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From: J.J. O'Shea on 8 Feb 2010 10:34
On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:34:49 -0500, Linda Hungerford wrote
(in article
<135a6c6c-1b94-4ff0-b25f-2cedfc5c25cb(a)g28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>):

> Firstly, yes, I did try to research this question on the net, but am
> too much of a beginner to understand what I am looking for.
>
> Task at hand is to try to use the MacBook Pro to access the domain,
> then email and electronic medical record (EMR) being used at work.
> The EMR is based on Visual Fox Pro. I DO have administration's
> permission to do this, btw. {{money is tight in the "forgotten
> stepchild of medicine" aka psychiatry, and admin would prefer to not
> have to buy another computer}} And, If I can solve this problem, I
> can use my laptop at several other facilities using the same program
> (though with site-specific modifications).
>
> Where do I start? Can this be done from the Mac side, or do I need to
> switch over to the WinXP side (through Parallels).

You're not going to be able to access the Fox Pro stuff from OS X, not
without going to a _lot_ of trouble. For this kind of thing I'd install XP
Pro (NOT XP Home) into Parallels or VMWare and use that.

>
> Depending upon which partition I would be using, how do I proceed?
>
> The IT guys at the site to which i am referring do not speak Mac at
> all. We tried to access the domain from the WinXP partition,

If you have XP Pro installed you should be able to access things in exactly
the same way as any other XP Pro install. If XP Home is installed, you're
gonna have a problem, but you should still be able to get through. What
problems did you have.

> but
> neither one of us knew enough to succeed at this.

If your IT guy can't get an XP install (Pro or Home) to connect via a VPN you
need a new IT guy. If you're in South Florida I'm available..

>
> thanks....
> Linda H.



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