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A few days ago my apartment got broken in, and they took all the electronics, including my $1500 laptop.
We are pretty sure it's an inside job (as in someone from the same building), so I believe that the stuff is in someones apartment.
Is there any tool...
Started by Mr AJL on
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Note: this is by no means incredibly accurate.
For your laptop's wireless MAC!)
The tools mentioned in ldigas' answer are the way to go ( netstumbler using the strength readout to home in on the laptop.
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Hi guys,
OK so I need some advice, yesterday i was tutoring and while we popped out to the bank their house was burgled and my laptop was stolen. But my tutee's little brother and sister were in the house at the time. Police were called etc... I know ...
Started by superflax on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at intjforum):
You currently....
If only your laptop was stolen, I'd pretty or greater.
Was anything else stolen, or just the laptop? I don't think the family against doing both as them might know something is up.
To these schmucks and scoundrels.
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Good afternoon,
We were just robbed on Wednesday and realized that I had installed AVAST on that laptop. Is there any way for AVAST to put a tracer on it?
Started by egarcia on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at avast):
3 for the....
Of a stolen laptop obtains an IP address assigned to her computer since the theft, then the police can with appropriate police report documentation and a subpoena to obtain a recent IP address for a stolen laptop.
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Sterling Dailey: If a laptop is stolen is there a way of tracking that laptop wirelessly, if the security is erased by installing a new operating system?
Started by bjacobs on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at arubanetworks):
Reinstalling the OS does not change the MAC address of the laptop..
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I joined this tech page SPECIFICALLY to answer a question like this, because most tech forums are filled with answers from dweeb white guys who say they are expert techs, that take no consideration to the rest of the real world situations that an honest...
Started by ilovedasun on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at anandtech):
Http://www.ehow.com/how_594572....
C) Wall of text - use punctuation.
Hence, contact the original company that sold the laptop...
About the real world and the fact that some of these questions will be from people with stolen laptops.
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Does anyone know if Best Buy will flag the serial number of a stolen laptop? Just in case the cockroach who ripped it off brings it in for service.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bestbuy):
Contacting your local store and let them know that it was stolen, that way if someone does bring.
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How a stolen laptop be break into? i got robbed 2 years ago and they stole my laptop my password was very simple and it had funny videos and other junk but can you break into them?
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Not a chance..
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I purchased a work-at-home license for MS Office Professional (?) but my laptop with the disks were stolen form my car. I purchased a new computer but how can I re-register the software for use on the new computer?
Started by TomGregoryPCT on
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I purchased a new computer but how can I re-register the software for use .
I purchased a work-at-home license for MS Office Professional (?) but my laptop with the disks were stolen form my car.
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My Compact laptop was stolen a week after I bought it. I was mug and it was ripped off my back. I am now trying to find. Can this be done?If so who do I contract to trace? I have a detective working on case.
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bestbuy):
If you registered very unlikely that you will get your laptop back....
Did you register the laptop with HP, or did you ever have it sent in for repair through BB/country/us/en/contact_us.htm l
HP will not be able to locate your laptop.
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My Dell Studio 1737 laptop was stolen but recovered but whomever stole it put a HDD password on it and I don't know the password. How do you reset the computer and override this HDD password problem. Please help
Started by msanders999 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at computing):
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Laptop passwords are NOT stored in the BIOS or anywhere else that is accessible by a user.
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