From: Sh@dow.br
On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 18:09:57 +0100, ? Good Guy ?
wrote:
>On 09/09/2019 14:03, alexo wrote:
>> hello,
>>
>> yesterday sunday in Italy, on an old tower PC, I installed an original
>> copy of Windows XP bought about 18
>> years ago. Installation almost OK. Updated it to SP2 via CD-ROM.
>> Now the problem I have is to connect the PC to the Internet via
>> ethernet wire and a wifi router (I have no wifi PCI adapter installed on
>> the PC; just ethernet card and a router for the new gigabit internet
>> fiber connection (at least new for Italy where I live)).
>>
>> Could someone help me, please?
>
>Help with what? You just need to attach the cables. One end goes to
>the router and the other goes at the back of your machine or even at the
>front depending on the type of box you have. what is problem in doing
>this?
For once I agree with you. UNLESS the provider supplies a Wifi
router with no Ethernet sockets and solders the ISP end into the wall.
In which case the OP would need to purchase a USB Wifi adapter
with hardware compatible with XP. It usually specifies that on the
box.
It won't cost much more than US$ 20. Just plug it in, install
the drivers and you have Internet.
https://www.amazon.com/usb-wifi-adapter-windows-xp/s?k=usb+wifi+
dapter+windows+xp
PS DO download and install the "Microsoft Windows XP Service
Pack 3" in whatever language your XP is (Italian?) before trying to
install the Wifi drivers. It's available on the Microsoft site. SP2
has almost as many vulnerabilities as Win 10.
It's free.
Use a friend's computer for that. It's about 350 MB. It's
called WINDOWSXP-KB936929-SP3-X86-(varies according to language).EXE
HTH
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