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January 21st 19, 10:58 PM
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Fresh install (laugh)
Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800
and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. Maybe one of my friends can still use the machine. Anyone know a decent browser I could put on a low spec machine like this? 
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#2
January 21st 19, 11:48 PM
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On 21/01/2019 22:58, philo wrote:
Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800 and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. Maybe one of my friends can still use the machine. Anyone know a decent browser I could put on a low spec machine like this? I've been playing with this, Philo https://github.com/brave/brave-browser It works well on my iMac and is supposedly good on all platforms. -- David B.
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#3
January 22nd 19, 03:09 AM
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On 1/21/19 5:48 PM, David B. wrote:
On 21/01/2019 22:58, philo wrote: Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800 and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. Maybe one of my friends can still use the machine. Anyone know a decent browser I could put on a low spec machine like this? I've been playing with this, Philo https://github.com/brave/brave-browser It works well on my iMac and is supposedly good on all platforms. Thank you , will try it
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#4
January 22nd 19, 09:24 AM
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On 22/01/2019 03:09, philo wrote:
On 1/21/19 5:48 PM, David B. wrote: On 21/01/2019 22:58, philo wrote: Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800 and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. Maybe one of my friends can still use the machine. Anyone know a decent browser I could put on a low spec machine like this? I've been playing with this, Philo https://github.com/brave/brave-browser It works well on my iMac and is supposedly good on all platforms. Thank you , will try it Any luck? -- David B.
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#5
January 23rd 19, 12:49 AM
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On 1/22/19 3:24 AM, David B. wrote:
On 22/01/2019 03:09, philo wrote: On 1/21/19 5:48 PM, David B. wrote: On 21/01/2019 22:58, philo wrote: Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800 and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. Maybe one of my friends can still use the machine. Anyone know a decent browser I could put on a low spec machine like this? I've been playing with this, Philo https://github.com/brave/brave-browser It works well on my iMac and is supposedly good on all platforms. Thank you , will try it Any luck? LOL, the machine died Will give Brave Browser a try on another machine one of these days.
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#6
January 23rd 19, 09:03 PM
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On 23/01/2019 00:49, philo wrote:
On 1/22/19 3:24 AM, David B. wrote: On 22/01/2019 03:09, philo wrote: On 1/21/19 5:48 PM, David B. wrote: On 21/01/2019 22:58, philo wrote: Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800 and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. Maybe one of my friends can still use the machine. Anyone know a decent browser I could put on a low spec machine like this? I've been playing with this, Philo https://github.com/brave/brave-browser It works well on my iMac and is supposedly good on all platforms. Thank you , will try it Any luck? LOL, the machine died Will give Brave Browser a try on another machine one of these days. Good man! :-) -- David B.
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#7
January 22nd 19, 03:32 PM
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Fresh install (laugh)
On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:48:16 +0000, "David B." "David
wrote: On 21/01/2019 22:58, philo wrote: Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800 and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. I've been playing with this, Philo https://github.com/brave/brave-browser //What are the system requirements to install Brave? Windows An Intel Pentium 4 processor or later that's SSE2 capable// You didn't even bother to read the specs, did you ? Some people never change. https://web.archive.org/web/20180204...ks-stalker.php []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012
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#8
January 22nd 19, 05:22 PM
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On 22/01/2019 15:32, Shadow wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:48:16 +0000, "David B." "David wrote: On 21/01/2019 22:58, philo wrote: Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800 and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. I've been playing with this, Philo https://github.com/brave/brave-browser //What are the system requirements to install Brave? Windows An Intel Pentium 4 processor or later that's SSE2 capable// You didn't even bother to read the specs, did you ? No. Philo is a big boy now; maybe he'll use it on another computer. Some people never change. Indeed. I suspect you've been an arsehole for the whole of your miserable life. You're sad. :-( -- David B.
