IS IT POSSIBLE TO RECOVER A STOLEN LAPTOP COMPUTER THROUGH THE WORLD WIDE WEB?

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 02 Jun 2003 20:22 PDT

Can you be more specific?

tutuzdad-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 02 Jun 2003 20:23 PDT

Am I correct in assuming that you are also willing to accept NO as an
answer if does indeed turn out to be the answer?

tutuzdad-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by larre-ga on 02 Jun 2003 20:37 PDT

The answer is: it depends. Recovery is possible under a certain,
rather narrow set of conditions. Whether or not your laptop and its
possible current user meet those conditions can't be determined in the
absence of the machine. We -can- outline those conditions if you wish
to pursue that avenue. This may or may not lead to recovery of your
laptop.

--larre-ga

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Clarification of Question by supa-ga on 02 Jun 2003 21:34 PDT

GATEWAY 400S MACHINE,STOLEN IN LAX AIRPORT ON 24TH MAY.THEFT REPORTED
TO LAX POLICE HAVE CASE FILE NUMBER.IN POSESSION ALL SERIAL AND MODEL
NUMBERS OF MACHINE.MACHINE INTERNET LOADED FROM THE WEST COVINA
DISTRICT,WITH INTERNET CONNECTION NUMBERS(626 AREA CODE)MACHINE ALSO
LOADED WITH TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO INTERNET(619 AREA CODE)MACHINE LOADED
WITH WIRELESS CARD(ISP PROVIDER "PYSSM"FROM EMBASSY SUITES
HOTELS.NB.HOPE TO SEE INTERNET TECHONOLOGY AT ITS BEST IN RECOVERY OF
MACHINE.(NEVER SAY DIE) SUPA-GA

Hello supa,

Thanks for your question.  I am afraid that your options are rather
limited.  My first suggestion is to call up your ISP(s) and find out
if anyone has been using your account.  The only other piece of
information that could be tracked to your laptop, as far as the
Internet goes, would be your MAC address.  This is a number which is
associated with your network card.  It is used by remote servers to
communicate with your PC.  It would be possible to trace your computer
this way, although you would have to know specifically where and when
the thief was connecting from.  Since you don't have this information,
it would almost certainly fruitless to try.  You could try calling up
the local ISP(s) and providing them with the MAC address but I very
much doubt they will devote any resources to help you.  Your only real
hope would be to contact the local pawn shops, and go to the local
swap meets.  This type of theft is very common, and even the most
experienced of investegators rarely ever recover one.  Here are some
links to some anti-theft laptop software.  Installing this software on
a laptop will allow it to secretly e-mail you at predetermined times
and tell you its location.  This would improve your chances of
recovery many times over, should this happen again in the future.  I
hope this helps.

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watershed-ga

THE OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OFFERED ME IS NOT SATISFACTORY.I HAD ALREADY
AQUIRED THAT INFORMATION BEFORE I MADE THE REQUEST TO YOUR
ORGANISATION.I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY REFUND,THANK YOU.