Corporate XP Pro to Regular XP Pro

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Question for anyone who could help....

I have a laptop that has XP Pro loaded onto it, but it has been customized by the IT department. Meaning normal file paths point to network drives, objects in GUI are disabled, and other such madness. What I would like to be able to do is "reset" my OS to a state that it would be like if you installed XP Pro from a normal CD installation.

Anybody have any suggestions?

Thanks
 
If you have the use of a company owned computer, you can only
perform changes with the approval of your company's systems administrator.
Making unauthorized changes on your own could land you in hot water.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Question for anyone who could help.....
|
| I have a laptop that has XP Pro loaded onto it, but it has been customized by the IT department. Meaning
normal file paths point to network drives, objects in GUI are disabled, and other such madness. What I would
like to be able to do is "reset" my OS to a state that it would be like if you installed XP Pro from a normal
CD installation.
|
| Anybody have any suggestions??
|
| Thanks
 
Well...perhaps I should clarify a bit...the company laid me off and as part of my severance package was that I got to keep the laptop...hence my need to revert it back to a "normal" configuration

Thanks
 
Your best bet is to perform a "clean install".

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Well...perhaps I should clarify a bit...the company laid me off and as part of my severance package was that
I got to keep the laptop...hence my need to revert it back to a "normal" configuration.
|
| Thanks
 
My guess is that you are going to have to re-install from
scratch since there is no way to know all the
customization performed by the IT dept.
-----Original Message-----
Well...perhaps I should clarify a bit...the company laid
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me off and as part of my severance package was that I got
to keep the laptop...hence my need to revert it back to
a "normal" configuration.
 
If you have Volume License Windows XP Pro, sometimes mistakenly called
Corporate version, a Repair Installation can allow you to use your
retail Windows XP Pro CD and your Product Key to perform a Repair
Installation:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


Airtraveler said:
Question for anyone who could help.....

I have a laptop that has XP Pro loaded onto it, but it has been
Click to expand...
customized by the IT department. Meaning normal file paths point to
network drives, objects in GUI are disabled, and other such madness.
What I would like to be able to do is "reset" my OS to a state that it
would be like if you installed XP Pro from a normal CD installation.
 
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