If she can’t connect wirelessly, it’s not because there’s a missing driver specific to that particular brand of router. There’s no such thing as brand-specific wifi connection drivers for an 802.11 wifi router.
Either she doesn’t have the correct driver for the internal wireless card in her laptop, or the router is on a different channel or frequency than her laptop. European routers have a few more channels on the b/g spectrum than US routers, so she may have to get the channel on the router set to one between 1 and 11 (it might be up on 12-15). Or, the router might be an 802.11a, and her laptop only has a b/g wifi adapter. If it’s an “a” vs “b/g” problem, she can get a USB adapter for almost nothing that will let her communicate over the router’s frequency.
I’m running a Dell box with a Core 2 Duo CPU @ 2.00 GHz and 3.5 GB of RAM along with a 512 MB video card and W98XP SP3 (I actually have 4GB of RAM but W98 only recognizes 3.5GB)
I also have HDMI output to my 42” LCD TV as well as a bunch of other toys. There’s nothing on W7/Vista/W8 that I want or need.
My Computer runs great and I love W98 and despise the newer Operating Systems as I had to use them at work.
They are basically bloatware and require extra hardware to run. I remember when W95 first came out. I believe the min. requirements were a 486 DX, P-90 recommended and 8 MB RAM, 12 MB Recommended.
Look at the min. specs for W7 for example. Insane.
My PC is fast, dependable and no problems, viruses or Malware.
I run AVG Internet Security as well as Malwarbytes AntiMalware and run weekly scans, and they’ll pry W98 out of my cold dead fingers!
Seriously, I’ll probably have to upgrade due to security reasons once MS stops supporting W98. Maybe they will continue to support W98 with all of these ATM’s running W98!
That is very useful information, Thank you.
I will forward it to my daughter. Thanks!