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Rober.t
Kai Beginner
Joined: 20 Aug 2004
Posts: 3
Location: Netherlands
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Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:29 am |
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Hi,
I run Xlink Kai in a VMWare virtual machine. So basically when I want to play online, I boot up the virtual machine (VM). I then navigate to the web interface to chat and join rooms.
To make my life easier, I configured the Windows XP VM to start the Xlink Kai Engine on system boot. Here's how.
1) create a Windows XP VM;
Please make sure to install all the latest patches, configure the network, firewall etc.
2) install Xlink Kai;
3) configure Xlink Kai;
As I won't use the GUI on the VM itself (but rather on my workstation by browsing to http://<Xlink-VM-ip-address>:34522), I unticked the 'start gui' box.
4) add Xlink Kai Engine to the registry.
By adding a key with the location of the Xlink Kai engine as its value to "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", the engine will start on system boot. Alternatively, copy&paste below code in an "xlink.reg" text file and double click it to import the key into your registry.
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"Xlink Kai Engine"="C:\\Program Files\\XLink Kai\\kaiEngine.exe"
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Note that I used XLinkKai-7.4.18-win32.msi and installed it in the default folder (C:\Program Files\Xlink Kai). Please change the path names accordingly if you choose to install in a different location.
HTH,
Rober.t |
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TwoCents
Team XLink Administrator
Joined: 27 Aug 2004
Posts: 1826
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Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:56 pm |
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[dutch mode]Mooi geschreven, bedankt daarvoor [/dutch mode]
Nice job, thanks. You can also run XLink Kai as a service, like a sticky in this very subforum explains |
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Rober.t
Kai Beginner
Joined: 20 Aug 2004
Posts: 3
Location: Netherlands
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Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:22 pm |
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Hoi!
Thanks, I figured I'd post this as this seems (to me anyway) a lot easier than configuring a service, and this works just as well.
Happy holidays! |
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llnk
Team XLink Administrator
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
Posts: 1697
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Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:49 pm |
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I just dragged and dropped the XLink icon into the Startup folder.
Thanks |
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Rober.t
Kai Beginner
Joined: 20 Aug 2004
Posts: 3
Location: Netherlands
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Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:54 am |
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llnk wrote: |
I just dragged and dropped the XLink icon into the Startup folder.
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LOL, I didn't even think of that! haha
Now, there must be some advantage to my approach... (can't think of one right now though) |
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SgtLegend
TX Server Nerd
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
Posts: 5261
Location: Melbourne, AU
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Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:25 am |
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The advantage would be if your using Mac OSX or Linux. You can use this method to run XLink nice and easily without hassle |
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