The Fake Geek

Chromebook Tracking is an extremely useful tool. Here is how you can use it to track your chromebook in case of theft or misplacement.

Every single Chromebook (as well as an phone or tablet powered by Google’s Android operating system) has the ability to be tracked.

This powerful ability allows you to find your chromebook if someone steals it or if you just forgot where you put it. But it is important to remember a few things about Chromebook Tracking:

1. The Chromebook needs to be turned on in order for Chromebook Tracking to work. If someone turns it off then it can’t be tracked anymore.
2. The tracking mechanism will be limited to just the general area it is in. Usually just the city it is in. And the Chromebook will need to be connected to WiFi.
3. If someone turns off WiFi you will not be able to track your Chromebook.
4. If someone wipes your Chromebook then you will not be able to track it.

Number 4 might be particularly aggravating if your chromebook has been stolen. You might be wondering why Google didn’t include a way to track Chromebook even when wiped.

Well what if you had purchased a used chromebook? Would you want the previous owner of the chromebook to be able to track where the machine is? Probably not.

Now here’s the bad news:

Unlike smartphones Google Chromebooks don’t have a GPS chip. Most of them also don’t have a 4G LTE data connection. Because of this the amount of data that you’re going to get from Chromebook tracking is smaller than what you would get tracking a smartphone.

But here is what you can use Chromebook tracking for:

• Find out what city the chromebook is in.
• Find out what cities it has been in recently.
• Find out when it has been in those cities by date and time.

The link for this chromebook tracking information is here: https://security.google.com/settings/security/activity

You will need to login to the same Google account you use to login to your chromebook.

Here is how to quickly change your Chromebook Login Password.

Since both your Google Account and your Chromebook use the same password you can quickly change it by going to your Google Account settings page here: https://myaccount.google.com/security

Scroll down the page to the category called Password & sign-in method. Click on Password.

You will be prompted to enter your current password to confirm that it’s you.

Then you will get to the Password Change screen. Enter your new password, then re-enter it again in the bottom box. Then click Change Password.

Log out of your Chromebook and then log back in using your new password.

And you’re done!

If you’re receiving error C7053-1803 while using Netflix on your Chromebook then here is the solution.

Fix #1: Clear the cache

To clear the cache do this:

1. Click on the chrome setting button in the browser in the top right corner (it looks like three horizontal lines).
2. Click Tools and then Clear browsing Data.
3. Specify that you want to clear information From the beginning of time.
4. Make sure only Empty the Cache is selected.
5. Click Clear Browsing Data.

Fix #2: Reset and power wash your chromebook

This step will completely wipe your chromebook so you need to backup all of your data first. Again: this will erase EVERYTHING and bring your chromebook back to the state it was when you bought it.

1. Click on your account picture in the lower-right corner of your screen.
2. Click on Settings. A window will appear.
3. Click on Show Advanced Settings at the bottom.
4. Find the “Powerwash” label and click Reset.
5. In the window that opens click Restart.

If you’re having problems uninstalling or reinstalling Chrome then here is the fix.

Fix #1

Use the Chrome Cleanup Tool. This simply but powerful tool will allow you to not only remove leftover pieces of Chrome but will also remove any other problems that could be causing issues with Chrome.

You can download the tool from Google here: https://www.google.com/chrome/cleanup-tool/

Fix #2

Use Revo Uninstaller. This is software can search your computer and remove a program more thoroughly than the official Chrome uninstaller.

You can find Revo Uninstaller here: http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html

NOTE: Don’t bother with the professional version. Just use the free regular version. It does the same thing.

Fix #3

To re-install Chrome when the official installer simply doesn’t work you can try the offline installer. This installer works a little differently than the official one and can get around certain problems:

You can download it from Google here: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/126299?hl=en

Here is how to fix the Chrome error ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR. Simply follow the steps below!

Fix #1

1. Go here (you’ll need to copy paste it into your address bar or type it in): chrome://net-internals/#sockets
2. And click on “Flush Socket Pools”

In the vast majority of cases the error should now be gone.

Fix #2

Clear Chrome’s cookies and data and restart the browser.

1. In the address bar write: chrome://settings
2. Press Enter
3. Scroll down and click on “Show Advanced Settings”
4. Under the Privacy section click on Clear Browsing Data
5. Select the following: “Cookies and other site and plugin data” and “Cached images and files”. Deselect everything else.
6. Make sure that “Obliterate the following items from:” is set to “the beginning of time”
7. Click on “Clear Browsing Data”

Fix #3

If you’re an Avast Antivirus user then you can add the website giving you this error to your Avast exclusion list. Something about Avast seems to be triggering this error so to fix the issue we just tell Avast to ignore the pages that it doesn’t like and the error disappears.

1. Open Avast
2. Click on Settings
3. Click on Active Protection
4. Click on Customize for Web Shield
5. Add each website separately to the URLs to exclude section.