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Re: Xy4 on Win 8 /VMware / Win2K



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.

This sounds interesting, and encouraging. I am not a big fan of VMware, because it takes over too much, but maybe it deserves a closer look. Somehow, I did not get it to work with XP updates. I have not much need for it, as I still work mostly in a DOS VM under VirtualPC 2007 64-bit.

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Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
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31.1.2014 1:55, Bill Troop wrote:
I wonder how I might test whether I have an internet connexion or not?

It would be wonderful to know that I didn't have to worry about providing Win2K with AV.

Altogether, VMware seems great. It is a great comfort to know that I am good to go with Xy4 for a few more years whilst enduring Win 8 which is dreadful though it does have some under-the-hood virtues. I have no doubt there will always be a way, thanks to virtual machines.