Boris wrote:
MikeS wrote in news
On 24/11/2018 00:55, Boris wrote:

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I can't tell anything about the
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/softwar...1-1/Intel_Wire
less_ Drivers_12.0.4.0.exe.

It could be FireFox which got me online, or it could be one of those
two drivers.

I was ready to move this laptop from the service department to the
spare parts department, but I'm going to play some more.

I just noticed this thread but two observations may still be of
interest.

The final version of Internet Explorer that runs on XP (IE8) will no
longer connect to the Internet. Firefox and other browsers are OK but
the IE8 problem is not linked to the driver. I have several real and
virtual XP machines and all are the same. This is well documented if
you search.

I have the final XP (x32) 2200BG drivers which I downloaded from Intel
long ago. The OP is using the correct versions. Here are the Intel
details (choice of exe or zip) if anyone wants to search for the Intel
download files rather than OEM bundles.

Wi-Fi Driver Versions:
-Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection: 9.0.4.39
-Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection: 9.0.4.39
ICS_Dx32.exe 9.0.4.39
12/10/2009 Latest
4.46 MB English
ICS_Dx32.zip 9.0.4.39
12/10/2009 Latest
4.17 MB English
Windows XP *, Windows XP Home Edition*, Windows XP Media Center
Edition*, Windows XP Professional*, Windows
XP Starter Edition*, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition*


Hi, MikeS,

Appreciate your reply. Your observations are of interest, and make
sense. I did give up on IE8 using those drivers, and now I know it was a
losing battle.

Firefox ESR 52.9.0 works fine.

It was just fun getting this old laptop up and running again. Without
all the bloatware on it, it runs decently. It holds a charge, but it
sure is a brick of a laptop. I'm thinking about getting another hard
drive for it and installing Win95, Win98, or Win2000. Of course, I have
to make some boot floppies (chucked all of mine years ago, damn), and see
if they will be recognized by an external USB floppy drive. I need more
spare time.

You might also consider adding Chrome (ver 49.0) as an addition to Firefox,
for those sites that FF doesn't work well enough on. That's happened to me
on a few occasions. And I think having Chrome on there gives us the longest
possible future connectivity for the Internet (for us Windows XP and below
users), even though we're using the last versions possible of those browsers
(for Windows XP).