First download the Hoster from here. Press "Restore Original Hosts" and press "OK". Exit Program. This will restore the original Hosts file.

See if you can update then , if not then have a look here:

http://www.updatexp.com/0x80072ee2.html

Updating windows is pretty importend , i wouldn't skip it.

can you see the motherboard and number from the screenshot i take it??

The Dell service Tag is good enough....that's on there

Even better , it has the Dell service tag number.

You can download drivers for youre pc here:
(WinXP)

http://support.dell.com/support/down...&os=WW1&osl=EN#

sorry, what drivers do i need to download to get this thing on the road then??

Its always good to update all drivers but atm the chipset drivers.

http://ftp.us.dell.com/chipset/R47822.EXE



PS, im not saying it will work for sure but it is worth a try.