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I am an administrator for a business and have inherited windows 7 guest computers. They are pretty much soft locked to where the only thing that can be done is surf the web. I have no administrator profile, no command prompt or any permission that would allow me to update or format. Is there anyway that i can format these computers without administrator access or the command prompt?

DamonA
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    Define what you mean by "format these computers" – Moab Apr 20 '16 at 18:44
  • I meant to wipe them clean, and do a fresh install of Windows 10, as i do not have the original windows 7 discs. I have recently taken over this position and am picking up pieces. – DamonA Apr 20 '16 at 20:14

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Boot the computer using the bootable Windows 7 Setup Disc. Repartition and reformat from the Setup application.

You will need this disc after a format in all cases.

Yorik
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  • Unfortunately i do not have access to any of these disks, as whoever set them up before i started did not leave them. I thought i could maybe do a windows 10 upgrade for free, but since these CPU's pretty much have no permissions to do anything i thought i could wipe them, then install Windows 10 from a drive. – DamonA Apr 20 '16 at 20:12
  • @DamonA - You cannot solve this problem without a Windows 7 installation disk. Download one if you don't have one. Of course formatting the machine isn't really required in a case like this. – Ramhound Apr 20 '16 at 21:29