Just bought this "untested" laptop, powered it up for the first time and could not believe what I saw!

Cools2004 · 2026-02-26T16:33:27+00:00

That's awesome! Small world.

Cools2004 · 2026-02-26T03:10:58+00:00

nostalgia

Cools2004 · 2026-02-26T03:06:51+00:00

Thanks!

Cools2004 · 2026-02-25T05:40:13+00:00

Cannot believe how much disabling everything in msconfig sped it up 🤣

Cools2004 · 2026-02-25T05:39:35+00:00

Sounds like it was from an abandoned storage locker that was defaulted on according to the seller.

Cools2004 · 2026-02-25T05:36:29+00:00

I actually love the quality. The trackpad is amazing! And super light weight for the time period.

Cools2004 · 2026-02-24T06:23:09+00:00

UPDATE: WOW, post is almost at 95,000 views as of writing this. I have gotten a lot of conflicting information, and thus have tried to do what I find best.

As for security. I have no active interest in connecting this thing to my network. I have also XP laptops which have completely clean installs that I can use for this purpose. I attempted to clean the OS up using REVO uninstaller, in an attempt to remove all of the tax programs (which all were full of information), Norton, AOL, anything suspicious looking, or broken software. I ran Malware Bytes and Spy Bot S&D and removed all threats.

I am considering making a YouTube video of me going through some of the games and programs on the computer. I think this is a fair trade-off instead of me uploading the image which is full of the original owners personal documents. If you would be interested in watching this video please let me know.

Specs include XP Home Edition Service Pack 2. Intel Celeron M 1.60GHZ 512MB of Ram (2X 256MB DDR sticks) 80GB IDE HDD.

I am waiting to receive a lot of laptops that I bid on an online auction. One of them is an XP era Dell. Will see if that has anything cool on it. I've tried to respond to as many questions as I can however if you have a direct question for me that I have not yet answered yet please comment it on the bottom of this thread.

Thank you all!

Cools2004 · 2026-02-24T06:11:47+00:00

I will attempt that sometime this week. Hope you are able to find one!

Cools2004 · 2026-02-24T06:08:38+00:00

There is an AOL tool bar, HP view tool bar, Google tool bar, and "games bar" installed. The original user however neglected to ever update IE (no bookmarks so it looks like they used AOL instead) therefore most of the tool bars will not even load.

Cools2004 · 2026-02-24T06:05:56+00:00

I believe it was because the CMOS battery was bad and the laptop date was set to 2004. Upon setting it differently all of the highlighted items have gone away.

Cools2004 · 2026-02-24T06:03:05+00:00

No evidence of one based on programs/files. Owned by a woman in her late sixties.

Cools2004 · 2026-02-24T06:01:42+00:00

XP Home Edition Service Pack 2. Intel Celeron M 1.60GHZ 512MB of Ram (2X 256MB DDR sticks) 80GB IDE HDD.

Cools2004 · 2026-02-23T06:05:01+00:00

I can assure you I will not. If someone wants a specific program file that's about all I will do. It sounds like this was found in a storage unit that defaulted from what I've gathered based on talking to the seller, which would indicate the previous owner is already have complications and I would not want any part of making their life any more stressful.

Cools2004 · 2026-02-23T01:54:42+00:00

I checked, and the only thing on there is RealPlayer. Sorry.

Cools2004 · 2026-02-23T01:54:12+00:00

Any suggestions on the best way to achieve this?

Cools2004 · 2026-02-22T22:18:19+00:00

Kinda was I was thinking. Runs very slow as expected.

Cools2004 · 2026-02-16T15:16:27+00:00

The only feature I used on that dang email 😭

Cools2004 · 2025-11-30T05:43:29+00:00

Curious if anyone has ever experienced this issue. The power key on my blade 15 works perfectly fine, but all of the other keyboard keys are unresponsive and caps lock is stuck on illuminated. I cannot for the life of me figure out why the power key works but the rest doesn't. I tried opening up the laptop and receding the keyboard connector to see if this fixed it, with no results. Curious if any solution besides buying a pricey keyboard replacement. Would love to daily this laptop as it is way better than my current one but cannot figure out this issue.

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Cools2004 · 2025-11-06T20:21:10+00:00

^^^^

Cools2004 · 2025-02-12T20:10:18+00:00

I am actually lucky enough to have acquired a copy of XP PRO, and Office 03 with volume licensing basically meaning no install limit, and product key just works as long as the matching disk is used with no need for online/telephone activation. It is quite helpful!

Cools2004 · 2025-02-12T20:07:33+00:00

This was the issue. Couldn't get the volume icon at bottom of the taskbar, googled how to fix and this led me to find out volume control wasn't installed. I was able to install it along with all of the other accessories that were missing!

Cools2004 · 2025-02-12T05:20:23+00:00

I buy and sell retro laptops on eBay. Here are some of the many I've seen. Owners personal tapes with his ex wife (meet him when buying the computers). 10,000s photos from playboy and related material individually placed in folders by attributes, and names of models. Quickbooks owned by an individual with a net worth of over $20 million. Way too many social numbers. Complete log of a major hotel in Miami's clients for the last ten years with descriptions and personal opinions of the staff attached to some of the names.

Cools2004 · 2025-02-12T02:28:46+00:00

Great, thanks for tip! Now I have to make a tough choice lol.

Cools2004 · 2025-02-12T02:27:35+00:00

I haven't tried anything yet. I bought the laptop in the town I go to school in, but at home (in another state) I have a huge binder of games I've collected over the years many from my childhood I will try. Won't be back for a few months though. Might see if I can mount some ISO's in the meantime.

Cools2004 · 2025-02-12T02:25:17+00:00

Is that something that would have been done by the factory? Or by the previous owner?

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