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XP Virtual Machine in Win 7 - strange happenings

R

Roger Mills

Flightless Bird
I have an XP Virtual Machine running under Windows 7 Professional
"Windows Virtual PC" so that I can run some 'legacy' applications which
won't work in Win 7.

In the virtual machine, Windows Explorer shows a local disk (C:) and
also all the disks on the host machine - and allows me to copy files
back and forth.

Most of the applications running in the virtual machine are quite happy
to read and write data files on the host machine.

However Word 2000[1] (and Excel 2000) are not. If I try to open a file
from the host machine in Word, it just hangs - and CPU usage goes to
100% On the other hand, if I copy a file from the host machine to the
local disk, it then opens quite happily in Word.

It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file privileges
etc., but why should Word (and other Office 2000 applications) behave
differently from (say) Quicken in this respect? Any ideas?


[1] In case you're wondering why I'm running Word in a virtual machine,
I need to use a particular pseudo printer driver (Jaws - for creating
PDF files) which won't work in Win7, and I need to open Word files in
order to 'print' them. (Yes, there are other PDF converters which *will*
run in Win7 - but I haven't yet found one with the same security options
as Jaws).
--
Cheers,
Roger
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H

Huge

Flightless Bird
On 2010-06-14, Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file privileges
> etc., but why should Word (and other Office 2000 applications) behave
> differently from (say) Quicken in this respect? Any ideas?

Because Microsoft are incompetent scum?


--
Today is Setting Orange, the 19th day of Confusion in the YOLD 3176
Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine...
 
T

Toby

Flightless Bird
"Roger Mills" <watt.tyler@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:87ma56Fp11U1@mid.individual.net...
> I have an XP Virtual Machine running under Windows 7 Professional "Windows
> Virtual PC" so that I can run some 'legacy' applications which won't work
> in Win 7.
>
> In the virtual machine, Windows Explorer shows a local disk (C:) and also
> all the disks on the host machine - and allows me to copy files back and
> forth.
>
> Most of the applications running in the virtual machine are quite happy to
> read and write data files on the host machine.
>
> However Word 2000[1] (and Excel 2000) are not. If I try to open a file
> from the host machine in Word, it just hangs - and CPU usage goes to 100%
> On the other hand, if I copy a file from the host machine to the local
> disk, it then opens quite happily in Word.
>
> It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file privileges etc.,
> but why should Word (and other Office 2000 applications) behave
> differently from (say) Quicken in this respect? Any ideas?
>
>
> [1] In case you're wondering why I'm running Word in a virtual machine, I
> need to use a particular pseudo printer driver (Jaws - for creating PDF
> files) which won't work in Win7, and I need to open Word files in order to
> 'print' them. (Yes, there are other PDF converters which *will* run in
> Win7 - but I haven't yet found one with the same security options as
> Jaws).
> --
> Cheers,
> Roger
> ____________
> Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom
> checked.


Have you tried Primo PDF - it allows a password on open, and a separate
password for protection that includes printing restrictions (No printing,
high res or low res), various change restrictions & disabling copying to
clipboard.

It's free too

Toby...
 
J

John Whitworth

Flightless Bird
"Huge" <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message
news:87mcckF676U4@mid.individual.net...
> On 2010-06-14, Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file privileges
>> etc., but why should Word (and other Office 2000 applications) behave
>> differently from (say) Quicken in this respect? Any ideas?
>
> Because Microsoft are incompetent scum?

Useful...give yourself a pat on the back.
 
J

John Whitworth

Flightless Bird
"Roger Mills" <watt.tyler@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:87ma56Fp11U1@mid.individual.net...
> I have an XP Virtual Machine running under Windows 7 Professional "Windows
> Virtual PC" so that I can run some 'legacy' applications which won't work
> in Win 7.
>
> In the virtual machine, Windows Explorer shows a local disk (C:) and also
> all the disks on the host machine - and allows me to copy files back and
> forth.
>
> Most of the applications running in the virtual machine are quite happy to
> read and write data files on the host machine.
>
> However Word 2000[1] (and Excel 2000) are not. If I try to open a file
> from the host machine in Word, it just hangs - and CPU usage goes to 100%
> On the other hand, if I copy a file from the host machine to the local
> disk, it then opens quite happily in Word.

I assume that Office 2000 is patched to the hilt? All Service Packs applied?

