I have this old Dell (on it now) and it refuses to search, online. I'm only here now because I'm on my google account and am using my history and bookmarks from when on my other PC. It will take me where I want to go if I type in the address in search but thats it. I even downloaded Firefox thinking maybe installing a new browser would fix in, nope. I'm not very tech savvy so if someone else could maybe point me in the right direction plz..

Thanks!

What operating system is on it? Win 98, Me, XP, Vista, 7?

Hey izzy, its xp

Then your problem could be that Microsoft stopped supporting XP. It may still be new enough that you can surf using the bookmarks and shortcuts. But chances are that the search engines are also using code to weed out the ability to use the older operating systems. Or they just stopped using the code that would work with older operating systems.

I took a web development class and one of the people from the tech dept. of the university talked about this one teacher who refused to get a new computer and was using Win 95 when everyone else was using XP or Vista. Probably XP. It cause the tech people problems because they had to keep code on the site so he could keep using it. Finally they took it out and told him he either needed to get a new computer of look for another job because they weren't going to keep using that code. So that could be what is going on.

You could try putting Vista on that computer if you think it will handle it. But it could be easier to get a new computer.

If you have any experience with it. You could also install a linux operating system on that computer and then you would be able to do what you want provided linux has the drivers for all the things on your computer. I have a Dell Laptop I tried that with and the wireless network card wouldn't work. I tried to get drivers for it and what ever I could that way. But I never got that to work out for me. The only reason I was using linux was because I lost my operating system disc for it and wanted to keep using my laptop. Eventually I got a new disc for it and all was good again. hahaha

I hope that helps kind of. Might not be what you want to read. But I think that is most likely the best info I can give.

This is just one I'm tinkering around with, not really worth spending much money on but what you say sounds logical and not surprising. My pc is still xp but over the years I've upgraded it a lot so may be worth upgrading the operating system but not on this older one lol

Thanks izzy, and if you think of something let me know..

Glad I could help.

Thats always an option, linux is alright. I have another hard drive I got somewhere I've been fiddlin with too. This is what I do in the winter when I'm bored, keeps me out of trouble!

It is one way to kill time. I kill time a lot. Yet it keeps on coming back. lol