Quote from: Mia Chloe on Today at 10:42:08 AM

Will this still count as an air gapped device or do I still have to remove the hard ware networking components from the PC board?
And will it be possible for an hacker to install those drivers remotely?

I would not consider it as 100% air gapped device because only removing of networking components may not be sufficient. You might have an hidden malware in your system that you aren't aware of and that could be something troublesome. If you really want your device to be 100% air gapped then surely you'll need to format the drives and install a new operating system into it because sometimes networking components aren't disabled from bios settings and the hardware is also present in that system and due to a wrong step it can still connect to internet. I would suggest you to install a Linux based operating system instead of Windows OS because Linux is much secure and completely open-source.

Quote from: Mia Chloe on Today at 10:42:08 AM

And will it be possible for an hacker to install those drivers remotely?

The hackers won't be able to install the drivers remotely if they aren't close to your device but if the device has Bluetooth connectivity and the hacker is in close distance from your device then in theory that person may be able to connect to your device and install those drivers remotely. However, you really don't have to be worried about that thing if your pc doesn't have any Bluetooth connectivity built into it.

Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on Today at 01:38:10 PM

Quote from: Mia Chloe on Today at 11:44:50 AM

Alright I will uninstall the windows software and re install it now.

Even better - install a good Linux distro which will be more secure and more private than any Windows system (as well as being open source). You might also find that lots of modern wallet software won't run properly on old versions of Windows.

That's what I was going to say. Another good thing about Linux distros is that they are light weight and can be installed on any system even with low ran. I personally used Lubuntu on my low end desktop and it was pretty good in performance. The Linux is much safer than Windows OS especially from that decade old Windows OS's. The best thing about Linux distros is that they have support for each wallet and whatever is open-source can be compiled for it and it will work flawlessly.

Quote from: AbuBhakar on Today at 11:54:54 AM

This count as air gapped device but why not just invest on a hardwaware that is 100% air gapped like Keystone and Elipal instead of relying on an old PC that has the tendency of being not functional in future?

Why would an old PC not be functional? I have computers which are 20+ years old and still run just fine, whereas you can find reports of hardware wallets having their screens die after just a few years.
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I'm not a fan of hardware wallets because they aren't necessary for the ones who are technically good. I agree with you the old PC's won't have any issue as long as they are running a Linux distro and they really aren't that bad for wallets but yes the user must have to be careful about the hard drives as they are mechanical in nature and can stop working anytime. And old pc with SATA SSD would work like a charm as an air gapped device, and the users don't really need to update that pc whatsoever.