XPost: alt.windows-xp   
      
   On Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:43:34 -0000 (UTC), "Auric__"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Wayne wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:10:28 -0000 (UTC), "Auric__"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>[cross-posting because the OP multi-posted]   
   >>>   
   >>>Wayne wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> In my old age and its senilty, I have forgotten much about XP.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I have inherited this BRAND-NEW STILL IN THE BOX eMachines T3104 PC,   
   >>>> and want to set it up for my grandson.  It is set up as it comes with   
   >>>> some softwares.  It boots up and runs fine, except for the internet,   
   >>>> which does not surprise me.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I have CAT5-connected the T3104 to my Verizon router, which is also   
   >>>> connected to, and runs fine with, this W7 PC.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I can't remember how to set up XP to connnect to this router.   I have   
   >>>> tried many things to no avail-so I am missing something.   I can't   
   >>>> even get to where it should ask for my router's password.  I have   
   >>>> tried everything applicable in its XP's Control Panel, to no avail.   
   >>>> Oh - I forgot to say that so far I cannot get any 'internet access'   
   >>>> icon in the task bar.   
   >>>> Now I need to ask for help.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Help?   
   >>>   
   >>>There shouldn't be anything necessary; it *should* "just work". Logging in   
   >>>to the router shouldn't be necessary for a wired connection. I've   
   >>>certainly never had to do so.   
   >>   
   >> Well - I think it  shud just work too - but it didn't.  I ave always   
   >> had to enter the Verizon router's pword in the past - I have connected   
   >> several PCs hard wired (cat5) and they all required that.  I am   
   >> talking W7 8 and 10 tho.  Even tho it is a wireless router which I   
   >> connect to my printers that way.   
   >   
   >I have very little experience with PC<->cellular internet (and no experience   
   >at all with Verizon) so I can't really say anything about it.   
   >   
   >>>In the Control Panel, open Network Connections. There should be an entry   
   >>>there called something like "Local Area Connection". (If nothing's there,   
   >>>run Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Communications -> Network   
   >>>Setup Wizard.) Make sure it says it's "Connected", and not "Disabled".   
   >>   
   >> I have (I think):   
   >>   
   >> connection manager   
   >>    MSN disconnected firewalled   
   >>   pci soft datafax modem with ......   
   >>   
   >> internet gateway   
   >>   internet connection   
   >>   connected   
   >>   internet connection   
   >>   
   >> lan or highspeed internet   
   >>   local area connection   
   >>   connected firewalled   
   >>   realtek rtl 8139   family ..........   
   >   
   >That last one (Realtek RTL 8139) is your NIC. It's connected and *should* be   
   >working.   
   >   
   >>>If it says it's connected, but you can't get to any websites, then the   
   >>>computer may be getting blocked by the router, which means you'll need to   
   >>>login to the router itself (from your Win7 machine) and see if you can get   
   >>>it working that way.   
   >>   
   >> This reply is from my W10 PC.   
   >>   
   >>>Or, you know, call Verizon's tech support and have them figure it out for   
   >>>you.   
   >>   
   >> We hate each other, but I may have to.   
   >   
   >I think you should.   
   >   
   >>>On a side note, I think it's a bad idea to connect an XP machine to the   
   >>>internet, especially one that hasn't had the most recent patches   
   >>>installed. *Especially* if your grandson is a teenager, considering the   
   >>>kind of sites he's likely to visit.   
   >>   
   >> He is.  Maybe W7.  This machine has had no patches of course.   
   >   
   >I wouldn't put any newer version of Windows on that machine. Minimum for   
   >Win7 and Win10 is 1GB RAM, and that will feel sluggish for either OS.   
   >   
   >And, again, don't internet XP. One visit to the wrong kind of site and it'll   
   >be a biohazard box.   
   >   
   >>>(Personally, I'd find a Linux distro meant for low-end machines and   
   >>>install that instead. And I'd max out the RAM on the machine, if you can   
   >>>find any DDR RAM on the cheap. Maybe install a bigger hard drive, too.)   
   >>   
   >> I have drives and RAM.  It has 100GB drive and 1G Ram now I think.   I   
   >> didn't want to open it up.  But maybe I'll have to.   
   >> Thanks for your time + suggs.   
   >   
   >Default install is only 256 MB RAM for that model. System Properties will   
   >tell you how much RAM Windows thinks is installed.   
      
   Control  Panel>SystemProperties came saying:   
   2.80GHz 960MBytes of RAM   
   JW   
      
   >This page:   
   >   
   >  http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/eMachines/t3104   
   >   
   >...says that machine maxes out at 2GB. (Don't buy from them if you already   
   >have RAM that will work in that machine.)   
      
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