I got one of my old computers back, and the previous owner has a long history of putting spyware on just about anything that can have spyware, and in any way.
A little background on this person--He knows quite a bit about computers. He's worked with them for most of his life, he's worked on...
About 2 or so years ago my laptop stopped working after I took out the battery (I don't remember why I took it out). I just found it again. Can you think of anything that would cause it to stop working (it won't turn on, no lights or anything). I'm guessing it's the battery, but I'll have to...