JW
 
D

dennis@home

Flightless Bird
"Roger Mills" <watt.tyler@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:87ma56Fp11U1@mid.individual.net...
> I have an XP Virtual Machine running under Windows 7 Professional "Windows
> Virtual PC" so that I can run some 'legacy' applications which won't work
> in Win 7.
>
> In the virtual machine, Windows Explorer shows a local disk (C:) and also
> all the disks on the host machine - and allows me to copy files back and
> forth.
>
> Most of the applications running in the virtual machine are quite happy to
> read and write data files on the host machine.
>
> However Word 2000[1] (and Excel 2000) are not. If I try to open a file
> from the host machine in Word, it just hangs - and CPU usage goes to 100%
> On the other hand, if I copy a file from the host machine to the local
> disk, it then opens quite happily in Word.
>
> It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file privileges etc.,
> but why should Word (and other Office 2000 applications) behave
> differently from (say) Quicken in this respect? Any ideas?
>
>
> [1] In case you're wondering why I'm running Word in a virtual machine, I
> need to use a particular pseudo printer driver (Jaws - for creating PDF
> files) which won't work in Win7, and I need to open Word files in order to
> 'print' them. (Yes, there are other PDF converters which *will* run in
> Win7 - but I haven't yet found one with the same security options as
> Jaws).

Don't use word 2000.
Try M$ word viewer if you don't need to make changes.
OO if you do.
Or have a look at the free office 2010 essentials that should be released
about now.
 
H

Huge

Flightless Bird
On 2010-06-14, John Whitworth <sexyjw@g_EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE_mail.com> wrote:
>
>
> "Huge" <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message
> news:87mcckF676U4@mid.individual.net...
>> On 2010-06-14, Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file privileges
>>> etc., but why should Word (and other Office 2000 applications) behave
>>> differently from (say) Quicken in this respect? Any ideas?
>>
>> Because Microsoft are incompetent scum?
>
> Useful...

Really? It wasn't intended to be. In the same way that what is likely
happening is that MS don't want you to be able to do what the OP wants - they
want you to buy another copy of Office for the host machine. Although this
is only a guess, based on years of experience of watching people empty
their wallets into Bill Gates bank account.

> give yourself a pat on the back.

Thanks, but there's no need.


--
Today is Setting Orange, the 19th day of Confusion in the YOLD 3176
Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine...
 
B

BillW50

Flightless Bird
In news:4c16008e$0$2538$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk,
John Whitworth typed on Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:12:28 +0100:
> "Roger Mills" <watt.tyler@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:87ma56Fp11U1@mid.individual.net...
>> I have an XP Virtual Machine running under Windows 7 Professional
>> "Windows Virtual PC" so that I can run some 'legacy' applications
>> which won't work in Win 7.
>>
>> In the virtual machine, Windows Explorer shows a local disk (C:) and
>> also all the disks on the host machine - and allows me to copy files
>> back and forth.
>>
>> Most of the applications running in the virtual machine are quite
>> happy to read and write data files on the host machine.
>>
>> However Word 2000[1] (and Excel 2000) are not. If I try to open a
>> file from the host machine in Word, it just hangs - and CPU usage
>> goes to 100% On the other hand, if I copy a file from the host
>> machine to the local disk, it then opens quite happily in Word.
>
> I assume that Office 2000 is patched to the hilt? All Service Packs
> applied?
> JW

Microsoft Office 2000 Update didn't work for me running under Windows 7.
Although it does under Windows XP. So here is the manual update list for
Office 2000 I have created.

Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.2720)
Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.3821 SP-1)
Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SP-3)
Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.8968 SP-3) after 13 more updates

