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ChadTower:

--- Quote from: hypernova on July 30, 2008, 10:43:29 am ---Besides a pawn shop and ebay/cl, what else could you do with a password protected laptop.  (Assuming you don't have the ability to crack/format the HD to use it yourself.)

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It's pretty easy to fence a laptop.  If they're not looking for cash now now now they could easily just sell that to a friend.  A lot of people would buy a $150 laptop no questions asked.

shmokes:

--- Quote from: hypernova on July 30, 2008, 10:43:29 am ---
I had some percocets left too.  


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Those make me constipated.  I had to go to the hospital once because they made me so constipated   :laugh2:  (there's somewhat more to the story)


--- Quote from: hypernova on July 30, 2008, 10:43:29 am ---
what else could you do with a password protected laptop.  (Assuming you don't have the ability to crack/format the HD to use it yourself.)


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Probably not a safe assumption, unless you actually have a BIOS password preventing the system from booting without entering a password.  Otherwise, it's safe to assume that they can format the hard drive and install a fresh copy of Windows.  And if they're even the slightest bit savvy, they can use google to find applications that can easily crack the Windows passwords.  You just boot to the disc and change any user password you want(including the administrator password).  If you can find your way through Nero to burn an ISO image to disc, you have the technical skills to break into a local Windows machine.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shmokes on July 30, 2008, 10:52:05 am --- If you can find your way through Nero to burn an ISO image to disc, you have the technical skills to break into a local Windows machine.

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And if they're spending hours backed up on the toilet they have all the time in the world to hack at a laptop, too.

Dartful Dodger:
Sorry to hear about this.  This story makes me a little queasy.

I've a gun safe about the size of a school locker leaning up against a wall.  I've been meaning to bolt it to the studs in a closet for a couple of months now.  This is a sickening reminder to me.

Good luck with everything.

ahofle:

--- Quote from: shmokes on July 30, 2008, 10:52:05 am ---
--- Quote from: hypernova on July 30, 2008, 10:43:29 am ---what else could you do with a password protected laptop.  (Assuming you don't have the ability to crack/format the HD to use it yourself.)

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Probably not a safe assumption, unless you actually have a BIOS password preventing the system from booting without entering a password.  Otherwise, it's safe to assume that they can format the hard drive and install a fresh copy of Windows.  And if they're even the slightest bit savvy, they can use google to find applications that can easily crack the Windows passwords.  You just boot to the disc and change any user password you want(including the administrator password).  If you can find your way through Nero to burn an ISO image to disc, you have the technical skills to break into a local Windows machine.

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Why would anyone need to crack the windows pwds?  Just remove the hard drive and put it in an enclosure as an external drive on another computer.  Then you can see everything unless you used some form of low level encryption.

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