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sarah249 · 08-28-2009, 08:54 PM

hey guys

am trying to run an old hp computer (about 2002-03) BUT it has no internet browsers intalled...

trying to d/l and install explorer but cant install due to system req.

have xp home but have no idea how to even check what i have let alone how i'd go about upgrading.

currently cant even d/l msn or run something as simple as shockwave games

if someone could give me some idea other than buy a new computer it would be much appriated!!

thanx heaps

sarah.

mrgr8avill · 09-13-2009, 09:01 AM

Just curious, but how are you able to DL IE? Do you have the windows disk that came with the box? If so, it will have a version of IE that is compatible with the machine.

As far as upgrading -- not worth it. I saw a laptop at the local "national electronics retailer" for $279 -- NOT a netbook, but a NOTEbook. With prices like that, you would spend as much on an upgrade as your would to buy a new box.

If you can't make anything work on the old machine, you're stuck.

08-28-2009, 08:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
sarah249 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 OS: xp	Help hey guys am trying to run an old hp computer (about 2002-03) BUT it has no internet browsers intalled... trying to d/l and install explorer but cant install due to system req. have xp home but have no idea how to even check what i have let alone how i'd go about upgrading. currently cant even d/l msn or run something as simple as shockwave games if someone could give me some idea other than buy a new computer it would be much appriated!! thanx heaps sarah.

09-13-2009, 09:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
mrgr8avill Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 30 OS: Vista Ultimate 64	Re: Help Just curious, but how are you able to DL IE? Do you have the windows disk that came with the box? If so, it will have a version of IE that is compatible with the machine. As far as upgrading -- not worth it. I saw a laptop at the local "national electronics retailer" for $279 -- NOT a netbook, but a NOTEbook. With prices like that, you would spend as much on an upgrade as your would to buy a new box. If you can't make anything work on the old machine, you're stuck.