I received an older Sony Vaio desktop (from probably 2006 or so) from a friend that I'm mainly just going to use for storing photos & other general info on. He told me that getting online may be an issue because it was lacking current service packs. The pc is running on Windows XP
I basically am very unadept at computer lingo & wasn't sure what he was referring to. I saw from some seaching that this computer is still sitting on XP 1 & that they're up to service pack 3.
Forgive my ignorance, but is this the service pack I need to update in order to take it online? Is it an Internet Explorer update I need?
When you hit IE right now, it will go online to the yahoo homepage, but if you try to go to another site, it gives an error report. What can I do to make this machine online compatible?
Feel free to ask for any info you need to give an answer
Thanks
I basically am very unadept at computer lingo & wasn't sure what he was referring to. I saw from some seaching that this computer is still sitting on XP 1 & that they're up to service pack 3.
Forgive my ignorance, but is this the service pack I need to update in order to take it online? Is it an Internet Explorer update I need?
When you hit IE right now, it will go online to the yahoo homepage, but if you try to go to another site, it gives an error report. What can I do to make this machine online compatible?
Feel free to ask for any info you need to give an answer
Thanks