Comments on: LAlarm Laptop Makes Your Laptop Scream When Stolen

By: r4i

r4i — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:14:42 +0000

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By: John in Austria

John in Austria — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:56:46 +0000

I must have a strange computer. No Lalarm icon appears in the system tray no matter how long I wait, but thanks for the tip. I missed that one. Another point, I always get a “critical error” message when Lalarm runs for awhile. Sorry, but guess it is not going to work. Thanks for the help.

By: James

James — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:08:08 +0000

I encountered the same problem but solved when I followed the instruction in the manual:
The manual says “If you just turned on or restarted the computer, wait until a LAlarm icon appears in the notification area (bottom right side of the screen) before locking the computer.” Hope this solves the problem, otherwise why don’t you contact the tech support?

By: John in Austria

John in Austria — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:08:17 +0000

Oh yes, I locked the laptop with Win+L as the password screen came up each time. I guess statistics say it’s not got to work on some machines. I am using a German-made “Gericom X-5″ with German language Vista installed. Doubt that has anything to do with it, but maybe.

By: Mahendra Palsule

Mahendra Palsule — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:39:51 +0000

@John in Austria: No, the grayed and checked “Enable Theft Alarm” is not a problem. It remains that way.

Once again, I can only think of ensuring that you are locking your laptop with Win+L before “pulling the plug”. Other than that, I can’t see any reason why it shouldn’t work.

By: John in Austria

John in Austria — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:10:47 +0000

A further note, one thing I notice is the “Enable Theft Alarm” is checked but sorta grayed out. I noticed this also on the review photos from “Make Use Of”. Is this a problem?

By: John in Austria

John in Austria — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:06:51 +0000

Hi! I’m using Windows Vista SP1 on a new laptop with 2 GBs RAM. My speakers are on and nothing happens when I “pull the plugs!” I was hoping this might kinda cool for travel.

By: Mahendra Palsule

Mahendra Palsule — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:54:32 +0000

@John in Austria: Which version of Windows are you using? I assume you’re locking the laptop with Win+L. Sorry, but I can’t say what might be the problem.

Their site says it has not been tested with 64-bit Vista, but even that worked great in my case.

By: John in Austria

John in Austria — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:29:44 +0000

Has anybody got this alarm to work? I tried every setting, downloaded sound files, restarted the computer I don’t know how many times, and I can still unplug my power cord and/or remove the USB cable and nothing happens. Nada!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:42:23 +0000

Great idea. However, this doesn’t help you get the laptop back. I really doubt the thief will decide to return your laptop because he is annoyed with the results – he’d probably just dump it somewhere.