Can anyone resurect this oldie?

lovema75 · 3rd July 2013, 17:46

I've been given an old Acer Aspire 1350 laptop, basic but that's fine by me. It's running Windows XP home version, and a lot of sites such as YouTube won't work as the browser is out dated.

Yet I can't update it because ... The browser is out of date! Even the nightly Google Chrome which works with anything won't download.

Any suggestions on how I can update it ...free?

chipsceola · 3rd July 2013, 17:59

Perhaps see a friend for a disk from PC Pro, or ask them to download browser of your choice onto a pen drive, plug that into your USB port / or load into CD/DVD drive and away you go.

Best suggestion I can think of right now.

Gate Keeper · 3rd July 2013, 18:01

Out of interest, does it have a floppy disk drive?

Gate Keeper · 3rd July 2013, 18:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by chipsceola

Perhaps see a friend for a disk from PC Pro, or ask them to download browser of your choice onto a pen drive, plug that into your USB port / or load into CD/DVD drive and away you go.

Best suggestion I can think of right now.

Good tip Sir!

lovema75 · 3rd July 2013, 18:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

Out of interest, does it have a floppy disk drive?

I think so, it's so long since I've seem one but there is a slot next to the DVD drive.

It now won't go online as the explorer keeps crashing.

Oh well!

Gate Keeper · 3rd July 2013, 18:35

If everything else fails you could take it into a local PC repair shop

MrDoodles · 3rd July 2013, 18:37

There's a former Member that does Lap Tops as a side line, if you PM me, I'll let you have his contact details!

arodriguez · 3rd July 2013, 19:38

Have you updated to windows xp service pack 3? If you're running an out of date browser such as explorer 6 the windows update should at least prompt you to update your browser. Ensure you have windows update enabled. I have an old HP from 2003 that I recently did a full reinstall of windows on and despite loading up the service pack 2 browser the updates did the rest.

HarryM1BYT · 3rd July 2013, 21:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by lovema75

I've been given an old Acer Aspire 1350 laptop, basic but that's fine by me. It's running Windows XP home version, and a lot of sites such as YouTube won't work as the browser is out dated.

Yet I can't update it because ... The browser is out of date! Even the nightly Google Chrome which works with anything won't download.

Any suggestions on how I can update it ...free?

Install another browser. Firefox Mozilla, or Chrome maybe, but my IE8 on my WinXP system works with YouTube. I do get complains though on some sites.

Jakg · 3rd July 2013, 21:34

I don't think any browser has any dependancies on other browsers being installed - more likely is that your missing some runtime of service pack.

Try doing a Windows Update first (there will be loads to install!), reboot and you'll probably find Chrome etc will install.

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lovema75 This is my second home 75 Tourer CDT Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Enfield Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 63 Thanked 431 Times in 237 Posts	Can anyone resurect this oldie? I've been given an old Acer Aspire 1350 laptop, basic but that's fine by me. It's running Windows XP home version, and a lot of sites such as YouTube won't work as the browser is out dated. Yet I can't update it because ... The browser is out of date! Even the nightly Google Chrome which works with anything won't download. Any suggestions on how I can update it ...free?

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chipsceola This is my second home Jaguar XF 3.0D Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Southampton Posts: 4,364 Thanks: 119 Thanked 509 Times in 426 Posts	Perhaps see a friend for a disk from PC Pro, or ask them to download browser of your choice onto a pen drive, plug that into your USB port / or load into CD/DVD drive and away you go. Best suggestion I can think of right now. __________________ Chips

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MrDoodles Banned MG ZT+ V6 190 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Spalding Posts: 13,245 Thanks: 369 Thanked 1,196 Times in 818 Posts	There's a former Member that does Lap Tops as a side line, if you PM me, I'll let you have his contact details!

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arodriguez Loves to post Rover 75 Club 1.8T SE Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Bristol Posts: 310 Thanks: 28 Thanked 35 Times in 32 Posts	Have you updated to windows xp service pack 3? If you're running an out of date browser such as explorer 6 the windows update should at least prompt you to update your browser. Ensure you have windows update enabled. I have an old HP from 2003 that I recently did a full reinstall of windows on and despite loading up the service pack 2 browser the updates did the rest.

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Jakg This is my second home N/A Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Suffolk Posts: 6,867 Thanks: 0 Thanked 397 Times in 302 Posts	I don't think any browser has any dependancies on other browsers being installed - more likely is that your missing some runtime of service pack. Try doing a Windows Update first (there will be loads to install!), reboot and you'll probably find Chrome etc will install.