re-imaging my computer?

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alexmurphy

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So i went to a school that gave me a school laptop while I was there. I am not going to school there next year, however. when you graduate, the IT center at our school takes the computers and re-images them for home use. but I am transferring to another school, and i will be a junior, not a senior.

Right now, starting up my computer always tries to connect to my school's network, and because it can't, its basically non-functional. I need to be able to use this computer as any computer i could have bought at the store. The only thing I could think to do is to re-image it. i don't know for 100% sure this will fix my problem though, which is why I am asking everyone else's opinion on this.

I sent an email to the IT guy at the old school asking about it but it has been 3 days and I have not gotten a reply. I know someone would have asked about contacting the school..
 
alexmurphy said:
So i went to a school that gave me a school laptop while I was there. I am not going to school there next year, however. when you graduate, the IT center at our school takes the computers and re-images them for home use. but I am transferring to another school, and i will be a junior, not a senior.

Right now, starting up my computer always tries to connect to my school's network, and because it can't, its basically non-functional. I need to be able to use this computer as any computer i could have bought at the store. The only thing I could think to do is to re-image it. i don't know for 100% sure this will fix my problem though, which is why I am asking everyone else's opinion on this.

I sent an email to the IT guy at the old school asking about it but it has been 3 days and I have not gotten a reply. I know someone would have asked about contacting the school..
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Well, do you know how to connect to a new wireless network? Or is it actually broken.
 
bkribbs said:
Well, do you know how to connect to a new wireless network? Or is it actually broken.
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No if he is off campus he cannot authenticate against whatever directory server his account authenticates to while normally in school. So, no matter what he has to be on their network. Also, since we have no clue if this is stolen or not they need to take it to the school immediately, and if it is a legit problem the IT guy can fix it.
 
tlarkin said:
No if he is off campus he cannot authenticate against whatever directory server his account authenticates to while normally in school. So, no matter what he has to be on their network. Also, since we have no clue if this is stolen or not they need to take it to the school immediately, and if it is a legit problem the IT guy can fix it.
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Oh. I thought that he could log on, but not connect to the network. I misunderstood.
 
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