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Giving away my computer to a friend - what security steps should I take?

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I want to give my old computer to my grandson's friend. I don't want to give the young people just a shell that would have to be repartitioned and new software loaded. In other words, I don't want to fully wipe out the hard drive - just my files and personal info. Also, I want to remove the MAC from Internet so when the kids log into the Internet and the MAC is read, I don't want the website to think it is us - the original owners, logging in. What do you suggest?
- Changed type Stephen BootsMVP, Moderator Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:17 PM off topic
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If you want to give it to them forever, I suggest that you buy a harddisk (new one) that is compatible with your old laptop and then take out your old harddisk and keep it and they will use old one.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:03 PM
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You are off topic for the forum that you posted to, which is dedicated to Microsoft Security Essentials

Your question may be better posed to one of the forums here, depending on your operating system:

Vista: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsvista

XP: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp

Windows 7: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7

-steve
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