Windows XP

NETBEUI is available for XP. Look on the XP CD under Valueadd\MSFT\Net\NetBEUI and copy the nbf.sys to system32/Drivers and the netnbf.inf to the inf folder (a hidden folder under windows root). The new protocol will appear under connection properties / install / protocals.

Connect to VPN (Virtual Private Network)^:

• Options: All dialing options checked
• Security: Typical, Require secured password, and Require data encryption
• Networking: Type of VPN PPTP VPN All settings checked.
• TCP/IP properties, Automatic, but you may have to set the DNS server to the IP of the VPN server.
• Advanced: defaults.

To VPN in Windows XP mode inside Windows 7: You must change the networking from NAT to the name of your Ethernet card. Open XP mode, click Tools on the menu bar -> Settings -> Networking, in the right pane, choose the correct Adapter. After that, restart the XP Mode ^

A Windows XP computer that is part of a domain but not always connected (road warriors laptop) may need to sync time outside the network. The instructions at:
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/314054/en-us show how to do this, but are totally wrong about setting the NtpServer Parameter to "Peers". Instead, you need to specify a real NTP server. time-a.nist.gov seems to work (as of 2013), but the full list is at:
http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi

Mouse "freezes" for a second every 10 seconds or so. Task Manager shows "System" is going to 100% CPU and back to 0 on the same cycle. From 0 to 100 and back, over and over. The Performance tab shows almost a sine wave from top to bottom. Make sure there are no print jobs waiting in queue. Seen with an HP 3005 using Universal Printing PCL6 driver for a USB printer that is disconnected but shared and /not/ set to "Use offline". Clearing the queue solves the problem. Setting the printer to offline prevents recurrence.

See also:

• https://archive.org/details/WinXPProSP3x86 Windows XP Pro image
• https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows Using Oracle VM VirtualBox to run XP mode: Note: May not be supported in 5.1 or later. Use 5.0.x. Setup XP mode first so you don't have to register XP (which you can't anymore). When creating the new VM, select existing drive, and use the parent drive image from the XP mode drive settings. e.g.
  C:\Program Files\Windows XP Mode\Windows XP Mode base.vhd I was unable to get this to work.
• http://alan.lamielle.net/2009/09/03/windows-7-nonpaged-pool-srv-error-2017/ Out of memory errors when copying from Win7 machine to shared drive on WinXP
• http://www.paulscomputerservice.net/index.php?body=./os/autoLogoff.php You log on, and XP accepts your passwords, flashes the desktop and then logs your right back off...
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/scriptcenter/scrguide/sas_prn_overview.asp Microsoft Script center has lots of stuff that applies to XP / 2000 and up only.