REQUIRED UPDATES
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Security Update for Microsoft Excel 2000 (KB969683)
3683 KB / Download Time = 1 min at your connection speed
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel 2000 that could allow
arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This
update resolves that vulnerability.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Security Update for Microsoft Word 2000 (KB969600)
4002 KB / Download Time = 1 min at your connection speed
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word 2000 that could allow
arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This
update resolves the vulnerability so that Microsoft Word 2000 documents
are handled appropriately.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Security Update for Office 2000 (KB944425)
1383 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office 2000 that could
allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
This update resolves that vulnerability.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2000 (KB947361)
2810 KB / Download Time = 1 min at your connection speed
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office 2000 that could
allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
This update resolves that vulnerability.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Security Update for Microsoft Outlook 2000 (KB946986)
2601 KB / Download Time = 1 min at your connection speed
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook 2000 that could
allow arbitrary code to run when you click on a maliciously modified
hyperlink. This update resolves that vulnerability.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Security Update for Office 2000 (KB921606) (English version)
489 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office 2000 that could
enable arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
This security update resolves that vulnerability.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2000 (KB921595) (English version)
524 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office 2000 that could
allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
This update resolves that vulnerability.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Security Update for Access Snapshot Viewer 2000 (KB955441) (English
version)
87 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed
A security vulnerability exists in the Snapshot Viewer that could allow
arbitrary code to run when you open a maliciously modified web page or
document. This update resolves that vulnerability.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2000 Web Components (KB931660)
1294 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed
A security vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Office Web Components
2000 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified
file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2000 (KB957838) (English version)
144 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office 2000 that could
allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified document is
opened. This update resolves that vulnerability.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Security Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 (KB957790)
1797 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 that could
allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
This update resolves that vulnerability.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Security Update for Outlook 2000 (KB905646) (English version)
3333 KB / Download Time = 1 min at your connection speed
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook 2000 that could
allow arbitrary code to run when opening a malicious document. This
update addresses that vulnerability.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Security Update for PowerPoint 2000 (KB905555) (English version)
26 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
 
B

BillW50

Flightless Bird
In news:87mfmsF676U7@mid.individual.net,
Huge typed on 14 Jun 2010 10:47:57 GMT:
> On 2010-06-14, John Whitworth
> wrote:
>>
>> "Huge" <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:87mcckF676U4@mid.individual.net...
>>> On 2010-06-14, Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file
>>>> privileges etc., but why should Word (and other Office 2000
>>>> applications) behave differently from (say) Quicken in this
>>>> respect? Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Because Microsoft are incompetent scum?
>>
>> Useful...
>
> Really? It wasn't intended to be. In the same way that what is likely
> happening is that MS don't want you to be able to do what the OP
> wants - they want you to buy another copy of Office for the host
> machine. Although this is only a guess, based on years of experience
> of watching people empty
> their wallets into Bill Gates bank account.
>
>> give yourself a pat on the back.
>
> Thanks, but there's no need.

Really? I bought MS Office 97 and MS Office 2000 and I stopped there. I
had to upgrade from MSO 97 because it had too many bugs that MSO 2000
fixed. I felt no reason to get the later versions as MS Office 2000
works just fine for me.

I do regret buying two copies of Windows 7 that still sit up on the
shelf unopened. As I was running two copies of Windows 7 Ultimate RC for
about a year and I was unimpressed with it.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
 
M

Man at B&Q

Flightless Bird
On Jun 14, 11:26 am, "dennis@home" <den...@killspam.kicks-ass.net>
wrote:
> "Roger Mills" <watt.ty...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:87ma56Fp11U1@mid.individual.net...
>
>
>
> > I have an XP Virtual Machine running under Windows 7 Professional "Windows
> > Virtual PC" so that I can run some 'legacy' applications which won't work
> > in Win 7.
>
> > In the virtual machine, Windows Explorer shows a local disk (C:) and also
> > all the disks on the host machine - and allows me to copy files back and
> > forth.
>
> > Most of the applications running in the virtual machine are quite happyto
> > read and write data files on the host machine.
>
> > However Word 2000[1] (and Excel 2000) are not. If I try to open a file
> > from the host machine in Word, it just hangs - and CPU usage goes to 100%
> > On the other hand, if I copy a file from the host machine to the local
> > disk, it then opens quite happily in Word.
>
> > It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file privileges etc.,
> > but why should Word (and other Office 2000 applications) behave
> > differently from (say) Quicken in this respect? Any ideas?
>
> > [1] In case you're wondering why I'm running Word in a virtual machine,I
> > need to use a particular pseudo printer driver (Jaws - for creating PDF
> > files) which won't work in Win7, and I need to open Word files in orderto
> > 'print' them. (Yes, there are other PDF converters which *will* run in
> > Win7 - but I haven't yet found one with the same security options as
> > Jaws).
>
> Don't use word 2000.
> Try M$ word viewer if you don't need to make changes.
> OO if you do.

What do you do when OO doesn't render the document the same? Or screws
up the doc so it doesn't look the same when you go back to Office? It
happens.

MBQ
 
J

John Whitworth

Flightless Bird
"Huge" <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message
news:87mfmsF676U7@mid.individual.net...
> On 2010-06-14, John Whitworth <sexyjw@g_EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE_mail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Huge" <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:87mcckF676U4@mid.individual.net...
>>> On 2010-06-14, Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file privileges
>>>> etc., but why should Word (and other Office 2000 applications) behave
>>>> differently from (say) Quicken in this respect? Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Because Microsoft are incompetent scum?
>>
>> Useful...
>
> Really? It wasn't intended to be. In the same way that what is likely
> happening is that MS don't want you to be able to do what the OP wants -
> they
> want you to buy another copy of Office for the host machine. Although this
> is only a guess, based on years of experience of watching people empty
> their wallets into Bill Gates bank account.

