@fireborn I can definitely tell you that XP works in 2025, and there is even a browser (Supermeum) that is basically a clone of Chrome, able to connect to their servers, etc. I have physical and virtual XP and 7 machines. Sadly, it just sounds as if yours is failing. Would it be possible for you to save the hard drive and put it in another netbook or laptop? I know netbooks are extremely cheap now and you could even just buy one that is already set up. They're wonderful little machines.
@dandylover1 Unfortunately, I installed debian to the drive. but I do have all of the software and drivers that worked.
I found a browser that works on this machine and is faster than Supermium. Do you daily drive xp?
@fireborn No, but only because Reddit for Blind, Luna For Reddit, and TweeseCake don't work on it. Otherwise, I could very easily do so, as my other programs do. Most of them are portable. Outlook Express also still works on it, but there is a fork of Thunderbird, called Icedove that does as well. On the same page is Serpent UXP, which is a fork of Firefox. Both of these are updated often, especially the latter. But Serpent doesn't connect to the servers for Firefox.
Page for Serpent and Icedove (plus other software).
http://rtfreesoft.blogspot.com/
I know you said you had something faster, but this is for those who may want it.
Supermium (the regular version lost accessibility the last time I tried it, but the portable one works well)
https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/supermium-portable
I tried Debian in a virtual machine, but Linux is a hastle, to put it mildly. It requires commands for everything and doesn't even see normal .txt files as such. I would like to just download a program and install it normally, preferably Thunderbird 102, which is what I use with Windows 7 and 11.
@dandylover1 thank you. serpent is what I was using. I didn't know about the email client though. Have you tried installing the onecore API? that might help you get some more things to work.