@ Ben Weston

Of course, the person who had the offending material on his PC can now claim, if this comes to Court, that one of your tek-geek snoops put it there. Well done, Sherlock!

Also, you say that _one_ of your 'rummages' turned up something bad, what about the others? Just the plain old abuse of trust and civil liberties then. No matter what anon might think, handing over something for repair does _not_ grant the repairer licence to 'rummage' - no matter what the self justification.

Can I pop round to Ben's house and have a quick 'rummage' through his stuff? I'm sure _his_ PC is as clean as his conscience...