762X39, DOS box directly provides the DOS environment that DOS Fractint requires, so no Win XP is required for DOS box running Fractint. Oracle's free virtual machine environment can be installed in a variety of operating systems, and needs to have some full operating system installed *into* it, that can then run programs. Win XP has been a great environment for running DOS Fractint, because of the DOS environment it has built in, so it's an OS of choice to install into Oracle's VirtualBox to run DOS Fractint. I presume/hope you have the license key for your WinXP... If you install your copy of WinXP onto a bare machine by itself, you should not connect it to the internet, since WinXP has insufficient protection against today's malware and ransomware. - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane@earthlink.net ######################## -----Original Message----- From: Fractint [mailto:fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of 762X39 Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 12:19 PM To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Fractint] Fractint build environment with XP under VirtualDisk you were still able to legally register WinXP at this late date ?? if so, i have an unused installation disk and maybe i can try all this stuff you guys are doing now with DOS box etc. . _______________________________________________ Fractint mailing list Fractint@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus