Re: Ask EU numpty-level computer/internet

Sebastian Lisken wrote:
Jane Vernon <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jenny M Benson wrote:
My daughter has just acquired a not-very-new computer with everything shipped across from her old one, but she has been upgraded from Win 98 to XP. The main reason for that is that she intends to go broadbrand quite soon and her Little Man advised her that several BB providers can't cope with anything less than XP.
Hmm, thank you. We will need to investigate that.

It's not really a question of coping in the literal sense, as a
provider simply offers you a connection and it's up to you to find
a device that can use it. Whether the device is an Internet radio
or a Cray supercomputer doesn't matter as long as it can transmit
the right data. But of course most providers will try to support
their helpless users with advice and possible soft- and hardware,
and that's probably where many of them will be saying these days
that they don't want to deal with very old systems such as Windows
98. For example - another important remark - if you go and get that
USB stick for WiFi access I would in no way be certain these days that
it would easily work in Windows 98. It is very likely that specific
drivers will be needed, so ask about that. Windows 98 was the first
version with USB support, and that didn't always go smoothly. See
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NsXHPq71Bs";.


Thank you. I think we've already taken on board to see if she can get herself XP. She won't want complications, and nor will Mike, who is her 'tech support'.

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