Muchas Gracias por la explicación y excelente información . Afortunadamente con su ayuda pude seguir trabajando con mi querida Laptop Dell. La compre en el 2010 y hoy estamos en Feb de 2021 y como me gusta mucho cuidar mis equipos aun me funciona perfectamente. Cordial saludo desde la Ciudad de Ibagué Colombia.

Why did my old computer just get locked down with Intel anti theft lock? What in the computer is causing this?

i have purchased e6420 but second hand but now i realize that this feature has already activated by the previous user and the shop keeper dont even know that user coz he just bought it from him there is not any problem my pc is working fine but i want to deactivate it then reactivate this feature by myself !?

But does it help you locate the laptop?

you could do compleate system reset. as i bet the "Intel Anti Theft Technology" just forces bios options. So you could remove the bios Batary all to gether so no polices could ever be in place

This is BS I purchased an Ultrabook which locked up the lease back period was completed and now a 7 year old unit will cost $ 1500 to change motherboard cause that is the only way to do it or smash the darn think to pieces

how to remove Intel ANti Theft from my own Laptop ???