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    LoJack not reinstalling in new OS

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by DFI Fan, Aug 13, 2008.

  1. DFI Fan

    DFI Fan Notebook Evangelist

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    I reinstalled Vista (installed x64) the other day and the only issue I'm having with it is that my LoJack hasn't called in since before I reinstalled. It was on all night long and all day today and has not yet called in. In my BIOS it says that it is Activated or whatever. Those of you that installed x64 (or even a fresh install of x86)...how long before LoJack started calling in again? It's been about a day here and no go so far. It use to call in very often pre-reinstall.
     
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    can you 'test call'?

    mine works in x64 without a reinstall
     
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    I didn't try that cause that installs some sort of Active-X crap...I want to have it do it by itself, not manually.

    How long did it take until yours called in after you installed x64?
     
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    **** it must have just called in within the past 10 minutes. It says 8/13 now...finally...I was just impatient I guess.

    For future references:
    It took about 17 hours from the time I was done with my fresh reinstall of Windows Vista x64 until it called in for the first time on the new OS. So wait a day...and you should be good.
     
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