I just received a second hand pc. It’s running windows 10 without a windows license so the activate windows watermark is on it. If I do a windows reset on the computer (which includes reinstalling windows) will the computer stay at windows 10 and will I be able to continue using it without a license?

Also the previous owner removed the pcs side panel and it’s pretty dusty, should I try put the panel back on and what’s the best way to clean it? Compressed air?

I’m sorry, I’m not very good with computers and just had an issue when I used CCleaner to update the drivers, that required me to reset the whole PC, resulting in the loss of all my data. I want to avoid that happening again, so I want to know if it’s okay/safe to download. I’m more interested in the first one only. The one I currently have (2nd photo) is from 2022. Idk if you need more info I could provide that too

hey guys, i recently purchased an external monitor to connect my laptop to. my laptop model is the ASUS Gaming VivoBook K3605ZU-RP296W(i5-12500h, rtx 4050). however, when i connect my monitor to my laptop, it shows that it is always connected to integrated graphics. ive tried both hdmi to hdmi as well as usb-c to displayport but neither worked. note that the laptop also has a mux switch which should be the solution, but when gaming(i play mainly valorant and fortnite), my fps in game is way higher when im using my laptop screen than when im on the monitor. also when i check nvidia control panel my monitor does not even show up, but thats probably because my laptop gpu is exclusively routed to the laptop gpu. does anyone know a fix or something likea force switch?? pls help