All they would need to do is add new OS. Or pull the drive and stick it on another PC.
Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:02 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Fuck! My laptop was stolen! > > > On 1/26/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how easy is it to strongarm windows logon? > > i know they can flash the bios, i know they can turn it on... > > do you not have a password required for login? > > I had the fingerprint required for login or a pretty strong password > just to turn it on. I bet though that you could hook up the drive to > another pc and read it though. > > > if so, the likelihood is the bag will be discarded along with the laptop > I don't know, I did have some decent stuff in the bag hardware wise. > A 20gig external drive, a 1 gig thumb drive, a 801.11g pc card. > > > probably maliciously as it will be worthless to them. or they > will attempt > > to sell it, and then you just need to be in touch with the > local pawn shops. > > > > did you check the road leading away from the bowling alley, or > the surrounding > > area? might have been ditched quickly. > > I didn't think to do that, although as I left, the police were looking > around the parking lot. Maybe they were doing just that. > > > > > tw > > > > On 1/26/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > While in a frickin company bowling party, my laptop and bag was stolen > > > out of my truck. It's a pisser that I just finished configuring it > > > today with all the information from my old laptop and the fact that I > > > had already zapped my old laptop. The big thing that's really got my > > > blood boiling is that I had just put my w-2 in my bag to take home > > > tonight. Can you say "identity fraud". > > > > > > I've called the bank and locked down my account since I had > > > auto-deposit pay stubs in my bag too. I've put a fraud alert on my > > > credit report. I'm going to call the FTC in the morning. I'm > > > paranoid about my w-2 being sent in as a fraudulent tax filing. > > > > > > I've changed the passwords on the ftp accounts I had in Filezilla. > > > I've changed the passwords on my mail sites that I had autosaved. > > > > > > I'm friggin just pissed right now that I can't think straight. Is > > > there anything I'm missing? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > -- > > > "aeteti yeah, do you seeyea, ooohohohn neh I don wanta seh, yeh nah, I > > > don wanna seh", Pearl Jam, "Yellow Ledbetter" > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194711 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
