Also won't work if bitlocker is enabled.

Bit of 'suck it and see' at this stage I think 😁

yitz:

 

cddt:

 

When given an old computer it is always worth doing a fresh install of whatever operating system you wish to use. 

 

 

Be careful here though as based on past advice on these forums the drivers for these particular models may not be readily available to download off an internet site or Windows Update. and need to be packaged into the installation.

 

Should have OEM install image on an HDD partition?

If installing a Linux distro you can always boot to a liveUSB and check that the kernel drivers are working as expected. 

Not sure if Windows has a similar live media option for testing purposes. 

UPDATE:  Finally got to BIOS and installed fresh copy Win 10 ... tried to keep drivers etc but they got wiped anyway 🤣

Can now identify computer as a TWG manufacturer (The Warehouse Group?), and the Model is CES103.

Any chance someone here has a set of drivers for this device please?   I know its been done before from GZone but some years ago now.

Odd that this cheapie has the Microsoft Windows logo stamped on bottom of screen.

UPDATE 2:   Since the device appears to be largely Microsoft, Intel etc, Windows updates seems to have taken care of about 90% of the drivers.

The wifi wasn't working so I used a wifi dongle to connect, and then found a site that listed all the drivers for this model computer.  Working my way through I found the Broadcom wifi adapter driver (the list gives dates and version numbers, which is great), and now the inbuilt wifi works fine.  Then installed Intel's own driver scan & update App, which took care of other drivers.

Just 5 or 6 'Unknown devices" to sort and we should be all OK, although even now the computer is running pretty good.

@Oblivian ... thanks, string added to bow 😁

UPDATE 3:  After completing a couple of laborious searches and matching versions numbers, stumbled on PCHelpSoft Driver Updater.

This program is very, very good and identified all the devices that needed updating as well as identifying any that were missing.

I've now got just two devices left with 'exclamation  marks'.

Oddly, the speaker icon on the Task Bar says "No audio output device is installed" .... not sure what that means.

pretty sure you have just installed malware on your PC with that software

Hmmmm, Defender showed nothing, so about to run MalwareBytes.

BTW, the Speaker/Audio was a non-device from the time Windows re-loaded.

Beware of driver apps, most if not all are malware.  I've never seen a legit one in 25 years.