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(Fixed) Can't Connect to Internet - Driver?
On 24/11/2018 00:55, Boris wrote:
Snipped I can't tell anything about the ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/softwar...ntel_Wireless_ 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* |
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(Fixed) Can't Connect to Internet - Driver?
MikeS wrote in news
On 24/11/2018 00:55, Boris wrote: Snipped 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. |
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(Fixed) Can't Connect to Internet - Driver?
Boris wrote:
MikeS wrote in news On 24/11/2018 00:55, Boris wrote: Snipped 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). |
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(Fixed) Can't Connect to Internet - Driver?
Boris,
Firefox ESR 52.9.0 works fine. Its a bit of a blabbermouth though (calls home to multiple servers, for "location services" and the like). If you want to reign it in you'll need to do quite a bit of about:config editing (apart from the ones that you can access by the menu I mean) . 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. USB thumbdrives will mostly do as well. As for the disk images themselves ? You can find a few here : https://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm Regards, Rudy Wieser |
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