I have a used to be school computer. it's set up to prevent students from making changes. how c

i have an ibm computer with windows xp that used to belong to a college. apparently to ensure that students didn't mess things up they have some sort of security feature that resets everything when the computer is restarted. i can't make any changes or even install new programs without them being gone with the next reboot. anyone know how i can dissable this? i'm thinking that maybe if i reinstall windows? don't even know if that will do it, and even if it would, i could prob buy another good computer for the cost of a windows cd. any suggestions?

I have a used to be school computer. it's set up to prevent students from making changes. how can i stop this?network security

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I have a used to be school computer. it's set up to prevent students from making changes. how can i stop this?norton internet security

If you got this computer from the school, chances are they should give you some instructions on how to remove this. Unless you are on adminstrator acct, you cannot change settings that are set by admin. Oh, and windows cd costs around 100~200. A good pc costs around 500~1000 on sale.