Right. We use Computrace here at work. We have x amount of licenses. The company gives us a custom build executable that latches itself into the BIOS along with setting up shop in the OS applications/programs. The only way to remove it is by using the custom executable to contact the local webserver that starts up on the machine. I guess you could reflash the BIOS as well. I haven't bothered trying to break it. Supposedly all you have to do is "hit a button" and Computrace will take care of everything.(Contacting local and state authorities, ISPs, telling them approximate location based on IP address when computrace phones home, etc)
And yes, all the techs are itching for someone to steal one of our laptops so we can try the system out.
This being the intertubes and all, isn't this kind of old news? I am fairly certain our university upgraded their 2003 servers last week, even though the Microsoft published date reads 3/12/2007.
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Since when does Superman need to ride around on a damn two-wheeled electric breadbox?
Right.
We use Computrace here at work. We have x amount of licenses. The company gives us a custom build executable that latches itself into the BIOS along with setting up shop in the OS applications/programs. The only way to remove it is by using the custom executable to contact the local webserver that starts up on the machine. I guess you could reflash the BIOS as well. I haven't bothered trying to break it.
Supposedly all you have to do is "hit a button" and Computrace will take care of everything.(Contacting local and state authorities, ISPs, telling them approximate location based on IP address when computrace phones home, etc)
And yes, all the techs are itching for someone to steal one of our laptops so we can try the system out.
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This being the intertubes and all, isn't this kind of old news? I am fairly certain our university upgraded their 2003 servers last week, even though the Microsoft published date reads 3/12/2007.
Maybe a tad queer.
"It would strick with precision"
strike?