Does the laptop have a product key sticker on the bottom? If it does, why don't you just wipe it and start again?
After all, it might have been lobbed over the hedge by someone who had been surfing for porn and got his computer badly infected. Do you really want to risk connecting it to your network?
After all, it might have been lobbed over the hedge by someone who had been surfing for porn and got his computer badly infected. Do you really want to risk connecting it to your network?
When I found it the computer was open and upright and had the product key sticker on the base intact. Next to it was a carrying case so I put the computer in there, not realising it was damp inside - latter when I took it out the product key sticker had peeled off - the number gone.
If there is dodgy porn on it I'd hand it to the Police!
It might be the porn he is hoping to recover
I made an Opcrack pen stick but it ran out of memory - however it still worked and pulled up 3 passwords, unfortunately none of them worked. So I've gone out and bought a bigger memory stick and will download Opcrack again - perhaps this time it will work. Nothings ever simple with these issues. I don't think?
I would be asking myself if it was worth the bother.
I would be asking myself if it was worth the bother.
Well at least one can learn about computers through the experience!
Are we still talking about the porn?
ha ha no we not - besides this program isn't pulling up any magic passwords!
hmmmm, done a bit of learning about computers myself today.......read my blog.
I was given a laptop to sort out last week by a lady who had lost all her details and passwords etc. All she needed of the machine were the photographs she had taken after a recent visit by a relation for abroad and hadn't saved to CD.
I have a program called Acronis which is on a CD and you can boot from it and see all the files and documents on the machine.
Once you get the files off onto a USB pen drive or external USB hard drive in my case you can then reinstall Windows and start all over again with a clean machine.
What surprises me is the fact that the Windows sticker came off and was unreadable after a short spell in a damp case. The laptop must have also been damp so why was the sticker still on. They are reasonably waterproof.
I have a program called Acronis which is on a CD and you can boot from it and see all the files and documents on the machine.
Once you get the files off onto a USB pen drive or external USB hard drive in my case you can then reinstall Windows and start all over again with a clean machine.
What surprises me is the fact that the Windows sticker came off and was unreadable after a short spell in a damp case. The laptop must have also been damp so why was the sticker still on. They are reasonably waterproof.
This computer doesn't have a CD Rom on it, that is external and comes seperately, unfortunately there wasn't one in the bag when I found it. So unless I get one, I can only use USB pen drive for installing or using any software.
The sticker was there when I picked it up but as I said came off in the bag - it must have already been wet as you say - that made it come of. But I don't need that number to install new software! Are you saying that if I had that code I could download new Windows XP from Windows web site without paying for it?
I could just buy Windows XP and install that (or borrow one, or get a pirate copy) that would work wouldn't it!
I just read your blog Margaret - you should have told me I could have let you have this notebook for nowt'
The computer I am talking about is a Dell Latitude X1 it's too small to have a CD/DVD Rom see specification here...
Dell Latitude X1 review from TechRadar UK's expert reviews of Laptops and netbooks
Cheers.
You ask if you could just install Windows again on the laptop, the answer is yes if you have an external DVD drive. If you are like me (nosey) you will want to see what files are on the laptop.
Acronis will give you the option to make a boot up file on a USB pen drive and then you can boot up the laptop with it and back up the files onto another pendrive or USB hard driveto read them.
You could make the boot up pendrive on your working machine after you obtain an Acronis disk.
I "think" that you can download a trial version which may work for you.
Acronis will give you the option to make a boot up file on a USB pen drive and then you can boot up the laptop with it and back up the files onto another pendrive or USB hard driveto read them.
You could make the boot up pendrive on your working machine after you obtain an Acronis disk.
I "think" that you can download a trial version which may work for you.