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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