

The first step is to sign into your Windows 10 computer, and create a Windows 10 ISO file. Windows 10 allows to create bootable instances of itself that can run from a USB flash drive, and the process is actually very easy to get through. Most users won't bother going that far, with that said, there is one simple trick to do away with the discomfort of lending your laptop to someone else, while keeping your operating system just the way it is.


everything.Įntrusting someone with all of that, is a leap of faith that’s not for everyone, unless you know the borrower really well.Īside from privacy concerns, lending a laptop, to some, means to compromise and be ok with the expectation that by the time the device is returned, a few things might be out of place, from a different wallpaper, to theme colors, and maybe a few desktop items added or missing.īy that token, we could lay out a wordy tutorial on how to restrict the ability to install 3rd party applications and customization of the desktop, using the Group Policy Editor, but the truth is: who reads that stuff? All of our lives are in one tiny hard drive, from resumes, to private emails, bank statements, shopping lists. The “personal” in personal computer is there for a reason. For some it’s not the most comfortable experience, because everything is different, and you can’t really move or change anything without that feeling on the back of your head that makes you wonder if you are going to be reprimanded or yelled at. Running Windows 10 on any PC from a USB stick driveīorrowing a laptop PC from someone is a bit like driving someone else’s car, or crashing at someone else’s house.
