Hi, my friend has XP Pro that has a big screen that woun't go away and
it says it wants to connect to the internet to verify the authentisity
of windows but he don't want this computer on the internet and it's
not set up for the internet. So how do we get rid of this internet
explorer screen that keeps asking for the internet. thanks.

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> Hi, my friend has XP Pro that has a big screen that woun't go away and
> it says it wants to connect to the internet to verify the authentisity
> of windows but he don't want this computer on the internet and it's
> not set up for the internet. So how do we get rid of this internet
> explorer screen that keeps asking for the internet. thanks.

You will have to connect it to the internet.