It still looks like new. Because it's so small, I almost never used the laptop.
Wanted to go online after years, but doesn't work. Is that because of XP what has not been maintained for years. Can it really only be operated with a different operating system? Probably for security reasons. Find it a shame if I can no longer use it. Or should I only use it as a data storage device and not at all for the Internet?
I think it only cost between 100 and 150 at the time (2008) Looks like new, so it's a shame not to use it.
You can still use the little thing with a lightweight Linux distribution. So I wouldn't throw it away!
I wouldn't go online with it anymore. This also applies to all Windows dialects, not just XP.
If you want to go online with the laptop, I recommend installing a Linux. If there's enough space on the hard disk, you can install Linux in another partition if required and call the desired OS via a boot manager when the system starts.
You can still go online with that. It's risky, of course, since you can easily catch viruses, but it should work.
How did you try to connect the laptop? Via LAN cable or WLAN? And how do you know that the internet is not working? Maybe only the browser is causing problems?
How do you get there and can you install it as a layman?
I use the cable connection and the router from Vodaphone. Can also be with the browser. I had run the CC cleaner and later tried to start the browser. Then came the question whether CC should close the browser again, probably because of the cleanup. I have confirmed, but I'm now not on the Internet. Without a browser, I can't download a current one from the Internet.
Linux distributions are available as ISO files for free download. If you have decided on a specific distribution, you download the corresponding ISO file and put it on a blank USB stick with a special tool, for example Etcher. Then you let the PC boot from the USB stick and you can test and install the distribution.
Thank you very much, I will discuss this with a friend, who can possibly do it for me.
Try http://www.mozilla.org/...ozilla.org
The page can also be opened with ancient browsers.
Linux Mint is easy to install for beginners, has all the programs I need and costs nothing. The elegant Cinnamon version of Mint 19.3 can be downloaded free of charge from linuxmint.com. The instructions are there. The operation is like XP. With Mint you can safely access the web (without utilities).
The calculator will be like new.
For very old computers, the XFCE version from Mint is recommended because it uses less resources because of the simpler graphics.
Good information about Mint can be found on YouTube.
Have fun with it. Usually Windows is no longer required when Linux is running.
You would have to see how big the RAM and the disk is. For a current slim Linux distribution, it should still be enough. The hard disk space should already be around 10 GB. Hopefully the RAM has 250 MB or, preferably, a little more. With a current Linux distribution that requires little resources, that should still work. You can get Lubuntu or Xubunto from the network and burn it as an iso file to a DVD for installation, maybe even a CD is enough. There would be chances to give the computer a new lease of life. With current distributions you can also go online, with Windows it is strongly advised not to use 8.1 or 10. No virus scanner is enough. Go ahead! HG Kuno
Linux Mint Xfce uses too much RAM. Xfce is no longer lightweight. LxQt Fedora runs better than xubuntu etc
