If your computer is lost or stolen – Dell Precision T7400 (Late 2007) User Manual

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Securing Your Computer

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If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen

• Call a law enforcement agency to report the lost or stolen computer.

Include the Service Tag in your description of the computer. Ask that a

case number be assigned and write down the number, along with the

name, address, and phone number of the law enforcement agency. If

possible, obtain the name of the investigating officer.

NOTE:

If you know where the computer was lost or stolen, call a law enforcement

agency in that area. If you do not know, call a law enforcement agency where you

live.

• If the computer belongs to a company, notify the security office of the

company.

• Contact Dell customer service to report the missing computer. Provide the

computer Service Tag, the case number, and the name, address, and phone

number of the law enforcement agency to which you reported the missing

computer. If possible, give the name of the investigating officer.

The Dell customer service representative will log your report under the

computer Service Tag and record the computer as missing or stolen. If

someone calls Dell for technical assistance and gives your Service Tag, the

computer is identified automatically as missing or stolen. The representative

will attempt to get the phone number and address of the caller. Dell will then

contact the law enforcement agency to which you reported the missing

computer.

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