I'm afraid you are best advised to report it to the Police.

Unless you found it in hard rubbish, that is - clarify?

maybe.

take it to the cops, ben. if no one claims it, it's yrs eventually anyway

what are you willing to do to save this machine?

ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE IT ALL TO SAVE THIS MACHINE?

hand that shit it. imagine if it was yours. laptops dont just get dumped on the street.

fucks sake.

this lappy was out the frot of a house... with other shit...and had a sign that says..FREE STUFF.. EVERYTHING IN WORKING ORDER

this story is starting to sound thin

dude, you're on the net - google it!

yeah!

ben aint some common crim!

I know who you are, and I believe these guys pay cash rewards

reinstall windows and away you go. if it got that far, it look like the hardware's ok

less cracking, more fixing.

can you goodie goodies pipe down, and tell me if this lappy is fixable?

I'm guessing the person thought it was fucked and threw it out... its all legit... and besides, i know where they live..and i have their name and CV...which was in the lappy bag.... I'd give it back if they want it...but they put it out with their pots and heater and jaffle iron...

Should have grabbed me the jaffle iron.

goody goody

or goody goodies

or how the fuck old are you?

i dunno how to install things....like windows!

looks like the ram might be fucked

as in goodie two shoes!!!...you bunch of nerds should be able to fix this shit lickerty split

Ben, you always find the coolest stuff. We never get any decent hard rubbish up my way, I'm so jealous..

ya reckon?

i'd say it was in the hard-rubbish for a reason!

One of the last windows xp updates fucked with the registry majorly.

Many machines were stuck in a reboot loop.

After sufficient reboots to get teh registry happy they were cool, but the best option was to reset to previously saved state.

Failing that reinstall windows.

Ben, if you can't install a windows os, you don't deserve a computer.

also, watch out for shit like this...

i used to think picking up dropped computers was bad but that was before i was an insurance slut.

it works!!

re-installed windows...kapow!! now i just need programs, and to delete all this porn

far out, that's a pretty neat find Ben!

sooooo much porn

Hahahahaha!

If it's kid porn at least you know where they live and can report them to the cops.

haha. i read this thread last night, and i was really rooting for ya ben. i couldn't wait to hear how it ended, did you get help, did you not, was there porn, did it explode...

so glad it worked out for you ben.

haha. i read this thread last night, and i was really rooting for ya ben. i couldn't wait to hear how it ended, did you get help, did you not, was there porn, did it explode...

so glad it worked out for you ben.

haha.. well the nerds here werent much help.. and yes... in a folder hidden within a folder behind a folder in a folder named ''ChemFiles''.. which was amongst uni/science folders... was porn central!!

i thought you were joking about the porn.

..which you've since deleted.

....or so you say.....

5gigs worth deleted... still got to assess the moral value of the remaining 500MB

let me know if you need a *cough* hand...

Print out the pictures and put them back in their letterbox, one per day.

it's a tough job sorting and deleting all this porn...

meanwhile, ive also found a bunch of Melvins/Isis/metallica/Soundgarden stuff...footage....not-porn

I'm definately going to do something like that SGH....

or write on their doorstep in chalk.. ''thanks for all the cumshots on that puter Dave''

the people across the road threw out their old mac a couple of years ago, and my younger brother brought it home. so i set it up and booted it up. the desktop background was the guy from across the road, standing naked on top of a mountain somewhere in the himalayas or similar. much laughter to be had.

I watched the rest of it while you were asleep to save you the bother. Deletedeletedelete!!