More and more people are using the laptop for working or studying. Within this we will have valuable information, whether it is our work, notes or personal files such as photographs from our last vacation. If we have stolen laptop It can be a real drama, but, Did you know you can find it through Windows?
It is generally quite well known that you can find and even block mobile through Android and iOS. What is not so well known is the option that Windows 10 and Windows 11 offer us to locate our stolen laptop. The problem with laptops is that they don’t have a GPS location, but there are other methods to locate it.
First of all: denounce it
The first thing we should always do is go to the police, whether the National Police or the Civil Guard, before going to war alone. In the end, you don’t know who stole your laptop and it could be someone dangerous or an organized gang. You should also keep in mind that assaulting a person, no matter how much they stole from you, is a crime.
The tracking system will allow the police to quickly recover the laptop or Windows device. They are the only ones authorized to intervene and to access, if necessary, private property. Moreover, it is quite possible that they have been following this person or people for some time and that the theft of your laptop will trigger a police intervention.
You must have a Microsoft account
As it happens in Android and iOS, to access this service, you must have a Microsoft account. This account is the same as the one linked to other company services such as Outlook, One Drive and Xbox. In addition to the linked account, we must activate the Windows function that will allow us to track the laptop.
How to activate this function?
In fact, the process to activate this feature is very simple and requires very few steps. The process is as follows:
- we should do left click on the Windows Logo in the lower left corner
- Now we have to press the gear of Setting
- In the window that opens, go Update and security
- Inside, in the left bar, we go find my device
- We will see that the service is disabled by default, to enable it just press the button To change
After that, we can track the laptop in case we lost or stole it.
so you can find it
Once this option is activated in Windows, we must access our Microsoft account. Inside there is a section where it shows us all the devices associated with this account. Locating the laptop is very simple:
- We must select laptop or device what we want to find in the list
- We will click find my device
- will open a map where will appear device location
If we didn’t know where he was, we’ve already located him. If we have lost it, we can give this information to the police and take appropriate action.
In addition, we can exercise the option to block it. For it:
- In the map above, we select the device what we want
- Now click on the option To block
- We give the following. This will prevent them from being able to connect and will even give them the possibility of Reset password
It has several disadvantages
Android and iOS devices are very easy to locate as they have an internet data connection and built-in GPS. The laptop problem does in most cases requires Wi-Fi connection And they don’t have GPS. Something that reduces the chances of locating him.
For this to work, you must be connected and connected to a WiFi network. Even with that, it may not be enough to locate the laptop at any given time. Therefore, the function is more limited to not finding the laptop at home or in the office, than if it has been stolen.
Still, it never hurts to try it out, as it’s a little-known feature and maybe not known to scammers.
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