2009-05-04, 08:44 PM
To anyone who cares about this particular issue, I may revisit it later but for the moment I have given up. After more random disconnections in the Free Market, Zakum Altar (just sitting there alone, in fact), Zakum battle, and elsewhere, I decided it was not worth the stress of never knowing when HackShield would suddenly decide I was not allowed to play any more. I have resurrected the old XP box the VM was supposed to replace, and I'm now playing on my Vista laptop and using the old machine for my FM mule. 
I had boosted the VM to -20 niceness (the highest, supposed to be considered "real-time") and although I could train my Mage normally (never once got booted from newties) I could not complete a Zakum run or keep my shop open predictably. So, at least on my system and at least right now, VMware + HackShield == No Soup for Me!
I had boosted the VM to -20 niceness (the highest, supposed to be considered "real-time") and although I could train my Mage normally (never once got booted from newties) I could not complete a Zakum run or keep my shop open predictably. So, at least on my system and at least right now, VMware + HackShield == No Soup for Me!