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#9
January 22nd 19, 05:57 PM
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:22:39 +0000, "David B." "David
wrote: On 22/01/2019 15:32, Shadow wrote: On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:48:16 +0000, "David B." "David wrote: On 21/01/2019 22:58, philo wrote: Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800 and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. I've been playing with this, Philo https://github.com/brave/brave-browser //What are the system requirements to install Brave? Windows An Intel Pentium 4 processor or later that's SSE2 capable// You didn't even bother to read the specs, did you ? No. Philo is a big boy now; maybe he'll use it on another computer. So you didn't even bother to read his post ? He's not interested in installing it on "another computer". Some people never change. How true. https://web.archive.org/web/20180204...ks-stalker.php []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012
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#10
January 22nd 19, 11:01 PM
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Fresh install (laugh)
On 22/01/2019 17:57, Shadow wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:22:39 +0000, "David B." "David wrote: On 22/01/2019 15:32, Shadow wrote: On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:48:16 +0000, "David B." "David wrote: On 21/01/2019 22:58, philo wrote: Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800 and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. I've been playing with this, Philo https://github.com/brave/brave-browser //What are the system requirements to install Brave? Windows An Intel Pentium 4 processor or later that's SSE2 capable// You didn't even bother to read the specs, did you ? No. Philo is a big boy now; maybe he'll use it on another computer. So you didn't even bother to read his post ? He's not interested in installing it on "another computer". You have no idea at all of what Philo may or may not like. I very much doubt that you are even aware that he's just repaired a 1930s radio for a friend. He's a great practical man, good with computers and photography, and I think of him as a friend. He's certainly not afraid of HIS shadow, Shadow! -- David B.
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#11
January 23rd 19, 12:52 AM
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Fresh install (laugh)
On 1/22/19 11:22 AM, David B. wrote:
On 22/01/2019 15:32, Shadow wrote: On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:48:16 +0000, "David B." "David wrote: On 21/01/2019 22:58, philo wrote: Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800 and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. I've been playing with this, Philo https://github.com/brave/brave-browser //What are the system requirements to install Brave? Windows Â*Â*Â*Â* An Intel Pentium 4 processor or later that's SSE2 capable// Â*Â*Â*Â*You didn't even bother to read the specs, did you ? No. Philo is a big boy now; maybe he'll use it on another computer. Yep. Will try Brave Browser for sure. After I got Win7 updated the machine came up with a green screen after a reboot. Not a corrupted OS as even the BIOS screen was green. The machine had on-board video but when I simply installed a card,...same green screen. Machine going to the recyclers
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#12
January 23rd 19, 02:58 AM
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philo wrote:
Machine going to the recyclers Considering what software is available, probably the best conclusion. There will be other, more worthy keepers. Paul
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#13
January 24th 19, 12:12 AM
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Fresh install (laugh)
On 23/01/2019 00:52, philo wrote:
On 1/22/19 11:22 AM, David B. wrote: On 22/01/2019 15:32, Shadow wrote: On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:48:16 +0000, "David B." "David wrote: On 21/01/2019 22:58, philo wrote: Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800 and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. I've been playing with this, Philo https://github.com/brave/brave-browser //What are the system requirements to install Brave? Windows Â*Â*Â*Â* An Intel Pentium 4 processor or later that's SSE2 capable// Â*Â*Â*Â*You didn't even bother to read the specs, did you ? No. Philo is a big boy now; maybe he'll use it on another computer. Yep. Will try Brave Browser for sure. After I got Win7 updated the machine came up with a green screen after a reboot. Not a corrupted OS as even the BIOS screen was green. The machine had on-board video but when I simply installed a card,...same green screen. Machine going to the recyclers Thanks for the update. I had a tear in my eye when I took me old iMac to the tip! :-( Btw, here's another browser you might like to play with: https://vivaldi.com Cheers! :-) -- David B.
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#14
January 22nd 19, 12:28 AM
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Fresh install (laugh)
philo wrote:
Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800 and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. Maybe one of my friends can still use the machine. Anyone know a decent browser I could put on a low spec machine like this? There's a reference here to FF49 working without SSE2 support. Firefox versions after that might need SSE2. https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.c...nstruction-set The Firefox releases are available if you want to spend the time testing. http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/ Paul
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January 22nd 19, 03:10 AM
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On 1/21/19 6:28 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote: Because he was a good friend, I took his old XP machine AMD-2800 and gave him a spare Win10 machine. I decided to format the drive , put in 2 gigs of ram and install Win7 All went well except (as I already knew) it will not update until I install a newer browser. The funny thing is I could not go to the Microsoft site to download it with IE8. I had IE11 on a USB stick but I just thought this funny. Because the CPU does not have SSE2 I could neither install Firefox or Chrome. Maybe one of my friends can still use the machine. Anyone know a decent browser I could put on a low spec machine like this? There's a reference here to FF49 working without SSE2 support. Firefox versions after that might need SSE2. https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.c...nstruction-set The Firefox releases are available if you want to spend the time testing. http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/ ** Paul Thank you. Once I load an alternate browser I'm going to give the machine away if I can find a taker.
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