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Re: Big problem



On 10/15/25 19:35, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
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C=83GV7WG09RVL&K=HP043NH824CG&M=urn:rtn:msg:202510160225592a7d108c370c48e3aea60e98f4f0p0na&R=HVKX807PDJCP&T=C&U=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB07GRKQKJ9%3Fref_%3Dpe_127665860_1053960000&H=RVDUQPUMYOP0ZBA7ZCWVNP0NREKA&ref_=pe_127665860_1053960000> Lenovo ThinkCentre M93Z 23in FHD All-in-One AIO Premium Flagship Desktop Computer, Intel Quad Core i5-4570S up to 3.6 GHz, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD, DVD, WiFi, Windows 10 Professional (Renewed) (New)


On 10/16/25 17:54, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
On 10/16/25 5:12 PM, David Christensen wrote:
On 10/16/25 13:04, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
It has windows 10 on it.  But he has to find the code in his email. He found it but no books or papers were with it.  I cannot get to anything on this computer except the CMOS.

Please tell us what message(s) appear on the console screen when you try to boot Windows.

It asked for the code sent to his email.  He could not get to his email since the damn computer would do nothing but

Please enter the code _______


So, when you power up the computer, it goes through the power-on self test (POST) and displays a challenge page with the following prompt:

    Please enter the code


And, there is no way to bypass the challenge page.


Is there anything else displayed on the screen? Logos? Pictures? Copyright notices? Any clues?


Is this how the computer arrived from Amazon? If not, who produced the software that implements the challenge page? AOL? What is the software support web page URL?


So, your friend obtained the code from AOL by some other means. What happens after you enter the code?


Has the data on the computer been backed up by some means that it can be restored using Debian GNU/Linux?


David


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