Here’s some good news amidst all the doom and gloom: A free software solution to help you find your lost or stolen laptop. Researchers at the University of Washington have released a service called Adeona. You simply download a small application and once installed it starts sending location notices to a hosted service. If your laptop ever goes missing you download and another another program (assuming you have access to another computer) and enter the password you set up originally. This program will start retrieving the location information of your laptop from the servers. There is a version for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. And the Mac version can even take snapshots so you can catch the dirty thief on camera.
Stolen my laptop
Dear sir/madom,
i stolen my laptop in my room at 25/08/2013 evening city chidambaram distt.- cuddlore. Tamilnadu indi. my laptop series is DELL Ins 5110
S/no.- C6QQWQ1
also complain police station please help me to find or track . Regards, Vimal Kumar Nagar
Stolen my laptop
Dear sir/madom,
i stolen my laptop in my room at 24/04/2013 morning city indore m.p. india my laptop series is HP compaq Model no.c772tv
S/no.- cnd8172fyz
Redamption code-3j05mfzfnod also complain police station please help me to find or track . Regards, hitesh patidar
thank you
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Hi i lost my HP Compaq CQ57 laptop it was a brand new nothing was installed on it how do i trace it,
I have the serial number of it & purchase bill how do i get it……
Can please anyone help me what has to be done.
Hi i lost my HP Compaq CQ57 laptop it was a brand new nothing was installed on it how do i trace it
i need help finding my labtop
You will have to ask them. I run Mac laptops.
Went to the Adeona site. Clicked on downloads – for windows it said – Currently Non-functioning, Experimental. So what,s the story, is it working or not.
hi.
im rajesh…
my friend laptop was lost 3days ago….
can u get me a solution ah….
i was been lost,when i was there with him….
one acer and another is compaq….
please send me a solution to get those….
hai i am pranay,
someone stolen my dell inspiron N4010 on 27-07-2011
can anyone help me how can i get it or any information about my laptop from thief
hai,
diz pranay , my laptop was stolen on 27-07-2011
my laptop [dell inspiron N4010]and its has warranty also.anyone can help me to find any clue of my laptop ,
There may be some sleuths who can track you laptop if it ever goes online, but I don’t know who and the cost would probably be far more than the cost of the laptop.
Hi few days back some one stolen my laptop i did’t installed any tracker but i know my IP address so may be that thief using internet in my laptop means, i can find my laptop or not plz tell me..
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my laptop was stolen last month but i had never known its serial number or mac adress or even installed a software on it.i also cant seem to locate any of those details in its purchase books(the booklets that come along with it)..is there any hope of recovery for me?
like,can the compaq website give me any details if i give them some figures from the booklet?
someone broken in my house stole my laptop,and desktop computers,can someone help me find my stuff.turn in to the cops,they cant find them
Had my laptop stolen on wednesday :- o I work on a military base and don’t want to cause any waves.Every1 in my building makes more than me,and they rip me off?My computer was a asus g50vt’which cost me over $1000.Obviously after reading this thread it’s gone.I lost lojack after i installed the free windows7 asus sent me.Last laptop for me
P.S.enoy the laptop u useless Cu_’t
you should try out the new Prey software. it’s the new Adeona (free + open source) only much better.
If you havn’t installed some sort of tracking software before it was stolen, then chances are surely slim.
But there are small chances, depending on how IT competent you police department is. Because some networks expose the MAC address of the units on it. If you know the MAC address of the machine, there is a slim chance that is may show up in an ISP’s log somewhere. But you local police have to request such services from ISP and I doubt they will go to such trouble for a single laptop.
I had my netbook stolen a few days ago. I am in a major panic, it took me two and a half years to save up for a computer, along with my schooling. Without the computer I am afraid that I have not any chance in school. I had to restart from an abusive 13yr marraige. I went from having a little money to zero with three beautiful boys to take care of before me. Anyway I am rambling on. Is there any cheap form of tracking or the netbook letting you know if you have all the numbers from the box, I have it registered with my university. NMSU, I am just wondering if I am having false hope. Thank you.
my laptop got stollen 3 days back…
plz tell me where can can i find IP address, MAC , IM …
i had some keys written down from the back of my laptop and some from the back of the battery.
none of the anti theft softwares are installed and i never connected my laptop to internet.
My laptop was stolen two days ago. When someone goes online, they see my IM lit up from yahoo. I am still on the computer. Which means that someone is on the computer. I want to find my computer. I never thought it would get stolen. It is a Toshiba L305-S5919. It has built in WI-FI. I never installed any kind of anti-theft device, as this has never happened here before ever. So, I went online, downloaded Front Door Software Security. What is really weird is that I am in Blaine MN. This computer has not moved. I first checked this service on the house desktop computer. Then I editied the information to include my stolen laptop and other information and suddenly, I get the signal where my laptop is. I never put anti-theft or tracking on my laptop. What is it locating? So far my computer is in Minneapolis, it has been to Champlin, back to minneapolis, down to St. Paul and back to Minneapolis again.
How do I find my computer? I am not sure if it has GPS tracking capability. All I know is I want my computer and the computers information has been accessed by some computer. otherwise it wouldn’t show up in the same spot. Am I right or just being a dog and barking up the wrong tree?
Thanks Kim, I will try them.
Fred, i have been using a FREE service LocateMyLaptop.com. You can look them up and try them (they only require a valid email id) by visiting their website. However they do not have a non-windows version. Hope this helps.
Thank you for your input. I guess I learned a costly lesson.
Unless you have something already installed on the laptop that you can communicate with from another machine, there is no way I know of to do what you are asking. The software needs to be installed ahead of time as a preventive measure.
My laptop has been stolen. Is there anyway to shut down the laptop and make it not work for who ever has it? I know there is a way to track it but I don’t want the person who has it to do anything illegal with it or have the chance to get any of my personal information off of it.
Thank you for your time.
Fred Kihs
You mean you have a laptop in your possession and you want to know if it was stolen?
Can i check out if laptop is stolen with numbers on back or do i have to have it online to check?
If you don’t already know your computers IP address then how does one find it?
Where do I check out this “free IP sneak web based solution”?!
Ken: if you know you machines MAC adress, then there is a little chance that could be loged by an ISP using ADSL modem connections or cabel modems.
Anyway, you should perhaps all check out the free IP Sneak web based solution. It’s a little better suited for company roll-out and families using multiple computers.
does anyone know of anyway to get a stolen laptop back without previously installing any kind of anti-theft software?
For windows based laptops, i believe there is a better (and free!) solution available at LocateMyLaptop.com. It is worth checking out.
Unfortunately, this only works if you’ve already intalled it. I don’t see how you would be able to install it remotely.
had my hp 6500 stolen monday. Can I install remotely?? laptop is vista os this pc is xp. whats easiest remote program recommended???
I’ll let you experiment with that. Tell me how it goes…
Thanks for the tip, Bob. I installed the software. Now I kinda want to get my laptop stolen to see if it will work to track the thief down.