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My (not ISP-owned) internet router-modem combo reset to defaults

After several years of working 100% reliably, my third-party internet router-modem combo suddenly "forgot" the WiFi names and passwords I had created and reverted to the factory defaults. ...
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Windows Blue screen of death Inaccesible boot device After BIOS Factory Default

I had a friend do something in BIOS, which resulted in a "Non-system Disk failure," so he reverted to Factory BIOS, and now I get an Inaccessible boot device BSOD. I'm using some Kingston ...
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How to flash a Hololens 1

At work, I've inherited an old Hololens 1. Unfortunately, the configured credentials are long lost, so there seems to be no way of logging in to the device. I think that resetting it to factory state ...
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How to reset the PC to a Pure Windows 11 Pro state?

When I reset my PC (and chose delete everything) it just reverts it back to the state I got it from the manufacturer with all the bloatware they installed (even though it's Windows 11 Pro). Now that I ...
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Windows 11 Reset PC options

Suppose I want to reset my PC (laptop) to factory defaults. It was shipped with Windows 11 and some preinstalled apps. Windows 11 provides several options to reset the PC. From the Microsoft website: ...
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What is the default Enster IP Camera's username and password?

I have an Enster PTZ Cameras. My model number specifically is NST-IPC7175-W. When I boot this camera up, I can see exposed on the network as 192.168.1.88, however the printed instructions don't tell ...
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How do I reset the default configuration on a MikroTik Chateau LTE12

This should be simple, but it's proving to be quite difficult. I recently opened a brand new MikroTik Chateau LTE12. The default configuration has pretty typical with WiFi and LTE enabled. It was ...
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Reset Smart values to factory defaults for a Samsung NVMe SSD?

Here https://askubuntu.com/a/687455/974560 is a quesion regarding resetting smart values to factory defaults on old spinning S-ATA disks. In the comments is a link to a youtube video which is not ...
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control panel resets automatically

I guarantee you haven't heard of this question before. When I drag a window to the top of the screen Windows10 displays the "maximize" window animation in anticipation of automatically ...
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Does a factory reset cause any lasting damage to a Windows PC?

Just interested, does a factory reset cause any sort of lasting damage to a PC? Does it use up a lot of an SSD's finite write cycles? What computer component does a factory reset affect specifically? ...
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Loss of power during factory reset

So, I started a factory reset through windows settings on my laptop while in college, not realising that it would take ages. My battery on my laptop doesn't work, so when I unplugged it all to go home,...
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Reset windows 10

Currently, I have have windows 10 2004 version. When I bought the laptop,It had 1803 version. If I factory reset the laptop, Will it turn back to 1803 version ? What to do to stay with 2004 version. (...
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How to COMPLETELY reset windows vista, leaving only the os

How do I completely reset my Windows Vista computer? The only help I can find for this online is for reinstalling from a backup - I don't want to keep any data on the computer, except for Windows ...
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USB mouse not recognized after restoring to factory settings

I've recently had to restore my computer back to factory settings (all applications removed and configuration resetted but keeping my files) after a Windows 10 update failed to install properly. My ...
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Lenovo Ideapad 100S-14IBR - how to reset to factory settings

I am unable to access a Lenovo Ideapad 100S-14IBR because a supervisor password was set and the person who did this cannot remember the password. I have tried disconnecting the BIOS battery + main ...
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