Post by Ken BlakeI'll be in Europe (Spain, France, Italy) this coming March-April. I
just dug up my old Eee Laptop running Windows 7. I thought I might
take it with me and use it for e-mail and Google news. It runs MS
Outlook.exe and Internet Explorer, but neither works. Both tell me
"You're not connected to a Network."
I must have once known how to do what's needed, but it's been so long
that I've forgotten. Can someone remind me?
The EEE units have model numbers.
Determine the model number before downloading a manual -- the
manual should take note of what OS was shipped with the unit.
In this manual, it may have shipped with WinXP. The advice on
page 15 may still work on your unit, but it is better to
get a fresh copy of the documents from the Asus site, to
refresh your memory.
If you provide the exact model number, we can find some
manuals for you.
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePC/900AX/E5465_900AX_WinXP.zip?model=eee%20pc%20900ax
To improve the performance of your unit, you could clone over
the boot drive, onto a better storage device. That can perk up
a Win7 machine a little bit. It's likely to be a relatively
grim little machine (pokey) as someone already pointed out.
Not everything has to be a race-car, but you still need
some level of performance to be able to use it in a practical
way.
The battery could be fried on the unit, in which case you'll be using
the adapter, and you need to make sure the wall adapter can be adapted
for European outlets.
Remember to always use secure protocols while staying in hotels.
There can be scum bags in the hotel attempting to get credit
card numbers or other electronic credentials. Even the Wifi standard
matters. The certificates on a Windows 7 machine, the browser,
should be brought up to date. Test that the browser works properly
on the machine as it stands now. Firefox 115ESR is the last Firefox
for Windows 7. the EEE could have 3GB of RAM, and you'll be able
to open a few tabs in Firefox.
Paul