[dba-Tech] Chromebook horror

[Gary Kjos]

Why don't you try to do a total reset of it?

https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/183084?hl=en

Factory reset your Chromebook

Sign out of your Chromebook.
Press and hold Ctrl + Alt + Shift + r.
Select Restart.
In the box that appears, select Powerwash  Continue.
Follow the steps that appear and sign in with your Google Account.
Note: The account you sign in with after you reset your Chromebook
will be the owner account.
Once you've reset your Chromebook:

Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your Chromebook
Check if the problem is fixed



On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 2:45 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In the spirit of experimentation I thought I'd buy a Chromebook. I did
> manage to connect it to my  wifi, and that's when the horrors began. I
> couldn't remember my Google password and so logged in as a guest, and now I
> can't escape that login. (I have recovered my Google password, but cannot
> sign in as me because I've condemned myself to Guest.)
> I watched a video about how to install Windows 10 on a Chromebook. The
> vidBelarc works only on Windows and the Settings button doesn't seem to
> have a Windows-like option that will tell you what's inside, so how can I
> learn this? I can't even find the model number. All I know is that it's
> made by HP and the salesperson said it's got 32 gigs, but that person -
> obviously untrained  - claimed it was 32 gigs of RAM, which was the reason
> I bought it. Idiot me; it must mean that it contains a 32 GB hard disk and
> who knows, maybe 4GB of RAM. No way I can know without figuring out
> Chrome's equivalent of Belarc Advisor or Computer.
> If I can, I will convert this to a Windows 10 machine, run Belarc and see
> what I've been suckered into buying, and then decide what to do with it.
> Maybe I'll give it to Nellie's, a shelter for abused women in the
> neighbourhood, to which I donate  $10 a month -- and then go buy a serious
> laptop.
> I got suckered by price. My bad.
>
> --
> Arthur
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