Hello,

I have recently been given a quite dated, but reasonable laptop... probably top spec bit of kit 7 or 8 years ago! However, it is running on windows 2000, and I am having problems connecting it to the internet. Could anyone please help with this? Currently we have a router in our shared house with a broadband connection but it is hard to get onto the web with. Or could anyone suggest if there are any cheap operating systems available as an alternative to windows2000 that I could use for the sole purpose of web surfing on the laptop.

Look forward to some replies

Cheers

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Originally Posted by jchauveau

it is running on windows 2000, and I am having problems connecting it to the internet. Could anyone please help with this?

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In the Windows family, I consider Windows 2000 to be one of the best operating systems that Microsoft has ever produced. What is the nature of the problem and your network configuration?

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Originally Posted by jchauveau

Or could anyone suggest if there are any cheap operating systems available as an alternative to windows2000

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Any Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu, is really the only "cheap" alternative. However, any existing network configuration or hardware issues will likely be present in Linux as well, so I doubt switching will result in a magic fix.