Aa, bravo. Problem solved. *smile*
On 7/29/08, Steven M. Sawczyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmm, my thought is that files could be affected, but as Jane points
> out, the files won't really do anything to the Mac. My fear would be
> that the virus is destructive and could delete files, or access
> content contained within files in your home folder. I think it's one
> of these situations where you're better safe than sorry.
>
> You should not need to install any keyboard drivers. You will,
> however, need to install Greek language support, the same way you
> would if you installed Windows on a new machine.
>
> HTH,
>
> Steve
>
> On Jul 29, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Tiffany D wrote:
>
> So in other words, if I have this file that's in the shared folder,
> it'll be affected no matter what or only if I access it through
> Windows? If I were to move it to another folder in the Mac, before I
> got any kind of virus, it would be fine right? Sorry for asking
> stupid questions. And please, do I need keyboard drivers or not? If
> so, which ones do I need? Ooh, I just thought of something! Do I
> need to get them for both English and Greek?
>
> On 7/29/08, Jane Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi Tiffany,Viruses don't affect Macs. Yes, the files will be
>> infected and
>> you will have to do something about that on the Windows side, but it
>> won't
>> do anything on the Mac side.
>>
>> My two cents: I love vmware fusion. It's a lot easier than booting
>> up into
>> windows by restarting.
>>
>> cheers,
>> jane
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Tiffany D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, especially for the tip. As for usage, same here. I'm mostly
>>> using it for my Greek lessons, to access certain sites that Safari
>>> can't handle and maybe to do some scanning. But question. Since
>>> you've matched up the two folders, if I get a virus on the Windows
>>> side, will it effect the Mac, since the folder is shared?
>>>
>>> On 7/29/08, erik burggraaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Fusion and bootcamp are both great. Which is best for you depends
>>>> entirely on what your needs are.
>>>> I chose fusion because I only want to do the odd thing in windows
>>>> and
>>>> I don't want to interupt the rest of my computing life to take
>>>> care of
>>>> windows business. If you don't care about the seperation, then
>>>> bootcamp is free and more than adaquit.
>>>>
>>>> Fusion is %100 accessible, don't worry about a thing there.
>>>> There are several good key mapping utilities, but since I'm a
>>>> window-
>>>> eyes user I don't need them and have largely ignored the threads on
>>>> them.
>>>>
>>>> When you install windows on fusion it will place your mac home
>>>> folder
>>>> as a shared drive under my computer. I enhanced this by moving the
>>>> target of my documents on the windows side to the documents folder
>>>> of
>>>> my home folder on the mac. That means no copying and pasting is
>>>> required between my documents under windows and /users/rico/
>>>> documents
>>>> on my mac.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>> erik burggraaf
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> On 29-Jul-08, at 11:32 AM, Tiffany D wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Geia sas,
>>>>>
>>>>> So I've decided to go with Fusion rather than Bootcamp. A very
>>>>> knowledgible friend told me it was a better bet. However, he's
>>>>> familiar only with Windows and not Mac. So how accessible is
>>>>> Fusion
>>>>> on the mac in general? Can I have a shared folder and move files
>>>>> between the two systems like he said? What kinds of drivers will I
>>>>> need to get so that Windows will recognise the keys on my Mac? If
>>>>> Fusion isn't the best option for vmware, then what is?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Tiffanitsa
>>>>>
>>>>
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