Hi,
"and I just can't get it to connect to the internet at all"
Yeah, for Windows XP you will have very big problems "connecting to the internet" as it either doesn't support the https protocols. (TLS1.0 is not supported by many websites anymore) and then there's also the mishap with a certificate on Let's Encrypt that expired last Sept 30, which disables another significate part of the internet for you. IIRC then the main google.com site is one of the few that continues to work _if_ you have internet.
You'll need at least Windows 7 for being able to browse the internet.
Note that Windows 7 is also no longer supported and using it to do things the internet is not safe.
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Wil
