Hello, Jack,
I'm a little confused. Is creating a virtual machine of XP not accessible? If I used that link you gave at the end of your email, could I do it without sighted assistance? I'd rather not spend money on another computer. I do have sighted assistance available to me, if necessary, but would prefer to not have to ask for it if possible. Thanks, Ari On 12/28/17, Jack Falejjczyk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ari. Being that XP is unsupported, it's safe to just get one > preconfigured from a safe source. Technically an xp installation can > be done, but if you aren't comfortable with unattended answer file > creation or don't have a floppy drive or means of creating a virtual > floppy, it's probably not gonna work real well, plus the lack of sound > during installation is a bit unnerving. On top of that, I've heard > talking windows preinstallation doesn't do too well with XP disks, but > don't quote me on that. Xp machines are around that come preloaded > with a fair few screenreaders to suit your taste, and some old > versions of Hal 5.1 and Window Eyes 6.0 if you want to relive some > nostalgia. > Here you go, self extracting executable of the windows xp virtual machine. > http://grossgang.com/vmware/Windows%20XP.exe > > On 12/28/17, Arianna Sepulveda <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, all, >> >> >> There are a few games I'd like to play, like the old BSC titles, but >> they absolutely won't run on Windows 10. Rather than spending money >> for an XP netbook (if you can even still find any of those) I'd like >> to create an XP machine on my Windows 10 laptop using VMWare. I'm >> running a Lenovo ThinkPad T450s. The specks are as follows: >> Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5300U CPU @ 2.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz >> Memory: 8192MB RAM >> Available OS Memory: 8072MB RAM >> Page File: 5674MB used, 3676MB available >> The processor can actually go up to 2.9 GHz. >> >> How can I set up this virtual XP machine? I want to make sure I'm >> getting a clean copy of XP to do this, and that i'm not going to get >> any viruses or anything if any of the games I want to run on the >> virtual machine need internet access and won't run without it or >> something. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Ari >> >> >> >> > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#118212): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/118212 View All Messages In Topic (3): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/topic/7721280 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/7721280/21656 New Topic: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/post Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/editsub/21656 Group Home: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers Contact Group Owner: [email protected] Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
