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How can I make it difficult to install a new operating system on a certain computer?

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Mar 15, 20264267 views
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I want to host a website on a desktop computer running Ubuntu with a Windows virtual machine. I will give away the computer in exchange for a number of months of remote web hosting. I want to add some kind of lock (hardware or otherwise) so that the end users will have difficulty just reinstalling …

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The only tools you have for preventing installation of a new operating system on standard PC hardware would be to do something like this: Lock the case. Use the Kensington slot if your case has one, otherwise physically lock it somehow. Configure a …

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