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    Which software will you use to protect your laptop being stolen ?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by gomcse2002, May 20, 2009.

  1. gomcse2002

    gomcse2002 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys

    I am planning to get some sort of software to track or trace where is my laptop if it got stolen.

    Any recommendations ?
     
    gomcse2002, May 20, 2009
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  2. Rob41

    Rob41 Team Pirate Control

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    I'm sure you'll get some good suggestions for tracking software.

    A step I take to protect at least the physical laptop is I use Safeware insurance.

    http://www.safeware.com/

    It covers accidental damage, theft and a ton of other things pretty much anywhere in the world.

    I haven't had a claim yet, but I've used them for years.

    Just another layer of protection.

    Good luck with the tracking software.
     
    Rob41, May 20, 2009
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  3. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    The best way to keep your laptop from getting stolen is to keep it with you. Tracking software only sometimes works, it doesn't have a very high success rate. Back up your notebook data regularly to a disk you keep at home (external hard drive, flash drive, something) so that if it is stolen you don't lose your term paper. I'd suggest syncing it with your backup nightly, if not more often. And make sure your laptop is easy to pack up and move with you. Get a bluetooth/nano wireless mouse so you don't have a dongle sticking out to deal with, make sure you learn to use hibernate and sleep properly, and if you're not leaving the machine around people you trust, just hibernate it and take it with you. If you're going to be working in one place with it for more than an hour or two, a lock can give you peace of mind to go to the restroom without it ;) How does it go... an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure ;)
     
    Pitabred, May 20, 2009
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  4. gpister

    gpister Notebook Evangelist

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    Doesn't Microsoft have some type of protection about the laptop if it gets stolen you can track it?
     
    gpister, May 20, 2009
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  5. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    truecrypt, encrypt your hard drive.

    You MUST assume that your laptop will be stolen. Any plans you make have to revolve around that possibility.
     
    newsposter, May 20, 2009
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    Rob41, May 20, 2009
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  7. Deathwinger

    Deathwinger Notebook Virtuoso

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    I use LoJack....haven't had the chance to test it out and hope I never will.
     
    Deathwinger, May 20, 2009
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    But do you also encrypt your disk drive?

    Data is always more important than the hardware it lives on.
     
    newsposter, May 20, 2009
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