Configuring a VPN w/ PPTP using VPC (Part 1)

A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, allows users to create a private network between two or more computers on the internet (or through your own network without being on the same workgroup or domain). For this lab, I will show you how to set up a basic VPN using PPTP for file sharing (mapping in our case) using MS’ Virtual PC (“VPC”). Continue reading Configuring a VPN w/ PPTP using VPC (Part 1)

Configuring VPC

Microsoft has a very neat, powerful program that allows you to run multiple Operating Systems (“OS”), through your single windows machine. It’s called Microsoft Virtual PC (“VPC”). VPC creates virtual network adapters and hard disks (with settings), using your main OS resources (such as CPU, RAM, mouse, keyboard, floppy, CD-ROM, etc.). This is a basic lab on setting up a single virtual machine, a single virtual hard disk, and local only network adapter using VPC. Continue reading Configuring VPC