If VirtualBox can't connect to the Internet, check the network settings and network adapter and try to diagnose it. Read this article to learn more.

For those times when you absolutely must still run Windows XP, one safer way of doing it is to run XP in a virtual machine using the Oracle VirtualBox hypervisor on Linux Mint.

Fortunately, VirtualBox, Oracle’s virtualization software, allows you to run more recent builds of IE without requiring you to dual boot Windows and Mac OS X.

This quick how-to article walks you through the process of connecting to a VirtualBox virtual machine, so you can work locally on a remote desktop.