Re: Xy4 on Win 8 /VMware / Win2K

[Paul Lagasse pglagasse@xxxxxxxx]

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:
Ive 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 cant 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.