Re: VirtualBox update

[Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

Carl, MS is barred under a settlement with Sun from providing W2K in
any form:


http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ff723773.aspx?siteID=rGMTN56tf_w-ajjaEICDqIYhkNLWKyKfTw; eudora="autourl">
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ff723773.aspx?siteID=rGMTN56tf_w-ajjaEICDqIYhkNLWKyKfTw


Therefore, take MS's advice: acquire the OS from a 'website' and find a
serial number with Google.


This also applies to several other MS OS's, including some versions of
XP.


I know it's tough, but we have to adjust to this! - - B



At 03/10/2014 23:25, you wrote:

> Bill:
>
> > I would bet that W2K would be
> > perceptibly faster but have not made
> > the comparison.
>
> Setting up W2K under VBox has been on my to-do list for some time. 
> Only, I don't have a licensed copy (or any copy) of W2K. I assume, 
> though, that I could pick up a legal copy in a jiffy on the
> 'Bay.
>
> --
> Carl Distefano
> cld@xxxxxxxx