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1. Power on the the VM
2. Press ESC as soon as VM begins to start to display the boot menu
   • Boot from the CD-ROM drive
3. Press a key to boot from the CD (if displayed at bottom of screen as soon as VM begins to boot)
4. Proceed through Windows XP installation
   1. Press Enter to setup up Windows XP now 
   2. Press F8 to agree to the license agreement 
   3. Configure the Windows partition 
      1. Press Enter to set up Windows XP on the selected item (should be called "Unpartitioned space")
      2.  Format the partition using the NTFS file system (Quick)
   4. Do not turn on automatic updates
   5. Enter "root" as the user name

Configure the Windows XP Virtual Machine 

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1. Download and run the Cygwin installer: http://cygwin.com/setup.exe
   • Install from Internet
   • Root Directory: C:\Cygwin
   • Install For: Just Me
   • Default Test File Type: DOS/text
   • Local Package Directory: *C:
   \
   • *
   • Internet Connection: Direct Connection
   • Download Site: choose one (.edu FTP sites seem the fastest)
   • Select Packages: Net: openssh
   • Create icon on Desktop: No
   • Add icon to Start Menu: No
2. Delete the local package directory: C:\ftp%...cygwin...

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1. Copy the cygwin-sshd-config.sh script (contents below) to the C:\Cygwin\home\root directory on the Windows VM
2. Set the script to be executable:

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   chmod +x /home/root/cygwin-sshd-config.sh

3. Launch C:\Cygwin\Cygwin.bat
4. Run the script and specify the root account password as an argument, enclose the password in ticks in case special characters are used in the password:

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   /home/root/cygwin-sshd-config.sh '<PASSWORD>'

   Note: the sshd service probably will not start until the next step is completed
5. Open Start --> Run --> services.msc
6. Double-click the Cygwin sshd service
7. Open the Log On tab
8. Enter the root account password twice and click OK, you should see a message stating root has been granted the Log On As A Service Right
9. Click the General tab
10. Click Start

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