What business *wouldn't* want you to buy new products? But I'm afraid your
argument really is flawed. In the vast majority of situations, Office 2000
is still a very good product, and there is no need to upgrade unless you
want either the eye candy or extra functionality of the later versions.
Extended support for Office 2000 was only discontinued last year.
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeoffice I really do not think that is
short-changing the customer, or incompetent, do you?

>> give yourself a pat on the back.
>
> Thanks, but there's no need.

OK - smack your head into a concrete pillar a few times then. That might
make you feel better.
 
J

John Whitworth

Flightless Bird
"dennis@home" <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote in message
news:hv504u$sfn$1@news.datemas.de...
>
>
> "Roger Mills" <watt.tyler@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:87ma56Fp11U1@mid.individual.net...
>> I have an XP Virtual Machine running under Windows 7 Professional
>> "Windows Virtual PC" so that I can run some 'legacy' applications which
>> won't work in Win 7.
>>
>> In the virtual machine, Windows Explorer shows a local disk (C:) and also
>> all the disks on the host machine - and allows me to copy files back and
>> forth.
>>
>> Most of the applications running in the virtual machine are quite happy
>> to read and write data files on the host machine.
>>
>> However Word 2000[1] (and Excel 2000) are not. If I try to open a file
>> from the host machine in Word, it just hangs - and CPU usage goes to 100%
>> On the other hand, if I copy a file from the host machine to the local
>> disk, it then opens quite happily in Word.
>>
>> It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file privileges
>> etc., but why should Word (and other Office 2000 applications) behave
>> differently from (say) Quicken in this respect? Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> [1] In case you're wondering why I'm running Word in a virtual machine, I
>> need to use a particular pseudo printer driver (Jaws - for creating PDF
>> files) which won't work in Win7, and I need to open Word files in order
>> to 'print' them. (Yes, there are other PDF converters which *will* run in
>> Win7 - but I haven't yet found one with the same security options as
>> Jaws).
>
> Don't use word 2000.

I believe Roger raised this before - Office 2003 wasn't compatible with the
Jaws driver. If Office 2003 wasn't, it's unlikely that OO would be.
 
J

John Whitworth

Flightless Bird
"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
news:hv526m$vkv$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> I do regret buying two copies of Windows 7 that still sit up on the shelf
> unopened. As I was running two copies of Windows 7 Ultimate RC for about a
> year and I was unimpressed with it.
>
Must admit, Windows 7 RC seemed to work flawlessly. It was only after
release that I started to get a bit squiffy.
 
A

Adrian C

Flightless Bird
On 14/06/2010 10:13, Roger Mills wrote:
>
> Most of the applications running in the virtual machine are quite happy
> to read and write data files on the host machine.
>
> However Word 2000[1] (and Excel 2000) are not. If I try to open a file
> from the host machine in Word, it just hangs - and CPU usage goes to
> 100% On the other hand, if I copy a file from the host machine to the
> local disk, it then opens quite happily in Word.
>
> It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file privileges
> etc., but why should Word (and other Office 2000 applications) behave
> differently from (say) Quicken in this respect? Any ideas?

They are probably trying to create and write a temp file in the same
folder as the opened file, and not succeeding. Normally the opening
application should then state "read only mode" and open the file, but
there might be subtle things afloat stopping it.

Try setting an audit policy in Windows 7 and then check out 7's event log.

Maybe host folders are accessed in WinXP as Win7's adminstrative file
shares.

http://microsoftblog.globalknowledg...u-to-monitor-access-to-windows-7-file-shares/

--
Adrian C
 
R

Roger Mills

Flightless Bird
On 14/06/2010 11:12, John Whitworth wrote:
>
>
> "Roger Mills" <watt.tyler@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:87ma56Fp11U1@mid.individual.net...
>> I have an XP Virtual Machine running under Windows 7 Professional
>> "Windows Virtual PC" so that I can run some 'legacy' applications
>> which won't work in Win 7.
>>
>> In the virtual machine, Windows Explorer shows a local disk (C:) and
>> also all the disks on the host machine - and allows me to copy files
>> back and forth.
>>
>> Most of the applications running in the virtual machine are quite
>> happy to read and write data files on the host machine.
>>
>> However Word 2000[1] (and Excel 2000) are not. If I try to open a file
>> from the host machine in Word, it just hangs - and CPU usage goes to
>> 100% On the other hand, if I copy a file from the host machine to the
>> local disk, it then opens quite happily in Word.
>
> I assume that Office 2000 is patched to the hilt? All Service Packs
> applied?
>
> JW


