Howdy, > Additionally, you may wish to work on configuring the Mac firewall to > block the ports that are most often used to attack Windows...that is, > assuming the Mac firewall will protect the traffic to and from your VPC > session. I would assume it should. Does anyone know differently? > It really depends. If you're using the VPC virtual switch, then no firewall settings will protect you. It's a BAD BAD BAD BAD idea to have an unpatched Windows XP virtual or real machine on ANY network. Period. As for the VPC additions, I would suggest booting it up in safe mode (F8 as soon as the VM starts to boot). That might work.... .t