Somebody Stole My Laptop

Somebody stole my laptop and stupid me had autologon enabled. I KNOW the
cops wont get it back so if I see it online, and I can if they don't mess
with my settings, I can remote desktop to it. How can I completely screw
the system either by de-activating windows or deleting boot files or what?
Grrrrrrr! Hopefully if they are stupid enough to be thieves they'll be too
stupid to understand how to protect themselves. (maybe not as stupid as me
though) I just want to make his (or her) life a little difficult at least!

"marco" <> wrote in message
news:35D043AC-649B-41E1-9C69-...
> Somebody stole my laptop and stupid me had autologon enabled. I KNOW the
> cops wont get it back so if I see it online, and I can if they don't mess
> with my settings, I can remote desktop to it. How can I completely screw
> the system either by de-activating windows or deleting boot files or what?
> Grrrrrrr! Hopefully if they are stupid enough to be thieves they'll be too
> stupid to understand how to protect themselves. (maybe not as stupid as
> me though) I just want to make his (or her) life a little difficult at
> least!

Go to a command prompt.

format c: /q /u

"marco" <> wrote in message
news:35D043AC-649B-41E1-9C69-...
> Somebody stole my laptop and stupid me had autologon enabled. I KNOW the cops wont get it
> back so if I see it online, and I can if they don't mess with my settings, I can remote
> desktop to it. How can I completely screw the system either by de-activating windows or
> deleting boot files or what? Grrrrrrr! Hopefully if they are stupid enough to be thieves
> they'll be too stupid to understand how to protect themselves. (maybe not as stupid as me
> though) I just want to make his (or her) life a little difficult at least!

I know this doesn't help you now, but this situation is exactly what
BitLocker was made for. It's a shame BitLocker is only included in
the Ultimate and Enterprise versions. Of course, it wouldn't help you
get it back, but it sure would make using the laptop very difficult for the
thieves, and protect any sensitive info you may have on there.


-Michael

Would this work when logged on? I thought of it but believed it wouldn't be
possible from within Windows. Ha ha - as you can understand I'm rather
reluctant to test it on my Desktop!

"PTravel" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "marco" <> wrote in message
> news:35D043AC-649B-41E1-9C69-...
>> Somebody stole my laptop and stupid me had autologon enabled. I KNOW the
>> cops wont get it back so if I see it online, and I can if they don't mess
>> with my settings, I can remote desktop to it. How can I completely screw
>> the system either by de-activating windows or deleting boot files or
>> what? Grrrrrrr! Hopefully if they are stupid enough to be thieves they'll
>> be too stupid to understand how to protect themselves. (maybe not as
>> stupid as me though) I just want to make his (or her) life a little
>> difficult at least!
>
> Go to a command prompt.
>
> format c: /q /u

But maybe I could schedule it to run at boot time. How would I DO that. We
don't have autoexec.bat anymore!

"marco" <> wrote in message
news:7C2B72A2-62EF-42AD-8686-...
> Would this work when logged on? I thought of it but believed it wouldn't
> be possible from within Windows. Ha ha - as you can understand I'm rather
> reluctant to test it on my Desktop!
>
> "PTravel" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> "marco" <> wrote in message
>> news:35D043AC-649B-41E1-9C69-...
>>> Somebody stole my laptop and stupid me had autologon enabled. I KNOW the
>>> cops wont get it back so if I see it online, and I can if they don't
>>> mess with my settings, I can remote desktop to it. How can I completely
>>> screw the system either by de-activating windows or deleting boot files
>>> or what? Grrrrrrr! Hopefully if they are stupid enough to be thieves
>>> they'll be too stupid to understand how to protect themselves. (maybe
>>> not as stupid as me though) I just want to make his (or her) life a
>>> little difficult at least!
>>
>> Go to a command prompt.
>>
>> format c: /q /u
>

You can try it on your present computer. You can't format the system
partition when you are using the system partition.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User


"marco" <> wrote in message
news:7C2B72A2-62EF-42AD-8686-...
> Would this work when logged on? I thought of it but believed it wouldn't
> be possible from within Windows. Ha ha - as you can understand I'm rather
> reluctant to test it on my Desktop!
>
> "PTravel" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> "marco" <> wrote in message
>> news:35D043AC-649B-41E1-9C69-...
>>> Somebody stole my laptop and stupid me had autologon enabled. I KNOW the
>>> cops wont get it back so if I see it online, and I can if they don't
>>> mess with my settings, I can remote desktop to it. How can I completely
>>> screw the system either by de-activating windows or deleting boot files
>>> or what? Grrrrrrr! Hopefully if they are stupid enough to be thieves
>>> they'll be too stupid to understand how to protect themselves. (maybe
>>> not as stupid as me though) I just want to make his (or her) life a
>>> little difficult at least!
>>
>> Go to a command prompt.
>>
>> format c: /q /u
>

Sorry about lots of posts - but I' MAD!!!

