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Not actually a geek, more a chronicler of geekdom. Still mainly a journalist, sometimes a blogger.
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5 replies on “ElitePad 900’s non-trivial factory reset”
Can you(they) not do it through normal Windows channels? OEMs have always been idiots about this and crapware…
Yes, I found a way to do this in the bowels of Windows – my point is that HP seems unable to explain to users how to do something that’s quite simple.
Type factory reset, followed by the name of any smartphone or old-school PDA into Google, and you’ll instantly see a few short steps to resetting the device. It’s just as easy with the iPad and, I’m guessing here because I haven’t tried it, Android tablets. The HP site has around 90 screenshots and screeds of text on the subject but doesn’t actually make it clear how the reset is done.
Can you(they) not do it through normal Windows channels? OEMs have always been idiots about this and crapware…
Yes, I found a way to do this in the bowels of Windows – my point is that HP seems unable to explain to users how to do something that’s quite simple.
Type factory reset, followed by the name of any smartphone or old-school PDA into Google, and you’ll instantly see a few short steps to resetting the device. It’s just as easy with the iPad and, I’m guessing here because I haven’t tried it, Android tablets. The HP site has around 90 screenshots and screeds of text on the subject but doesn’t actually make it clear how the reset is done.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-NZ/windows-8/restore-refresh-reset-pc
First result.
“Settings > General > Remove everything and reinstall Windows”
Why HP, why!?!
Yes, that’s how I did it. I was hoping HP might have had something similar.
😉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinventing_the_wheel