Dustin wrote:
> Jenn<me@fakee..mail.com> wrote in news:j3mh2s$aak$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> On 8/31/2011 5:11 PM, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>> "Dustin"<bughunter.dustin@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns9F52A6126389AHHI2948AJD832@no...
>>>> VanguardLH<V@nguard.LH> wrote in
>>>> news:j3kjn4$rs$1@news.albasani.net:
>>>>
>>>>> And, of course, it's always such a smart idea to leave the OS and
>>>>> apps and data files in place on any used computer rather than
>>>>> flatten and rebuild. Hmm, wonder what her excuse will be if they
>>>>> happen to find kiddie porn on the laptop.
>>>>
>>>> Vanguard, You can flatten and rebuild a lojacked system all day
>>>> long, it's still going to be lojacked when you reload windows. [g]
>>>
>>> Would it only persist if it was reloaded with the same OS
>>> that it was originally installed to work with? Like if it came
>>> with XP pro and you wiped it and loaded Vista would it only
>>> have limited functionality or is it capable of upgrading with
>>> the new OS when it phones home?
>>>
>>>
>> Interesting thread... My laptop came with a Lo-jack CD. After
>> reading all the discussions so far, I'm wondering what the consensus
>> is as far as loading the Lo-jack program onto my laptop?
>
> Once you use that cd, you're laptop bios will have an optionrom added
> to it. You keep paying the fees, you can probably get the laptop back
> if it's ever stolen. Unless it comes to someone who knows lojack well,
> then, really, you wasted your money.
>
> You will be modifying your laptop when you do this, and if the software
> ever ****s up, it has full control, you can lose access to your files,
> and access to the laptop. You also will be placing trust into
> computrace (canadian company) not to spy on you, as they can whenever
> they like.
>
>

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