No, I just installed it on the virtual machine from an original CD. Is
that likely to be significant?
--
Cheers,
Roger
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J

John Whitworth

Flightless Bird
"Roger Mills" <watt.tyler@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:87mn8sFa81U1@mid.individual.net...
> On 14/06/2010 11:12, John Whitworth wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Roger Mills" <watt.tyler@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:87ma56Fp11U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> I have an XP Virtual Machine running under Windows 7 Professional
>>> "Windows Virtual PC" so that I can run some 'legacy' applications
>>> which won't work in Win 7.
>>>
>>> In the virtual machine, Windows Explorer shows a local disk (C:) and
>>> also all the disks on the host machine - and allows me to copy files
>>> back and forth.
>>>
>>> Most of the applications running in the virtual machine are quite
>>> happy to read and write data files on the host machine.
>>>
>>> However Word 2000[1] (and Excel 2000) are not. If I try to open a file
>>> from the host machine in Word, it just hangs - and CPU usage goes to
>>> 100% On the other hand, if I copy a file from the host machine to the
>>> local disk, it then opens quite happily in Word.
>>
>> I assume that Office 2000 is patched to the hilt? All Service Packs
>> applied?
>>
>> JW
>
>
> No, I just installed it on the virtual machine from an original CD. Is
> that likely to be significant?
> --
> Cheers,
> Roger

Haven't a clue to be honest - but I'd certainly try at least getting SP1, 2
and 3 on there.
 
B

Bob Eager

Flightless Bird
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:57:00 +0100, Roger Mills wrote:

>> I assume that Office 2000 is patched to the hilt? All Service Packs
>> applied?
>
> No, I just installed it on the virtual machine from an original CD. Is
> that likely to be significant?

The virtual machine, as supplied, is also far from up to date. Worth
applying the XP fixes too.


--
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org

*lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor
 
R

Roger Mills

Flightless Bird
On 14/06/2010 12:36, John Whitworth wrote:
>
>
> "dennis@home" <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote in message
> news:hv504u$sfn$1@news.datemas.de...
>>

>>
>> Don't use word 2000.
>
> I believe Roger raised this before - Office 2003 wasn't compatible with
> the Jaws driver. If Office 2003 wasn't, it's unlikely that OO would be.

Not exactly. I'm pretty sure that I've used Jaws with Word 2003 (under
XP) in the past. If you can get Jaws running under a given operating
system, it seems then to work with all applications - it's just that it
won't work with Win 7 - hence the reason for running it (and needing to
run Word) on the Virtual XP machine.

I currently have a solution - of sorts - by copying files to be Jaws'd
onto the virtual machine's 'local' drive, and copying the resulting PDF
files back, but it's a bit messy, and I'd prefer to be able to access
the original files directly.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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R

Roger Mills

Flightless Bird
On 14/06/2010 13:23, Adrian C wrote:
> On 14/06/2010 10:13, Roger Mills wrote:
>>

>
> They are probably trying to create and write a temp file in the same
> folder as the opened file, and not succeeding. Normally the opening
> application should then state "read only mode" and open the file, but
> there might be subtle things afloat stopping it.
>

That implies that the virtual machine has read access but not write
access to files on the host machine. But other applications running on
the virtual machine can write to the host quite happily - so I still
don't understand why Word should be any different.


> Try setting an audit policy in Windows 7 and then check out 7's event log.
>
> Maybe host folders are accessed in WinXP as Win7's adminstrative file
> shares.
>
> http://microsoftblog.globalknowledg...u-to-monitor-access-to-windows-7-file-shares/
>
>

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll have a look.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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R

Roger Mills

Flightless Bird
On 14/06/2010 11:47, Huge wrote:

> In the same way that what is likely
> happening is that MS don't want you to be able to do what the OP wants - they
> want you to buy another copy of Office for the host machine.

No, that's not the issue. I've actually got Office 2007 on the host and
Office 2000 on the virtual machine. The issue is that of trying to get
Word 2000 on the virtual machine to be able to access *data* files (i.e.
documents) stored on the host.
--
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Roger
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