how much slack in "Factory Reset"

["McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

Hey gang, please weigh in...

FIRST QUESTION
If a command for a piece of electronic/computer equipment says:
"Factory Reset", do you assume that it clears some stuff and 
revokes some stuff and puts the equipment in a condition that's 
suitable for a new user, starting "fresh" to configure and begin 
using? 

OR, do you assume that it wipes out literally anything that was 
not "as shipped from factory", including rolling back firmware, 
removing any capability updates (that you might have purchased 
for good money...), and generally leaves no trace that the 
item has had a life of any sort since it first left the factory...??

SECOND QUESTION
For the first scenario (first paragraph, above) what might be 
a better term than "Factory Reset".

Yes, thanks, I'm having an argument with someone. How did you know?  :-)


Kevin McLauchlan
Senior Technical Writer
SafeNet, Inc.
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