Fixing a neighbors pc who's husband reciently passed. Currently it reboots a second or 2 after the blue windows logo appears. Alternates between attempting auto repair and no text. So now I can not even get into the refresh option and she has no install media besides the restore partition.
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Old management company left us with public PCs with Steady State type of setup. After a reboot PCs restore back to preconfigured state, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. However, Old IT did not leave admin passwords or ability to customize new settings. New IT guy is overwhelmed with other...
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