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Chris_P1
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Connecting to the Internet with XP

I'm trying to set up an XP virtual machine (with VMWare). I currently can connect to internet and get Bing, but when I try to connect to something else (like Google) I get the page not found error. I suspect I need to set up a default DNS server.

I used to have this info, but long since threw it away. How can I connect to the Internet in XP?

Chris P.

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  • ChrisL's avatar
    ChrisL
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    @Chris P

    That should be provided along with the IP address info from the router when it comes online. If you're doing this in a VM I suspect it's the VM's network type that may be the issue and not XP itself. You can try experimenting with the VM's networking types to see if that helps.

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    Chris_P1
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    No, I had the same problem when I installed this particular Win XP disk on a separate machine. Again, I can ping 8.8.8.8 and cox.net just fine, I can get Bing fine, I can get (of all things) John Tiller software just fine). Just most everything else gives me the error page.

    Could it be there's something missing from the XP disk?

  • ChrisL's avatar
    ChrisL
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    @Chris P

    Google uses SSL now by default and it's quite possible there are no more root certificate updates for XP being and end of life product. I have a friend I help that still uses a Windows 2000 machine due to supporting a very specific software package that is in this situation. Effectively he cannot surf the web anymore due to simply being out of date.