Compaq Presario Question

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For a small price I might add!!...
I aquirred this Laptop, Presario 1235(UBL PRO)
Anyway, It had NO Operating System!
I added Windows XP HOME, added AOL 9.0, but..
I have NO NIC...or MODEM, so it says, or detected...
What now? Im not that computer savy, so please
guide me! Hoping it all to be a 'small price' again, to get
to where I need to go with this Laptop.
Is Windows XP compatible too? Or does it require an older
Operating System

Thanks....
Jane

 

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| For a small price I might add!!...
| I aquirred this Laptop, Presario 1235(UBL PRO)
| Anyway, It had NO Operating System!
| I added Windows XP HOME, added AOL 9.0, but..
| I have NO NIC...or MODEM, so it says, or detected...
| What now? Im not that computer savy, so please
| guide me! Hoping it all to be a 'small price' again, to get
| to where I need to go with this Laptop.
| Is Windows XP compatible too? Or does it require an older
| Operating System
|
| Thanks....
| Jane
|
| --
| help!!

 

[Shenan Stanley]

For a small price I might add!!...
I aquirred this Laptop, Presario 1235(UBL PRO)
Anyway, It had NO Operating System!
I added Windows XP HOME, added AOL 9.0, but..
I have NO NIC...or MODEM, so it says, or detected...
What now? Im not that computer savy, so please
guide me! Hoping it all to be a 'small price' again, to get
to where I need to go with this Laptop.
Is Windows XP compatible too? Or does it require an older
Operating System

What did you just ask? heh

Looking here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...us&dlc=en&submit.y=7&submit.x=6&lang=en&cc=us
( Short Link: http://snipurl.com/rba2 )

I don't see that Compaq/HP ever decided to support this particular laptop
past Windows ME. No drivers seem to be available for it beyond that. You
could try the Windows 9x drivers - but they are unlikely to work. You may
alkso be able to find the "Lucent Modem" drivers elsewhere - on a drivers
website.

If you really want to use that laptop - and if it has a working PCMCIA
slot - you might be better off getting a PCMCIA modem/network card. Just go
to a computer hardware store (not a best buy/circuit city/etc - but a
computer specific hardware store..) and show them what you got.