Losing a laptop or having it stolen can be a frustrating experience. However, there is a way to trace or locate your lost or stolen device using a simple and easy method. In this article, we will guide you through the steps to locate your lost or stolen laptop or computer system.
Firstly, you need to remember the email address that you used to log into your Windows operating system or to sign up for your Windows PC or laptop. If you remember that email address and have the password for it, fantastic! The next thing to do is open settings on a different system like a Windows phone or a Windows laptop.
Once you have done that, search for settings, and you will get a pop-up. Here, you need to ensure that you have used the same email address to log into your Microsoft account. If you see the same email address out there, fantastic! The next thing to do is click on “update and security.”
After that, you are going to get a pop-up, and here you would get an option to find my device. Click on “find my device,” and you will be directed to a page on which you can click on the option “find my device,” which works somewhat similarly to Google’s find my device.
On your old device, the “find my device” option should have been on. Normally, when you buy a new Windows PC or laptop and use genuine software when signing up for the Windows services, this is automatic. These days you don’t have to opt-in or out; these guys actually automatically sign you up for locating your device when it is lost. So, chances are that this is actually on your lost or stolen device.
Once you are on this page, you could click on this link. Once you click on accounts for a Microsoft to find your lost devices, you would be prompted to log into your Microsoft account online. Put in the common email address that you had used for your lost or stolen device and for this device also click on next.
After you put in your password, you log in, and whatever devices that you have used using that specific email address would show up. If you have only one device, it would be showing up accordingly. Click on the “find my device” option, and Microsoft will go ahead and do a search with street maps or the maps that are available through Microsoft. You can zoom in or out to see which street or which area or which building this laptop is in through the maps provided by Microsoft.
This technique can be utilized worldwide, so wherever you are in the world, you can use this method to locate a lost or stolen Windows laptop or PC. We hope that this information was useful. If you found it helpful, please give it a thumbs up and post a nice little comment. Take care, my friend!