An interesting ThinkPad twist
An interesting ThinkPad twist
My Lenovo ThinkPad T14s story got an interesting twist that I never experienced before that led to me owning a Lenovo ThinkPad T14 now.
The original plan
I decided to setup a Windows partition on my ThinkPad in order to make use of my eGPU and play some games. Mainly Cyberpunk 2077 and Diablo 4.
I tried to run the games on Linux using Steam and Bottles which worked but especially Cyberpunk was a bit unstable.
The Unexpected Discovery
So I installed Windows on a dedicated partition and in the initial setup screen of Windows I was greeted with the Microsoft login dialog that weirdly showed the logo of a small German company and the proposal in the E-Mail field also ended with the domain of that bespoke company.
I’m not too familiar with the different enterprise setup options of Windows but I suspected that this notebook still was part of some enterprise program.
The plot Twist
So I contacted the seller and asked what the problem could be. He replied and said he most probably forgot to remove this device in the company’s management software and told me to do this the next day.
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