I have used the notepad to configure twindows to connect to oracle as per your instructions. I then started services on my VM and entered http//linux.server:8000 in my windows explorer and i get the following error message:
"This page can not be displayed"

please help.

Sorry for the late reply.
Looks like you are not able to reach Linux machine from Windows.
Try the following:
1- Find out the correct IP address of Linux machine. Login as root and issue ifconfig command.
2- Verify if your Windows hosts file has the correct IP. If not fix the IP and retry.
If the problem is not solved then:
3- From Windows try connecting to Oracle Apps using the IP Address:
http://192.168.1.x:8000
If you are able to connect then the problem is in the host file. Try rebooting your browser and see if the problem is fixed.
If you are not able to connect then:
4- Try connect to Oracle Apps from Linux machine using the IP Address.
http://192.168.1.x:8000
Were you able to see the login page? If yes, then your Windows cannot see your linux machine. You need to troubleshoot the network.
A- Verify the firewall is off on Linux.
B- If you are using Bridge, then your machine should be connected to the router.
If not, then your Oracle Application services might be down. Please restart the services and try logging in again.
A- Verify that all services are starting with status 0. If not then we need to look into the log files.

Thank you Hassan,
I was able to connect to Oracle after starting up services.

I logged on and clicked on security user -define and Java was installed successfully, but a message came on that FRM-92050: Failed to connect to the Server:/forms/lservlet:-t

Please help. I am not going to turn my computer off as I want to complete this process.

Thank You.

Is XSS filtering disabled in your internet explorer options?

IE->Tools->Internet Options->Security->Custom Level->Disable XSS Filter

I have disabled XSS filter and now I can not connect to Oracle. I have tried all the steps you gave me earlier on and I still can't connect via http://linux.server:8000
Same message - page can not be displayed.
Please help

Earlier you were getting "FRM-92050". But now you are getting "Page cannot be displayed". Usually this error means your services are down.
Please verify if you are services are up. I know you did start the services earlier. Are they still up? (Can you login from Linux?)
Are you using IE10? If yes then press F12 and change mode to IE9. Now try logging in.

I tried IE9 and before that ensured that my services were up and running but still could not get it to work. How do I log in from Linux?

You can login from linux by opening a browser on Linux. It does not matter which browser it is. Then go to the url http://192.168.x.y:8000 (replace the IP with the IP of linux machine).

I tried to log in from Linux but realized that I do not have internet connection from that end even though my regular desktop has. Also the only browser I see under Applications - Internet is Firefox, which gives me the message " server not found". Do you know of a service that I can get them to help me go pass this phase? I will pay for that as I seem to be stuck on this for weeks. Please help.

You do not need internet connection to hit Oracle login page from Linux browser.
A- You should be able to see the login page from Linux browser if you enter:
http://127.0.0.1:8000
If not then most likely your services are down.
B- Next find out the Linux external ip address.
As a root enter this command:
/sbin/ifconfig
If you do not see an IP address like this 192.168.x.x then you have a network setup issue. If you come to this point then let me know. We will have to go through your network setup.
C- If you see an IP address from step above, now enter it in the Linux browser e.g. http://192.168.x.x
You should see the login page. If not then your linux host file has an issue.
D- If you can see the login page from the step above, now try entering the same url on Windows browser. You should see the login page. If not then your Windows machine cannot see Linux machine. Again this is a possible network issue.
Please follow the steps in the same order and post your results A, B, C, and D individually. Thanks.

Step A:
I was not able to see the login page from linux browser when I entered http://127.0.0.1:8000. I then started up my services and tried gain and I was able to see the login page in my linux browser.
Step B:
I used the /isbin/ifconfig command as root and found the ip address 192.168.1.106
Step c:
I entered the above IP address in the linux browser and could not see the login page.
Step D:
Even though I could not see the page, I tried using the IPS address in the windows browser and could not see the page.

Pease help!

Sorry for the late reply.
So you can see linux login page when you enter the IP 127.0.0.1. That is good. At least that means the services are up and running.
Verify if you have disabled the firewall at Linux.
Verify that you have placed an entry as follows on Windows hosts file:
192.168.1.106 linux.server
Can you see the login page from Windows browser:
http://192.168.1.106:8000
If not then I need to know:
Is your machine connected to a router or directly to the model. If you are not using router then we will have to change the network type of your virtual machine from bridge to host-only.

Please help me.

I double checked m windows host file and 192.168.1.106 linux.server is there. I tried using http:192.168.1.106:8000 from winds and could not get through.
My machine is conneced via a router and I also checked the firewall to ensure that it is disabled.

Your host computer cannot see the guest computer.
I am suspecting the culprit to be some setting in the router but I am not 100% sure.
In order to eliminate router from the equation lets change the setup to Host-Only. In host-only network the guest is directly connected to the host (not via router).

1- Bring VM down
2- Change network type to Host-Only
3- Bring VM up.
4- Now go to the network tool as root (the one shown in videos, where you put the static IP).
Change the IP back to dynamic. If you are confused about this part, upload the image of the settings, I will tell you what to do. It is pretty straight forward.
Close the network tool.
5- Simply reboot your VM.
6- When VM wakes up run ifconfig command and note down the IP address.
7- Go back to the network tool and put this IP as your static IP.
8- Reboot VM again.
9- Open up your Windows host file as Administrator (as shown in videos).
Change the IP address specified there againt linux.server to this new IP.

That is it. Let me know the results:
1- Can you see the login page from linux?
2- Can you see the login page from Windows?

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I got to #4 of your instructions and got stuck. I took a screen shot and saved on the linux desktop as that was my only option. Please show me how to get the screen shot to you. i have taken a photograph of my screen but having a hard time attaching it to the forum platform as there is no functionality for that. Please help.

You can upload photo to any free image hosting webstite
e.g. http://tinypic.com

Linux window is running within Windows. You could have also taken the screen shot from windows terminal.

Please lee know if there is someone you know who can help me for a fee. I have tried everything and still can not connect to Oracle. Should I uninstall and start from scratch or use vision? I think you have the best training program and will recommend you to anyone but I guess my IT skills are too weak for this. Please let me know what my options are? I was just hoping to connected so I could begin the real training but the installation has been a hard road. please advise.

For me to help you I need answer to my questions above.
Some times it is difficult to troubleshoot the issue than to retry from scratch. If you choose to redo the whole thing you must follow the instructions to the core.