Brand new laptop stolen
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EmptyTimCup
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unless you bought a model with 'LoJack' and have Serial Numbers
probably NOTHING
probably NOTHING
struggler44
A Salute to all on Watch
Call cops and son would be paying for it......
The police is investigating it, they have a list of the kids that were here. But I was thinking Dell has the serial numbers when the laptop is running is there a way to locate it? Like a ping or something??? I am not a computer geek, just wondering is there a way to locate it, so I can get it back?
onebdzee
off the shelf
If you have the names of your childs "friends", maybe you should watch their facebook accounts for a couple of days....More than likely one will mention something about a new laptop(either that they have or have sold), they always do
someone was on here a couple weeks ago with a lost tablet or something and they found it within a couple of days because the idiots posted pictures on it
PrepH4U
New Member
If they were brazen enough to take the laptop with your son there, I would wonder what else they took that you haven't noticed yet. :shrug:
kara teoke
Not in SOMD any more
nomoney
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yep
kara teoke
Not in SOMD any more
IP address changes based on what the laptop is connected to
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stockgirl
Stocki
RPMDAD
Well-Known Member
baby, bottom line, i would be putting the heavy hammer down on your son right now, if you are sure one of his friends stole it. If one of them did, then i would have to say your son is hanging around a bad crowd. This would be the time to either side with his family and disown his friends and go out and kick all their asses till the laptop turned up, or side with his friends and do nothing.
Also talk with the all the parents!!!
acommondisaster
Active Member
Back when we lived in Waldorf, our house was broken into. House was only empty for about an hour three days a week - between the time I left for work and the time my son got home from school. Small stereo, playstation, xbox, games, dvd player and some movies were taken - basically all the gadgets that a teen and preteen boy would have in their room. The thief missed the brand new computer, a $400 bose radio, 2 expensive tvs, jewelry - you know, the sort of things thieves usually take. We had a dog that barked at everything, but my kids' friends knew she was a big baby. Nice set of sneaker prints where the guy jumped the fence and dropped a couple of cd's.
My son knew who did it, because only one kid in the neighborhood wasn't at school that day. Police went to his house to ask questions (the kid kept calling asking if the cops had come and what were they doing, etc) but his father would not let them in to question the boy. The real telling was a few weeks later when the boy mentioned in passing that "everything will be covered by insurance".
It took a lot of explaining to get our son to understand why the boy was no longer welcome in our house and why he was not allowed to hang out with him anymore. I don't think that boy's father did him any favors, either. He still isn't much good ten years later.
My son knew who did it, because only one kid in the neighborhood wasn't at school that day. Police went to his house to ask questions (the kid kept calling asking if the cops had come and what were they doing, etc) but his father would not let them in to question the boy. The real telling was a few weeks later when the boy mentioned in passing that "everything will be covered by insurance".
It took a lot of explaining to get our son to understand why the boy was no longer welcome in our house and why he was not allowed to hang out with him anymore. I don't think that boy's father did him any favors, either. He still isn't much good ten years later.
acommondisaster
Active Member
I think you might mean MAC address.
Oh yeah that kid of mine is totally under my thumb now!
Every where I go he goes! no phone, internet, or friends! He knows he not to be around them anymore!
He knows how upset I am, and feels bad. He can't believe his "friends" would do such a thing. He knows it's his fault for having them over without my permission. I am just so frustrated!!! Thanks for your help guys, if a miracle arises and I get it back, I will be screaming it from the roof tops!!!!
Every where I go he goes! no phone, internet, or friends! He knows he not to be around them anymore!
He knows how upset I am, and feels bad. He can't believe his "friends" would do such a thing. He knows it's his fault for having them over without my permission. I am just so frustrated!!! Thanks for your help guys, if a miracle arises and I get it back, I will be screaming it from the roof tops!!!!
corollinout
Member
I don't think they mean that at all.