Yes,you just have to download internet explorer,and when finished uninstall it.She will never know?

Internet explorer is free,i would suggest hooking up the jack to the wall (phone line) and computer when she is not looking and getting the updates.

You mean even though she isn't signed up for internet service, I can just hook up to her phone line and be connected?

I can do that!

Thanks

I heard windows vista sp1 coming soon. I think you can get a free copy of cd from microsoft like windows xp sp2!

-Inspiron 8500:
P4 2.5Ghz
1GB DDR RAM
60gig Ultra ATA HD
64MB NVIDIA GeForce FX Go4200
100Mb Ethernet
15.4" Wide Aspect Ultrasharp WUXGA

-Dimension E520
Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13 Ghz
256MB NVIDIA GeForce(R) 7300LE
250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
2GB NECC Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz SDRAM
22" Entry Wide Screen Flat Panel LCD Monitor
BIOS DM061 2.4.0

dgkpcon,

"Yes,you just have to download internet explorer,and when finished uninstall it."

And what are you smoking ???

No - you CAN'T just do that! dgkpcon is absolutely wrong. Certainly you have to have an ISP. Hooking up to a phone line without having an account with an ISP is going to accomplish absolutely nothing! You can get all of the Vista updates here but determining what she needs and then downloading them all for burning is a huge job.

If she's not connected to the web, it might simply be better to wait until SP1 is released. It will be available for order on CD. Then, you could simply keep up with the updates following that.

Something to think about.  If the computer NEVER goes online, it cannot get infected unless you the user introduce external media to it.

Vista XP1 is available over MSDN and TechNet.  32 bit version is around 420 megs and the combo verison of 32 & 64 bit is 1.1 gigs.

Download the SP when it becomes available and install it for Mom.  I have seen a speed increase for IE7 and network functionality.

Now for the free internet.......have the "give away politicians" won yet?  I want some of that!!!

"have the "give away politicians" won yet?  I want some of that!!!"

Wanna share when you get yours ?? :smileywink:

I pay in excess in excess of $120/month to share a 2 meg pipe with 12 other people.  Hardly free.

Thanks for all the tips.

I will connect her to the phone line and see if it works.  Maybe it works just for the updates?

Otherwise, I will just wait for SP1 and get the CD.

Thanks for the help, I appreciate it.

You can connect to the phone line all you want but unless she has an accoutn with a service provider for internet access, nothing will happen.

Just wait for the CD or bring the machien to your place to get the updates.