Mother bitch of a computer problem...

[TDE30]

I recently got a spare notebook for free and I had hopes of wiping the hard drive down and being able to use it as a backup laptop for pron and whatnot. It's a Compaq Presario 2100US.

For the most part I have been able to install quite a few programs, but I am still unable to access the internet. I have AIM 6 on there and I can use that fine, but I have tried multiple times to download and run IE6, IE7, and IE8 and none of them work. The computer had a memory capacity of 27.9GB (very low compared to the 68.4GB that my primary notebook has,) is this the reason it can't run IE? It's very frustrating and I want to light the notebook on fire and toast marshmellows with it, does anyone have any ideas?

[87e30]

Ummm, hard drive capacity should not be your problem. I have the same capacity notebook and I do everything just fine...

By wipe it down did you do a complete reformat? Perhaps you need to use windows updates to run IE... I don't care about IE. I use mozilla firefox, it kicks ass and it's a browser you could easily use. Try downloading it.

[Jand3rson]

I have tried multiple times to download and run IE6, IE7, and IE8 and none of them work...

...is this the reason it can't run IE? It's very frustrating and I want to light the notebook on fire and toast marshmellows with it, does anyone have any ideas?

Yeah, try Firefox. IE is shit.

[TDE30]

Ummm, hard drive capacity should not be your problem. I have the same capacity notebook and I do everything just fine...

By wipe it down did you do a complete reformat? Perhaps you need to use windows updates to run IE... I don't care about IE. I use mozilla firefox, it kicks ass and it's a browser you could easily use. Try downloading it.

I reinstalled XP SP2 and tried to install IE6, 7, and 8 and none of them work. I am using a Linksys WRT54G card, and it communicates fine with my home wireless setup (which is why I can access AIM fine,) but besides that it doesn't seem to be working.

[s0urce]

Try firefox and report back.

[Danny]

Teehee

Firefox is win!

[s0urce]

Sometimes IE wont run if there is an existing Iexpore.exe process running in the background.

Run task manager (Ctrl + Shift + Escape) look for any iexplore.exe processes running in the background. Kill it, then try to launch IE again.

[TDE30]

I've tried looking for iexplore.exe on there in the past and it never shows it running. What happens is, I click the internet icon on the desktop and the window opens up for a second, but then disappears. It's like it tries to open up, but it can't.

I'm in the process of downloading Firefox, so we'll see how that works.

[TDE30]

Blow me, Bill Gates.

I'm not usually a fan of anything but IE, but I just downloaded Firefox and it works like a charm. Thanks for the help guys.

[george graves]

Firefox FTW!

[devonjordan]

firefox to the rescue!!!

haha...

[Aptyp]

Ummm, hard drive capacity should not be your problem. I have the same capacity notebook and I do everything just fine...

By wipe it down did you do a complete reformat? Perhaps you need to use windows updates to run IE... I don't care about IE. I use mozilla firefox, it kicks ass and it's a browser you could easily use. Try downloading it.

I <3 your car.

[Jand3rson]

Blow me, Bill Gates.

I'm not usually a fan of anything but IE, but I just downloaded Firefox and it works like a charm. Thanks for the help guys.

When in doubt, don't use the Microsoft version.

(I know this is going to cause a shitstorm...)

...but I'm about this far away from selling my Dell laptop and getting a Macbook.

[TDE30]

When in doubt, don't use the Microsoft version.

(I know this is going to cause a shitstorm...)

...but I'm about this far away from selling my Dell laptop and getting a Macbook.

I have heard good words about Mac products, and I am usually a diehard Microsoft guy. I'm using a dynamite Dell XPS M140 as my primary notebook, but I think the next one will be from the dark, fruity side.

[Jand3rson]

I'm not a power user or anything, I don't run tons of windows-necessary applications. I mainly browse the web, listen to music, watch videos/movies, use photoshop, play one or two games, and that's about it.