I have a Windows 10 Enterprise PC that formerly belonged to a corporate domain network, with some settings configured by the IT department. The company discarded the PC and allowed me to take personal ownership of it, but some of the corporate settings are still active. How can I remove all of their settings without doing a clean wipe and reinstall of Windows?
Here's an example of one setting, but I don't want to chase them down one by one, because I don't even know what they all are. Windows Security->Firewall & Network Protection->Private Network->Microsoft Defender Firewall: it's disabled with the message "This setting is managed by your administrator."
I tried the "Command Prompt" method from this page but it didn't help.
Edit: I would like to avoid deleting all of the installed software. "Reset this PC" would wipe everything.
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Perhaps you can try to sysprep the system, it is not designed for this exact purpose but performs some similar tasks.
Removes PC-specific information from the Windows image, including the PC’s security identifier (SID). This allows you to capture the image and apply it to other PCs. This is known as generalizing the PC.
Uninstalls PC-specific drivers from the Windows image.
Prepares the PC for delivery to a customer by setting the PC to boot to OOBE.
Sysprep can also be configured to retain installed drivers via editing registry keys:
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\Sysprep\Settings\sppnp
Select Edit - New DWORD value
Enter a name of PersistAllDeviceInstalls
Set to a value of 1 and click OK
