How to Identify a laptop?

My friend found a laptop and wanted to know how to find out who it belongs to. Any ideas?

 

First, your friend should call the police, to see if it's been reported stolen. On the bottom there should be a serial number, which if the owner registered it will tell the company that produced it to whom it belongs.

You don't happen to be in West Michigan, by any chance, do you? Mine was stolen last summer.

 

I think it's more of a wanting to know who it belongs to because she found it in her husband's things and he told her a story that doesn't add up thing. I said certain programs you put on like Word (if that's even on it) are registered to the owner of the computer. But she's bringing it by here around 12:30 for me to try and help her identify the owner. Oh, and by the way..it's in PA...sorry!

 

Hehe interesting... What you mentioned are ways.. You can also check for an Outlook account and see whose email it is.

 

Unless of course, the whole of Windows is password protected, in which case, you're back to the serial No. thing.