How to use PreyProject now that my laptop has been stolen?

How to use "PreyProject" now that my laptop has been stolen?
Last night my house was broken into and everything stolen. I'm so sad:-(
They got my iphone and my 47" flat screen tv, and my new HP laptop!
I had installed "Prey" on my laptop and I went to the control panel of Prey and marked the laptop as "missing". But what now? It has been almost 24hrs ago that I marked my laptop as "Missing" in the Prey Control Panel. But still Zero (0) reports.nothing. I guess this means the thief has not tried to use my laptop yet? What do I do now? Just keep it marked as missing and keep checking it for a report? What Interval should I have it set on. It was set on every 20 minutes, but I have changed it to every 10 minutes for it to check to see if it can get a report. The PreyProject instructions says that as soon as they start using my laptop my webcam will take a pic of them, and also take a screenshot of whatever they are looking at on my computer, hopefully their Facebook page! That WOULD BE GREAT! Haha
THe MAIN thing I'm waiting on is that it says it will also give to me the GPS location of my laptop, using the gps in my laptop along with Wi-Fi triangulation.
I guess I have not received any reports from it yet, even though I marked it as missing over 20 hours ago, is only because the thief has not yet tried to use my laptop? I don't know
Please advise.over,
Perry in Florida

All the help section says is that after I mark it missing that "Prey will WOrk It's Magic"… "Work it's magic"?
What do I do now? Just wait for a report to come? It has been over 10 hours ago that I marked it as missing but nothing, no reports yet. I guess I'm waiting for the thief to turn the laptop on? I don't know
Please advise… Over,
Perry in Florida

Prey will only "work it's magic" if it is still running in the operating system. If the operating system is restored to factory original, the software is gone. The better option would have been LoJack, which installs into the BIOS - if the operating system gets restored, the BIOS routine redownloads it and installs it (regardless of what operating system it is).

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