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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
My laptop was stolen today. The logon is 'password protected'. Will this
prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. jk |
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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
It might. It depends on how skillful the person is that accesses your
PC. Was this XP home or Professional? If it was professional, I think that the files can be encrypted. Did you have any encryption on this hard drive? On Nov 6, 5:15*pm, jkpaz wrote: My laptop was stolen today. *The logon is 'password protected'. *Will this prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. jk |
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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
Somewhat.
jkpaz wrote: My laptop was stolen today. The logon is 'password protected'. Will this prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. jk |
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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
No, only some form of drive encryption will prevent access.
Login passwords are just a hindrance to anyone who steals a notebook. They likely know all the tricks to accessing the PC. It's likely the thief is more interested in reselling the notebook than trying to access your data. If any secure accounts have passwords stored ( Banks, Credit Cards ) you'll need to call each and inform them of the theft. A police report is a valid way to initiate Fraud alerts on your 4 Credit reports without having to pay any fee. "jkpaz" wrote in message ... My laptop was stolen today. The logon is 'password protected'. Will this prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. jk |
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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
"jkpaz" wrote in message ... My laptop was stolen today. The logon is 'password protected'. Will this prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. jk No! It is easy to bypass. Although if they are not too bright, they will logon with your email or IM or something. Then the server will have their IP address and you can find out who has it. -- Bill Windows7 Ultimate (build 7100) Gateway MX6124 - 2G RAM |
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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:15:01 -0800, jkpaz
wrote: My laptop was stolen today. The logon is 'password protected'. Will this prevent access to my files? If the thief, and everyone he works with, is a technical beginner, yes. Otherwise, no. So, for all practical purposes, the answer is no. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
jkpaz wrote:
My laptop was stolen today. The logon is 'password protected'. Will this prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. jk You think the thief doesn't know how to Google on "+windows +crack +password"? |
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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
On Nov 6, 6:15*pm, jkpaz wrote:
My laptop was stolen today. *The logon is 'password protected'. *Will this prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. jk Where was this? |
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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
jkpaz wrote:
My laptop was stolen today. The logon is 'password protected'. Will this prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. No. Doubtful they care about your files unless they are stealing identities or you have some important information and they know/stumble upon this. The answer could be 'maybe' - if you used file/folder/disk encryption. But in general - no. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:49:32 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
jkpaz wrote: My laptop was stolen today. The logon is 'password protected'. Will this prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. jk You think the thief doesn't know how to Google on "+windows +crack +password"? Moreover he could boot from a non-Windows CD and access the files. Or he could remove the hard drive and install it in another computer and access the files from there. As I said, only a beginner couldn't do it. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
jkpaz wrote:
My laptop was stolen today. The logon is 'password protected'. Will this prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. jk No, not at all. Without physical security, there is no security. It'd take less than 5 minutes for anyone with physical access to the computer, a small amount of knowledge, and any of the dozens of Linux-based password cracking tools that are freely available to anyone who can use Google. File Encryption would stop a rank amateur from accessing your files, but only delay a professional who stole the laptop with the goal of getting at your data. Encryption is helpful, but none is 100% iron-clad. If you have data that you absolutely cannot afford to have accessed, never store it on the laptop's internal drive. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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"jkpaz" wrote: My laptop was stolen today. The logon is 'password protected'. Will this prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. jk Nope. |
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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:49:32 -0600, VanguardLH wrote: jkpaz wrote: My laptop was stolen today. The logon is 'password protected'. Will this prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. jk You think the thief doesn't know how to Google on "+windows +crack +password"? Moreover he could boot from a non-Windows CD and access the files. Or he could remove the hard drive and install it in another computer and access the files from there. As I said, only a beginner couldn't do it. Wouldn't even need to take the hard disk to another host. He could could even reuse the same hard disk. Just boot using a partitioning utility, resize the original OS partition (to make it smaller), create a new partition from the freed space, install Windows over there, logon as an admin user in the new instance of Windows, and then as administrator take ownership of the files in the partition with the prior instance of Windows. Even beginners can ask here on how to do it, including those that pretend to have lost their laptops or suddenly forgotten their password. |
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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
anyone with physical access to the pc, can bypass password protection.
"jkpaz" wrote: My laptop was stolen today. The logon is 'password protected'. Will this prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. jk |
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Laptop Stolen-But Logon has password
You might get lucky and the thief will take it to a computer repair shop to
get his "forgotten password" removed. We had a guy bring a laptop to the shop the other day with that story. Told him to leave it with us and we'd call when ready. Poked through the files and found info on the real owner. Called him and confirmed that the laptop was indeed stolen 4 days prior. Police came. Owner got his laptop back. Thief got squat. Owner didn't press charges so all the thief got was a good chewing out when he called me to see if the laptop was ready to pick up. Call the local computer shops and ask them to be on the lookout for your laptop, in case your thief is as clueless as the one we dealt with. Be sure to report to police too. "jkpaz" wrote in message ... My laptop was stolen today. The logon is 'password protected'. Will this prevent access to my files? Thanks for all help. jk |
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