Subj : Re: Bluetooth To Ethernet
To   : Barry Martin
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Thu Apr 09 2026 08:48:00

BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> Hi Ed!
> One thing I've done over the years is practice on a spare system.
> Admittedly a hare expensive, but saves a lot of the wailing and gnashing
> of teeth when something goes wrong.

This is a good use for an older PC.

> S.N.: The spare system could also be a virtual machine on the original.
> Probably can't do that with your XP.

VirtualBox 4.3.12 is the last version that will run on XP.
I use it to run Win8.1 in a VM, that being the newest Windows it will 
support.
Generally linux doesn't work right (because the guest additions won't 
stay loaded), but ReactOS behaves, for what use that is.
But this system has 64GB RAM, so I have room to play with.

With a low RAM system, VBox will run Win2K quite well, but nothing larger.

So I discovered on the Win11 netbook, which only has 4GB RAM. Win2K runs 
fine in a VM, XP won't even start.
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