[Solved] No Internet on WinXP (32-bit)

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underskyzx
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[Solved] No Internet on WinXP (32-bit)

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How to get the internet working on Windows XP (32-bit)?
Last edited by socratis on 18. Sep 2018, 08:11, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Marked as [Solved].
mpack
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Re: No Internet on WinXP (32-bit)

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Asked and answered a zillion times. Normally the answer is that the Internet is working fine, it's your preinstalled browser that isn't working, because it's at least a decade obsolete and in particular doesn't understand https connections used by almost all modern sites. The solution is to install a browser compatible with the Internet of 2018, but which still supports XP. My own XP VMs tend to use Pale Moon (v26.2.2), or an old version of FireFox.

Note that my answer is a guess, because you provided almost zero information.
underskyzx
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Re: No Internet on WinXP (32-bit)

Post by underskyzx »

I think your guess your right, the internet conection is fine the windows update working

im going to try your suggested alternative browsers

thank you
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Re: No Internet on WinXP (32-bit)

Post by socratis »

Marking as [Solved] and moving from the "Windows Hosts" to the "Windows Guests" section.
mpack wrote:Asked and answered a zillion times.
:) I know, right? And that's why I created a sticky post in the Windows Guests section, No internet on a WinXP guest. Thanks Don for the idea!
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