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as much as i'd like a second monitor, i really have no place to put one lol.
so far everything has been going pretty well. except ...
i cannot connect to the internet within xpvm. "intel 21140-based PCI fast ethernet adapter (generic)" is installed as the driver under network adapter. is there something else needs to be done?
I don't remember ever having to do anything. Once they get booted up for the first time I click Start > Control Panel > Windows Update and start downloading.
Do you see any yellow splats in Device Manager?
Are you sure it is set to Obtain IP automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically? I remember you were messing around with static IPs.
https://www.microsoft.com/resources/....mspx?mfr=true
you and i were playing with it, midknyte. you had me set it to static IP address 10.1.10.200. should i change it to auto?
and the big question ... will this mess with my printing capabilities?
No, I said to use DHCP. I said you COULD use something like 10.1.10.200 for the IP, not DNS.
DNS is what allows you to get to the outside world, aka the Internet. Change that to auto.
sorry, i misunderstood.
i changed it to auto and i can see the net now. thanks.
bad news .... now that i changed the DNS to auto, my qbasic programs won't print :(
also, when i print a single word document to the laser printer, it prints pages and pages containing one or two lines of what look like control character printing.
You might try Google's free DNS servers:
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
no change. internet ok. no qbasic printing. regular printing prints weird ascii symbols.
i went back and re-ran the following commands:
net use lpt1: /d /y
net use lpt1: \\virtual_xp\p2035 /persistent:yes
qbasic printing works now. *whew*
will check on regular printing.
Excellent.
(Got my fingers crossed).
still get control characters when printing from word in the vmxp.
however, as long as i can print from qbasic and access the net from the vmxp i'm happy. this is the important thing.
what little, if any, direct printing i would do from the vmxp i can alway copy and paste the file and print from 7.
Good to hear you've got a workaround figured out.
Have you tried to re-install the printer software?
it's printing from word. re-install that?
Which printer are you using for each application?
Only use the LPT1 printer for qbasic. For other apps, use the regular printer (\\virtual_xp\p2035)