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I'm afraid this machine is so old an upgrade to XP would slow it down to zilch. As an example, it came with MS Money 2000.
What I had forgotten would happen was the reinstall would remove all of the Second Edition and SP1 & 2 files that the computer had downloaded via Windows Update over the years. Now, without MS support, Update results in an error message.
My main concern is security updates, although after going through all of this with a machine of my own since 98 came out, I take Windows Anything with a grain of salt!! IE 5.0 works fine, Firefox too for that matter, plus anti-virus program of choice (Grisoft AVG.) The original aim was to get the OS as up-to-date as possible to work most efficiently on broadband via LAN cable.
I have a CAT5 cable running from router to a USB1 adapter on the computer. The connection works fine for about an hour then quits. Restart is the only way to get it back.
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