Windows 8.1 Test Drive

[zedd151]

I invested some time in re-exploring running Windows XP in Virtual Box.
 
The last time I tried, I had a hell of a time getting anything to work; usb connections, internet connections, mouse and keyboard integration, and dragging and dropping between host and client.
 
I must have fubarred the first installaton or something, because now everything is working as expected. 
 
Ok, so it wasn't working that great in Windows 10 - but in Windows 7 everything works as advertised. I need to boost the memory for Windows XP, but other than that I'm a happy camper.  Actually due to the speed of this machine and the read/write speed of the hard drive, it seems that XP runs about as fast here as I remember it running on an actual machine.   
 
Now all I need to do, is shut down everything in Windows 7 and have Virtual Box load up Windows xp at startup - Just like booting into Windows XP.   

[zedd151]

There is one problem though, avatars and the image I just posted above don't display in XP in VirtualBox on IE6.
 
The forum images display properly as do the smilies. Let me install a more current browser into XP-on-VBox.   




Moments later...

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Version:36.0.2130.80 - Opera is up to date





Installed Opera Browser 


And all images now display properly.   :t