Re: Xy4 on Win 8 /VMware / Win2K

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Are people really writing viruses for W2K?
> Ah. I should have made it clearer, Harry. The only internet access I am
> losing is that to the W2K machine, which I don't want because it is
> virtually impossible to protect adequately anyway. My internet access to
> Win 8 is untouched.
> Speaking of internet and network access, the New XPS 15 does not have an
> internet port, but the new wireless technology reliably provides just
> short of Gigabit access, provided you have an up-to-date router.
>
> At 31/01/2014 18:33, you wrote:
> > No, I'm afraid it means you're not fine.
> >
> > Unless you want to be *off* the internet.
> > > Many thanks. It returns 'Unknown host google.com'. So it looks like I'm
> > > fine.
> > >
> > > At 31/01/2014 04:54, you wrote:
> > > > > I wonder how I might test whether I have an internet connexion or not?
> > > >
> > > > Go to you DOS prompt and enter
> > > >
> > > > ping google.com