Re: Windows 8.1 and XyWrite

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How not to allow W2K Internet access: just leave the "standard gateway" setting blank in the network connections thingy.



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Troop 
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 16:19:08 +0000
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Windows 8.1 and XyWrite

>Thanks for the suggestion, Kari. I will try it out. And W2K would
>have the advantage of no S/N/validation, right? As regards security,
>surely it's possible to get VBox to let Win 8.1 'network' W2K to but
>not allow W2K internet access?
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>At 25/11/2013 06:48, you wrote:
>>I am not sure, but VirtualBox and W2K might be worth considering
>>(when there are no more updates in the spring, XP will not be much
>>more secure than W2K, W2K is less unnecessary code). Then there is
>>VMware, which is a professional virtualization system (see:
>>http://www.duxburysystems.com/documentation/megadots/vmware.htm
>>mentioned by Jon Pareles). I have not been a big fan of VMware,
>>because it is rather heavy (installation takes time) and does not
>>accommodate other virtualization solutions. E.g., there is no way to
>>switch off hardware virtualization (other than BIOS) if hardware
>>virtualization is present. I have started experimenting with VMware
>>and XP mode, but run into some problems, and have not had time to
>>work it out properly.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Kari Eveli
>>LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
>>lexitec@xxxxxxxx
>>
>>*** Lexitec Online ***
>>Lexitec in English: http://www.lexitec.fi/english.html
>>Home page in Finnish: http://www.lexitec.fi/
>>
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>>24.11.2013 23:58, Bill Troop wrote:
>>>Kari recently wrote,
>>>
>>>>XP mode is the preferred solution for running legacy programs in
>>>>Win 7 64-bit.
>>>
>>>But what of Windows 8.1 ? This is a terrible operating system for
>>>many reasons, one of the least significant being that there are
>>>many USB 3 drives that would work with Sandy Bridge era laptops but
>>>that won't work with 8.1 - - a problem that has been documented for
>>>over a year without a solution.
>>>
>>>However, I am testing a laptop with 3200x1600 resolution, and there
>>>really is no choice but the installed Win 8.1, until something
>>>superior comes along, as it must.
>>>
>>>What is the preferred solution for 8.1 ? VirtualBox and XP ?
>>>
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