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submitted 2 days ago by Zenjal@lemmy.world to c/buildapc@lemmy.world

Hello!

Not sure if this is the right place, so if there's a better, please let me know, but I have a Lenovo think center that I acquired that I want to use as a simple home server, got an i5 6700 in it, may need some tweaks, but should be good. My problem is it came from a now defunct company and it wants my corporate email to download the profile. This is after I tried to factory reset it and delete all of the items. When I turn it on it asks for my corporate email, when I try to type iny Hotmail it says it's wrong and gives me the option for a security key USB. I've downloaded the win 11 installer onto a flash drive, but it jus goes straight to the corporate login request. I can get to bios, but admittedly I'm not sure what to do from there, as I'm not seein the proper options.

Any suggestions on how to flash this so I can use it for Plex, Valheim, Minecraft, and personal storage would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I have a pair of hdds imma use for the storage, am I other thinking this and just need to toss the original hdd?

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[-] UnpledgedCatnapTipper 3 points 1 day ago

Linux is probably your best bet. Alternatively, if you really want Windows, you could try installing a windows home edition, which can't join domains so might not work with whatever software is trying to provision it.

There's also this reddit solution which potentially is the fix you need. https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsHelp/comments/1cmi3xe/comment/l33c7ln/

[-] Zenjal@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

That worked! Thank you very much!

[-] UnpledgedCatnapTipper 1 points 4 hours ago

You're welcome! I'm glad I could point you in the right direction!

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