Re: Xy4 on Win 8 /VMware / Win2K

[Paul Lagasse pglagasse@xxxxxxxx]

You're right, you need the network connection to access the host drive
(not something my wife does with her VMware setup), but you can switch
to a Host-only network to reduce your Internet exposure. In WinXP in
VMware, that setting stymies Internet Explorer, unlike Bridged or NAT.

Paul
On 01/31/2014 08:31 AM, Bill Troop wrote:
There must be some anomaly in my setup, because I have both the
Connected and Connect at power on boxes checked.
I had assumed -- is this correct? -- that if I didn't, I would not be
able to access the host drive.
For network connexion, I have 'bridged' (the default); the rest of the
boxes are unchecked and I have not clicked on 'Configure Adapters'.

So I imagine there's some work left to do either in VMware or in Win2K.
But I am happy as a cat with the setup the way it is, since I don't
need updates and don't want to worry about antivirus.

At 31/01/2014 13:08, you wrote:
In VMware player, if you select the virtual machine, then select
Virtual Machine Settings from the Virtual Machine menu, the network
section of the settings has two checkboxes, one for Connected and the
other Connect at Power On. If the machine is not running, and Connect
at Power On is unchecked, a network connection should not be
automatically created when you start the virtual machine.
(Only caveat -- I'm doing this in Ubuntu, not Windows, but I would
think the setup is similar.)
Or you can uncheck the Connected box from the Player menu while the
machine is running.

Paul Lagasse

On 01/31/2014 07:24 AM, Myron Gochnauer wrote:
I've been using Parallels instead of VMware on my Mac for a while
now, but my recollection is that in the virtual machine
configuration menus you could enable or disable internet/network
access. With Parallels it is as simple as checking or unchecking
the "Connected" box. With VMware I seem to recall choosing the type
of network and perhaps a couple parameters. I had internet access
with W2K and then Win7 using VMware without really knowing much
about the details, so it can't be too difficult to set up!


On Jan 31, 2014, at 4:14 AM, Kari Eveli  wrote:
I am sure you can get it to connect, but running a browser under
W2K is a perilous exercise. But you need an Internet connection to
update the operating system to service pack 4, and other Windows
programs you might run under W2K. Alternatively, you can download
the updates for most programs using Win8 and copy them to the W2K
VM. Some programs may need to updated live, but you should restrict
connections to the Net to this category.