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Okay - I lent my Windows PC W7 to a friend. The friend did stuff to it and now, underneath, I think the PC still thinks it's owned by the guy I lent it to.
I'm not positive I'm the real administrator anymore. The friend is long gone.
I'm not sure where to begin to figure out what is wrong/right.
I haven't been able to roll the device back to pre-friend lend time.
I'm wanting to 'clear the decks' of the PC, at the same time keeping whatever directories to what's left on the discs.
I want what's left in memory of what is mine, while fully sanitizing it of any other being's stuff.
I want to make sure the computer doesn't have spyware that makes it call out somewhere monthly and download particulars.
While I did assemble the Windows machine, that's as far as it goes for me, computer savvy wise.
I don't know a BIOS from a TRIOS.
I'm thinking I'll be buying some kind of disc from Microsoft to fix things.
Is there a better way?