Generally we keep all important information which are require for us in future are in stored in the electronic gadgets, among them laptop plays a vital role. In case if the laptop is lost or it is stolen it will arise number of issues over personal and official life. If you are thinking about this issue, the best solution for you is installing a tracking device in your laptop hence you can trace it in case of lost or stolen.
Prey is one of the applications which allow you to keep on tracking of all your electronic devices like laptop, tablet, mobiles etc. if you installed the prey app in your laptop automatically it will be running in the background and it will be waiting to get the signal from you via internet. In case if you lost your device you have to login to the prey web interface and trace it by sending signal to the device. While the prey app installed in your laptop captures the signal from the internet it allows you to do some actions which are done remotely with the help of internet.
Important features of prey:
· It shows the exact location of your laptop on a geographical map.
· It will take a photo of the person whom using your laptop with the help of inbuilt camera.
· It will lock your laptop hence it cannot be allowed for further use.
· It will take snapshots of your laptop screen in order to provide more information like showing the homepages of personal accounts and such things, it will help you find the laptop easily.
· It will sound a continuous alarm in the laptop which you have lost.
· It will display a message in the screen of laptop, the text displayed will the one which u have given earlier.
· It will erase all the browsing history and saved passwords from your laptop.
While finishing all these immediate steps you can complaint to the police to get back your laptop. This prey software is available in the internet you can download it and directly you can install it in your laptop.
Once you download the software you can run the installation wizard. Choose the configuration prey settings. Click the New User button.
Here you have to enter all your details and click on create in order to your own prey account and add your laptop to it.
Now you should open your email account where you received the verification link from the prey.
After the activation of your prey account. The prey software will be start to run and it will tracking your laptop once it is stolen or lost. You can be able to change the settings of your web control panel by logging into it.
In order to manage the tracking settings for the respective devices. Just go into the prey control panel. Here you can able to choose the actions which should be performed in the time of your laptop lost or stolen
After all modifications have done to your settings you can save them by clicking on the save changes button. When your laptop is stolen or lost, just login to the prey website and in the control panel change status to MISSING from OK. After completing this action, shortly you will receive a report from prey regarding your lost or stolen laptop.
This detailed report will provide you the necessary information about your lost or stolen device.
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