If I didn't misunderstand you said your issue looks like this:
https://erikwramner.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/how-to-disable-link-detection-for-windows-7/
If this is, there is a solution for your os probably.
I suggest to looking Elementry OS. Everybody says it runs fastly on the low-hardware computers. It is a ubuntu-based distro but as far as I see you have to pay 10 $ at least.
https://elementary.io/