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Has your laptop been stolen? If this is the case, in this tutorial I show you how to use Microsoft account of your logged in devices to trace your lost laptop or computer.
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Microsoft has made it possible for you
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to find any lost laptop or computer
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using the inbuilt Microsoft tools. For
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this, you not need to install any
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software. It is freely available for
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each and every Microsoft user. So, if
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you have lost any gadget, a laptop or a
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computer. I'm going to show you how you
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can press it and find the precise
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location where your gadget is. So, tag
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along and let me show you how you can do
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so. My name is Isaac and this is a
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minute with AI. So let's get started. So
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if you've lost any of your gadget, you
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can easily trace it using another
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device. But first, you need to have
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logged into your previous or your lost
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laptop with an email that we are going
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to use. So to trace the location or
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where your lost laptop is, just go to
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start menu
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here and then click on settings.
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Now, under settings, look for the option
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called update and security. So, as you
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can see, I have an email. I've logged in
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here. Once you're logged in, go ahead
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and tap on this option called update and
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security. Now, under this Windows
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update, we
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have a variety of options here. And one
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of the options available on this device
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is find my device option. Just like on
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your smartphone, we also have this
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feature on Microsoft Windows. So go
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ahead and click on find my device. And
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now by default devices come with this
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option turned on. Find my device turned
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on. So the highest percentage is your
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lost laptop has this turned on. Now to
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trace it go ahead and choose this option
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called take more action for lost device
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on your account page. So click on this
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account under
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Microsoft. And here you'll have to go
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ahead and now log in with the same
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email. So I'll go ahead and do so.
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Then click on
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next. Then send a code that will be sent
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to your email. And now you'll receive a
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code on that email of which you have to
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enter it here. So let me go ahead and
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grab it.
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And that is my code. Then I'll go
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ahead and this will take me to this
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page. And here under devices, I'll be
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able to see all the devices that I have
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ever logged in with this email. So you
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can see currently I only have a computer
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that I'm using logged into this email
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and as you can see we have the details
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of this computer that I'm using. So if
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your email is logged into another device
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you will see the list of all those
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devices listed here. And then you'll
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also be able to see the location if you
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have turned your location on. From this
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you'll also be able to see other
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information such as the serial number of
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your devices. And you can now use this
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find my device option to know the
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precise location where your gadget is.
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And if I click on
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it, it will open up the map. And then
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now you can use this find option to
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trace your device. So that's how you can
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trace the location of your lost laptop
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or computer using Microsoft tools. If
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you have any other question, kindly let
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me know in the comment section.
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Otherwise, if this video was helpful to
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subscribe to this channel to support me.
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Thanks for watching and let's meet in
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the next video.
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