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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve installed Prey on one of our laptops to experiment and so far it has worked pretty well. I like how it can take a picture of the thief if the laptop has a built-in webcam. We don’t circulate any laptops but if we start, I’ll be sure to install LogMeIn Free and Prey. Hats off to catching those thieves!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Chad Morris<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Technology Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Franklin-Springboro Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>44 E. Fourth Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Franklin, OH 45005<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Office: 937.746.2665<br>Cell: 937.301.2465<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Fax: 937.746.2847<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Email: <a href="https://mail.oplin.org/webmail/src/compose.php?send_to=morrisch%40oplin.org"><span style='color:black'>morrisch@oplin.org</span></a><br><a href="www.fspl.org"><span style='color:black'>www.fspl.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chip Kruthoffer<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 03, 2012 10:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> oplintech@lists.oplin.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [OPLINTECH] stolen laptop recovery success story and tips<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#330033'>We circulate laptops for in-library use at one of our locations, chiefly due to a lack of space for more workstations there. Unfortunately, around the holidays we<a href="http://www.journal-news.com/news/crime/laptops-reported-stolen-from-library-1310178.html"> experienced a rash of thefts</a>. Despite the requirement that we hold their driver's licenses, we lost 3 Dell Vostros in a series of days. We have been circulating these at this location since 2008 without any incidents like this, so this was new to us</span>.<br><br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#330033'>We realize now that we could have been a little better prepared, so I wanted to share a couple of things we have done. I am happy to report that we have recovered 2 of the 3 machines as of Feb.2, and we have a bead on the third one.<br><br>Shortly after the computers were stolen, we realized that because we had <a href="https://secure.logmein.com/products/free/">LogMeIn Free</a> installed on them, we could still connect to them whenever they were connected to the Internet. Changing a few default settings, we could connect without too much risk of detection. We use <a href="https://secure.logmein.com/products/central/">LogMeIn Central</a> [<a href="http://www.retailmenot.com/view/logmein.com">coupon</a>] in conjunction with LMI Free, but any remote control option would serve the same purpose as LMI Free.<br><br>Once connected, we were able to install <a href="http://preyproject.com/">Prey</a>, which automates the tracking process and provides a bunch of additional functionality, including geo-info the police can use to pay your thief a visit. The vendor offers steep educational discounts. It is already inexpensive anyway, considering the value of the items you'll be protecting with it.<br><br>If anyone has dealt with, or is dealing with, a similar situation, I'd be glad to compare notes off-list. I just wanted to mention Prey here in particular.<br><br clear=all></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Chip Kruthoffer, Systems Manager<br>Lane Libraries ~ </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.lanepl.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>http://www.lanepl.org</span></a><span style='color:black'><br>1396 University Blvd. (Admin. Center)<br>Hamilton, Ohio 45011<br>P: 513.785.2706<br>E: </span><a href="mailto:c.kruthoffer@lanepl.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>c.kruthoffer@lanepl.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>