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Disable internet access in XP VM but keep local network

I'm using Windows XP in Virtualbox for some legacy development and my IT department freaks out (rightly so) about XP being on the network. While I can simply disconnect the network access and be done ...
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Can not access apache web page on Virtual Machine over WiFi

I have Windows 7 Desktop (Host) with Windows XP On Vmware(Guest). A Windows 7 Laptop, all three are hooked to the same router. The Network Adapter on VM XP is set to Bridged Mode & DHCP ...
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Error message "You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network". Where is the other computer?

I'm having a very similar problem as in this similar question: When trying to copy something from another computer, I receive following error message: You were not connected because a duplicate name ...
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Enabling internet connection on a Windows XP VM in Hyper-V

I did pretty much the same as described in this question: Windows 8 Hyper-V - how to give VM internet access? However, I still don't have internet access on the WinXP VM. I tried also by adding ...
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why won't an XP VM connect to the Internet, when it says its connected to a WiFi network?

I have this windows XP virtual machine. I want to connect it to my WiFi network, but when I do it gives me an error saying the website wasn't found. I'm trying to do this so I can have a WinXP VM to ...
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Windows XP VPN Server with Static IP in a VM

My network is in a small business network environment. 1 48 port switch, business grade modem, 30+ computers. Lets say I want to VPN to one of our static IP addresses. These computers all use the ...
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How to connect from a VirtualBox guest (XP) to a running JBoss server on the host?

First off, I'll say I'm not 100% certain this is the correct location for this question. I was contemplating stackoverflow, but I don't think there's much in the way of code that has to do with this: ...
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Route request from 1VM to another

I have a linux ubuntu vm and windows xp vm running parallel. How would I go about routing a request from the xp vm to the linux vm? Host PC is setup to route test.com to 192.168.33.10 which is the ...
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Trouble setting up more than 4 network adapters in VirtualBox (XP Guest)

I've been trying to setup the 8 network adapters that VirtualBox is supposed to support, through the command line. I need them as bridged networks (because I use them to forward ports from a server ...
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Network between host and guest operating system (VMware virtual machines)

On my computer (OS: Windows 7) I have installed VMware and created one virtual machine(OS: Windows XP), can I create a network between my host OS (windows 7) and guest OS (windows XP) ?
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How to make host only mode work in VM

I'm running Windows inside a VM inside OSX. If I set the connection to host only, then I get a connection that seems to work. However, when I go try to go to web pages, they won't load. Why is that?
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Wireshark can see outside of the virtual machine?

I'm running Windows in a VM inside of OSX. If I start Wireshark inside Windows, then a message from OSX pops up saying that Wireshark is trying to monitor all network traffic. If I accept, then ...
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Is there a quick way to make VirtualBox running Win XP connect to the Internet?

Is there a quick way to make VirtualBox running Win XP connect to the Internet? If using Virtual PC 2007, then it is pretty simple: just choose the Network as "Shared (NAT)" and the Virtual PC ...
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