I E Not Working in W7 Now ?

Someone has given me another old Samsung notebook, running W7.......it's not been switched on for ages, it still works, but I can't get I E to work at all......tried everything that's suggested online to no avail, it just says "I E cannot display the webpage"......I know that W7 is no longer supported, but is it too late to get it working ?.......Thanks.

Internet Explorer 11.0.290 (current version) works fine, even if you start from scratch and do a clean re-install of Windows 7.

If that Samsung laptop has not been used in ages, its IE may be a very outdated version.

Load IE and ignore the "IE cannot display the webpage" message, then click "Help - About IE".

Which version is listed in the small window that appears?

It says Internet Explorer 8......so I guess it's well out of date ? How do I update it please ?......bearing in mind that I can't get online.......

you can go EDGE (a new Microsoft product), or IE 11, same family.

Anyway, Microsoft products are abandoning Windows 7.

looks like SP1 is also not on that comp....it comes with IE9 as default
your going to need a W7 SP1 iso and then update either using DISM++ or Simplex

That Samsung laptop is much more out of date than I assumed it would be.

I agree with torchwood.

A clean install of Windows 7 SP1 and then updating it with Simplix Update Pack 23.3.15 would be the best way to go.

Thanks all for the replies.......I think maybe it is beyond saving......I assume there is no way to update it to SP1 if I can't get online ?.....other than suggested......a shame really as it still works o.k otherwise........technology Huh........

'Have you still got the "CD" you used in 2016.... that'll work

Yes, still got it somewhere....but no provision on the machine to play it.......