How about del /F/S/Q c:\boot.ini

"marco" <> wrote in message
news:7C2B72A2-62EF-42AD-8686-...
> Would this work when logged on? I thought of it but believed it wouldn't
> be possible from within Windows. Ha ha - as you can understand I'm rather
> reluctant to test it on my Desktop!
>
> "PTravel" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> "marco" <> wrote in message
>> news:35D043AC-649B-41E1-9C69-...
>>> Somebody stole my laptop and stupid me had autologon enabled. I KNOW the
>>> cops wont get it back so if I see it online, and I can if they don't
>>> mess with my settings, I can remote desktop to it. How can I completely
>>> screw the system either by de-activating windows or deleting boot files
>>> or what? Grrrrrrr! Hopefully if they are stupid enough to be thieves
>>> they'll be too stupid to understand how to protect themselves. (maybe
>>> not as stupid as me though) I just want to make his (or her) life a
>>> little difficult at least!
>>
>> Go to a command prompt.
>>
>> format c: /q /u
>

Yeah - I guessed so. Ha - not that I don't trust you - especially with your
credentials, but I'm still not going to try it!
What would you suggest?


"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:...
> You can try it on your present computer. You can't format the system
> partition when you are using the system partition.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban MVP
> Microsoft Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "marco" <> wrote in message
> news:7C2B72A2-62EF-42AD-8686-...
>> Would this work when logged on? I thought of it but believed it wouldn't
>> be possible from within Windows. Ha ha - as you can understand I'm rather
>> reluctant to test it on my Desktop!
>>
>> "PTravel" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>
>>> "marco" <> wrote in message
>>> news:35D043AC-649B-41E1-9C69-...
>>>> Somebody stole my laptop and stupid me had autologon enabled. I KNOW
>>>> the cops wont get it back so if I see it online, and I can if they
>>>> don't mess with my settings, I can remote desktop to it. How can I
>>>> completely screw the system either by de-activating windows or deleting
>>>> boot files or what? Grrrrrrr! Hopefully if they are stupid enough to be
>>>> thieves they'll be too stupid to understand how to protect themselves.
>>>> (maybe not as stupid as me though) I just want to make his (or her)
>>>> life a little difficult at least!
>>>
>>> Go to a command prompt.
>>>
>>> format c: /q /u
>>

On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 21:58:09 +0800, "marco" <>
wrote:

>But maybe I could schedule it to run at boot time. How would I DO that. We
>don't have autoexec.bat anymore!

Why worry about it? Chances are you'll never see it again. Whoever
stole your laptop didn't steal it for Windows. They stole it to SELL
and couldn't care less what software was installed.

Just for giggles, I did! The very last line of text is telling you that you
can't do that.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User


"marco" <> wrote in message
news:3320B25A-BE26-4933-988F-...
> Yeah - I guessed so. Ha - not that I don't trust you - especially with
> your credentials, but I'm still not going to try it!
> What would you suggest?
>
>
> "Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> You can try it on your present computer. You can't format the system
>> partition when you are using the system partition.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban MVP
>> Microsoft Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "marco" <> wrote in message
>> news:7C2B72A2-62EF-42AD-8686-...
>>> Would this work when logged on? I thought of it but believed it wouldn't
>>> be possible from within Windows. Ha ha - as you can understand I'm
>>> rather reluctant to test it on my Desktop!
>>>
>>> "PTravel" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>>
>>>> "marco" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:35D043AC-649B-41E1-9C69-...
>>>>> Somebody stole my laptop and stupid me had autologon enabled. I KNOW
>>>>> the cops wont get it back so if I see it online, and I can if they
>>>>> don't mess with my settings, I can remote desktop to it. How can I
>>>>> completely screw the system either by de-activating windows or
>>>>> deleting boot files or what? Grrrrrrr! Hopefully if they are stupid
>>>>> enough to be thieves they'll be too stupid to understand how to
>>>>> protect themselves. (maybe not as stupid as me though) I just want to
>>>>> make his (or her) life a little difficult at least!
>>>>
>>>> Go to a command prompt.
>>>>
>>>> format c: /q /u
>>>
>