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Hi all,
I have an old (10-15 years) Dell Inspiron 16400 that runs Windows XP. It has old versions of Google Chrome and Firefox on it, but they do not run. If I try to run either of them, I get error messages. The Internet Explorer actually works a it, although glacially, and runs degraded versions of whatever site I try to go to. But I do get and Internet Explorer script error. Anyway, explorer is virtually impossib le to use as well.
I also keep getting at Automatic Update popup which gets in the way of everything, and which announces that “Your version of Yahoo provided search is out of date…”
I ran its Window Defender program scan, and it turned up nothing: “Your computer is running normally.” “No unwanted or harmful software detected.”
Also, I know that there was just one previous, elderly owner of this laptop, and that it was used rather sparingly, with just the basic functions - some going online, some family photos, some emailing.
I don’t think that the memory is maxed out, but even if I bought more and installed it, it would still be pretty slow. Nevertheless, I would like to max out the capacity of this laptop as much as I can, and keep it - though it was never mine until the previous owner gave it to me, there is a bit of nostalgic value for me. Can anything be done to make this old machine better? Appreciate whatever advice you can start me off with -
I have an old (10-15 years) Dell Inspiron 16400 that runs Windows XP. It has old versions of Google Chrome and Firefox on it, but they do not run. If I try to run either of them, I get error messages. The Internet Explorer actually works a it, although glacially, and runs degraded versions of whatever site I try to go to. But I do get and Internet Explorer script error. Anyway, explorer is virtually impossib le to use as well.
I also keep getting at Automatic Update popup which gets in the way of everything, and which announces that “Your version of Yahoo provided search is out of date…”
I ran its Window Defender program scan, and it turned up nothing: “Your computer is running normally.” “No unwanted or harmful software detected.”
Also, I know that there was just one previous, elderly owner of this laptop, and that it was used rather sparingly, with just the basic functions - some going online, some family photos, some emailing.
I don’t think that the memory is maxed out, but even if I bought more and installed it, it would still be pretty slow. Nevertheless, I would like to max out the capacity of this laptop as much as I can, and keep it - though it was never mine until the previous owner gave it to me, there is a bit of nostalgic value for me. Can anything be done to make this old machine better? Appreciate whatever advice you can start me off with -
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