You don't need a "machine" to cut mats. Why, back in the "old" days, you cut mats with a sharp utility knife and a steel straight edge, on a wood surface!

You ever hear of "collectors"? Coins, stamps, cars, watches, cameras, etc etc. You collect things to admire them, appreciate how things were made "once upon a time", and, EVEN USE THEM.

I have 30 cameras ranging from earl 70's film to late model digital. So what? You do whatever you want.

Don't know what you mean by "most", but oh well, never mind.

???? Last I knew, the"D" in CD and second "D" in DVD stands for
"disk". They are both called "Optical disks".

Your comment means nothing at all. IT IS OBVIOUS THE OP WANTED TO USE A PI AS A PORTABLE!!!

THE QUESTION IS....HOW?

Nor does it have a power supply internally.

How do you think a Raspberry Pi is a portable computer? An external keyboard, display and power supply doesn't make it "portable".

So, HOW DO YOU GET TO THE COMMAND PROMPT IF YOU CAN"T LOGIN TO WINDOWS????

And what do you mean by your suggestion for getting a brand-new machine? Not that I really care, because you sound like a fool.

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It's not DOS in the background that you are talking about. Windows ceased to have DOS as it base long ago.

You are talking about the Command Prompt. And it is not available if you can't login to Windows.

You are confused. Besides not knowing if the computer in question is a desktop or a laptop:

DESKTOP (not laptop) computer motherboards have had reset switches or jumpers that reset the BIOS password, which controls powering-on and/or making BIOS changes. This has nothing to do with Windows if the Windows password is forgotten, so would be of no help.

And laptop computers no longer even have that anymore, because a stolen laptop could have its BIOS security removed so the thief could use/sell the laptop. Replacing the motherboard is how you fix a laptop with a locked BIOS.

When Windows 10 is installed fresh on a computer, it requires you to provide answers to three security questions. This is encrypted and stored on the hard drive. If you forget your password, Windows will ask you one of the security questions. If you answer correctly, you can then login, and reset your password in your User Account.

You are exceedingly stupid. Trump is saying so much bulls--t that is untrue, his dreams, etc that he should be ignored, as has been suggested by responsible people in the media. There are KNOWLEDGEABLE people trying to get important information to the public. Trump is confusing the issues.

The biggest FAKE news we have to deal with is coming from Trump's mouth.

"Approved for other uses" is worthless unless a drug is TESTED for the desired effects.

If you think Trump is being helpful and responsible, you should have your voting privileges revoked come November.

You are lost with the DOS-F11-stuff.

If grandson hasn't been using the computer, and has nothing on it he needs to save, wipe the hard drive and reinstall Windows. In other words, START OVER from a clean slate. And this time, set up TWO user accounts. His, and one for YOU, with admin access. Then you can login and manipulate things, like retrieving future data he needs.

If there is currently data on the machine that he needs, take the hard drive out and connect it to another computer via USB dock or an external drive enclosure. Then you can read his hard drive to your heart's content, retrieve data, then wipe it, put it back into his computer and install fresh Windows.

Just as CNN created 24/7 coverage of the Iraq War and scrounged up anything they could to fill the airtime, they're having to do it with Coronavirus.

Change the channel.

WRONG!
The FILING deadline has been extended to July 15th. My state, NY, has followed suit.

Much ado about nothing. As per the current media, there aren't ANY existing drugs that have sufficiently tested as safe and effective for the Coronavirus.
The Chinese or any one else in the world are EXPERIMENTING with antimalarials and other things, but NOTHING to run with yet.

Roberts/Used PP is a good outfit, as are the others mentioned.
But don't get your expectations too high. The stuff you have may or may not be worth enough to a dealer for them to make an offer. They have to RESELL what they buy, for a profit.