Windows 10: Lost Device

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening,I had a laptop taken recently. It’s always been listed under “devices” on my account. But now it is even gone from my devices. Who all can remove devices linked to an account? I know I could but if they wipe the laptop, would it disappear as well? If so, can Microsoft see who removed the device from my account? Or see what account the serial number is now associated with? Hope this makes sense.

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Lost default photo viewer after profile rebuild

Thanks Brink. I've tried those steps before i started searching Google. After the profile rebuild i don't have the Photo app listed to choose to make it default in either the system settings for default apps or the Open With option.

I can't even find it doing a search. Seems to have been removed somehow with the profile rebuild, which doesn't make sense.

Might be helpful to list what i've done I've done the open with check, the choose default program in the system menu, tried that in device manager default programs also. I've checked the programs and features Turn windows features on/off and it's not listed there (never thought it was but that was a suggestion), searched the MS Store, it's not listed there either.

I don't like playing in the registry unless i have defined steps and haven't found anything for this yet, just the Win7 version like in my OP.

 

How to find a lost device?

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



Sorry to hear that your device is stolen. I am glad you were able to use this feature to find your device and lock it. For more information on this feature, I would suggest you to refer the article on

Find and lock a lost Windows device, please check the steps and see if it is helpful to you.



Hope it helps.



Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Network master browser lost to a linux device, how to disable it ?

My NAS box lost it's position as the Master Server browser on our network. The device that picked up this role, is Linux based. How do I achieve the following Windows instructions as per this page, but in Linux?

http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/54/

And if it cannot be done in Linux, how do I hard force a device to pick up the browser role? The NAS box is also Linux.



And any suggestions for how to avoid this happening in the future, or a quick fix if there is one?