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Is It Worth To Spend Time On Old PCs?

July 6, 2008 on 9:03 pm | In Windows | No Comments

One of my co-workers called this weekend and told me the problem about his old desktop, a P4 running Windows XP Home… The PC does not have an Internet connection. He has been talking to level III technicians for a few days and bought a new modem from RoadRunner, no luck at all.

I suggested him buying a new Ethenet Card and disabling the on-board ones. A new card installed and the computer is still “acquiring IP address”, no connection! can’t even ping loopback address (127.0.0.1). Huh? Is motherboard going bad? or it’s about time he needs a new computer now?

Before giving up, I tried Windows’ System Restore… It worked. Don’t know what he did to his computer… but I spent THREE hours on this OLD computer that he’s still not thinking of getting a new one.