Why this exists

Old computers leave offices and homes every day: sold online, handed to a nephew, donated, returned at lease end, dropped at a recycler. Most still hold the email, the client files and the saved passwords of the person who used them. Erasing them properly is not hard, but the right way differs for every device, the advice online is full of old habits, and months later nobody can say what was done to which machine.

ComputerManagement.org does two things. The planner turns the current federal guideline, NIST SP 800-88 Revision 2, and the makers' own instructions into a short checklist for your exact device. The ledger keeps a Certificate of Sanitization for each one, so the proof is there when a client, an auditor or your own memory asks.

Who runs it

It is a paid web service made and run by WeldonPC.com. It is not a nonprofit, not a government site, and not affiliated with NIST, Microsoft, Apple, Google or any recycler. "Computer Management" is also the name of a Windows administrative tool; this site has nothing to do with that tool.

What it does not do

• It never connects to your devices and erases nothing.
• It certifies nothing: each certificate is the signer's own statement.
• It recommends no recycler or destruction service and takes no referral money.
• It sends no email and needs no account.