special

Administrators:None

Authenticated Userselete

Users:None

And net, I can't make any changes to the folder contents. I can manually remove these, change the owner a reactivate the inheritance, and all is good, but minutes later, it reverts to the Administrators owner and non-inherited permissions.

This does not happen to other folders under Documents if I edit files i there.

Now, the only oddity about this folder is that I have been backing it up using Google Drive (i.e. I've selected it as the only folder to be backed up to Google Drive on this computer). As I suspected Google Backup and Sync was the culprit, I removed the
folder from this (Although left Backup and Sync syncing the Google Drive).

However, this doesn't seem to have addressed the issue.

My main question is, is it possible to track the process that is changing the ownership/permissions. I've tried setting up auditing, but this doesn't seem to be giving me what I need, so I'd like some guidance on how I can best get that information.

 

Did my PC's previous owner have Windows 10?

Hi,

I got a laptop out of the dumpster. The disk was thoroughly dead so I replaced it and installed Window 8.1 (the version the laptop shipped with). The license key is in firmware, so it activated fine.

My question is: is there a way to know if the previous owner had gotten an upgrade to Windows 10? The old disk is unreadable. If the owner upgraded, MS must know that this laptop is licensed for Win 10. Is there a way for me to look that up? I'd like to
avoid installing Win 10 and then having to uninstall it if there's no license.

Thank you,

Bob