Re: Win2K/VirtualBox/Win 8.1

[Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

Well, I still can't get the shared VBox folder, but having succeeded in
obtaining a bridged or partially bridged connection, can obtain a network
connection with other computers on the network, and successfully got
XyWrite moved over and started. However, I now suspect that I have
discovered an excellent reason why not to use XyWrite on any OS less than
XP. You may recall that I have asked, in the past, if anyone knows
whether XP supported ClearType font enhancement in DOS windows, and
nobody knew. I am here to report that Lucida looks very markedly
worse under Win2K. It is possible that there are some adjustments
that can be made, but out of the box, the fonts look terrible compared to
what XP or XP under Win 7 are capable of achieving. I therefore now
suspect that XP does considerable and excellent enhancement of fonts in
DOS windows.


This has been a very interesting experience. I will now try to install
XP. (Anyone who needs Win2K should contact me via email for advice.)
Considering how comparatively unsophisticated a user I am, I am pleased
with my progress and very grateful particularly to Kari. - - B


PS Only other thing worth noting is that touchpad movements are slow and
messy, but I am sure this can be adjusted. Also, touch works to some
extent. One of the curiosities of virtualizing on a system that supports
touchscreens is that you can use touch on MacOS (which does not otherwise
support it) and - - I just checked! - - on XyWrite !!!!


At 02/12/2013 17:47, you wrote:

> More modern operating system
> require that you use a password in W2K if you go that route.
>
> You said: I had forgotten the Shared folder step. I did that, restarted,
> etc. but it doesn't show up.
>
> There is no restart necessary. When you have accomplished the steps I
> described, the setup is immediately available, and if you save state and
> close the W2K session normally (from start menu), it keeps the shared
> folders that were initialized. Take care that you do not lose the
> information that is already in the virtual machine between
> sessions.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
> lexitec@xxxxxxxx
>
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> 2.12.2013 16:49, Bill Troop kirjoitti:
> > I am now trying 'bridged'
> > networking. This results in a win2000 computer being visible on my host
> > network. But I can't access it because it asks for a user name and
> > password and I have none as I didn't set up one on win2000. Do I need
> > that for networking? I will try adding a user now.