--- In [email protected], "Gabrielle" <dawnyisrael13@...> wrote:
>
> A BIG thank you for the responses!  Some great information.  Although I did 
> find the problem.  In my excitement when the computer arrived in the mail and 
> I was excited that it worked and everything, I neglected to look and see just 
> what version of everything was running.  The computer had evidently been 
> sitting for a few years.  I found this out because I went to download 
> something else and I received a message that said upgrade to a more recent 
> version of explorer.  Turns out that it still had something like explorer 
> five and for the Windows XP it was still on service pac 2!  So, I spent a day 
> upgrading everything on Windows and then Ubuntu loaded up just fine and is 
> now working with a desktop and everything.
> Another learning experience for me. Thank you again for all the suggestions.  
> I will keep them for any future reference.  
> 

Maybe you can explain to me how Linux depends on Windows? Because I've been 
running Linux without Windows for quite some time now. I update Windows with 
fdisk and format. That is just how I roll.



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