nOw that is cOOl - I could install 2 or three versions of WinXP on the computer in the family room. The twins could screw up their 'work space' and not impact my wife - the school teacher's - 'space'. Boy would that save me a ton of aggravation. And I am guessing, I could just create a image of the first install and just copy that to the others.
Guess I can stop threatening the twins with gross bodily harm in the future. Lol, maybe they will think I have a kinder gentler side. "-----Original Message----- "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- "[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Reeves "Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 2:54 AM "To: 'The Hardware List' "Subject: RE: [H] Chris just a basic Virtual PC Question " "Oh, and a link to some of the tips on games: " "http://paulsweblog.com/software/virtualpc/virtualpc_dosgames.htm " " " " " "--------------------------------------------------------------------------- "- "---------- "FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! "Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter "http://mail.giantcompany.com " " "-----Original Message----- "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jamie Furtner "Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 10:13 PM "To: The Hardware List "Subject: Re: [H] Chris just a basic Virtual PC Question " " "On Mon, October 3, 2005 5:22 pm, rls wrote: "> I assume that I can switch between operating systems by using "> cntrl-alt-del or some other hotkey - is that primarily what you do. So I "> can let a program run in one operating system while I am in a diff oper. "> Sys.? " "Yes, if the VPC is full screen, right-alt to get out, if it's windowed you "can press right-alt or move the cursor outside of the window. VPC includes "extensions for Windows to make moving between host and guest more seemless "- similar to RDP/Terminal Services/Citrix if you've ever used any of those "services. " "> "> "> Is it easy to install a new O.S. to the mix? " "No more difficult then installing a new OS on a physical computer. You "just need the space on your machine to host the OS -- the entire OS goes "into files on the hard drive. " "> "> "> Can you do an image of an O.S. install then restore it? " "VPC has "snapshot" features, which means you can get the image into a "particular state, take the snapshot, do whatever you want (including a "format..) then revert to the snapshot. " "> "> "> Can one del an O.S. when one doesn't want it any longer? " "As easy as deleting files. The entire VPC is in a set of VHD files for the "virtual hard drive and a VMC file that contains the settings of the VPC. " "> "> "> Thanks "> "> "> " " "-- "Jamie Furtner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ""The difference between intelligence and stupidity is that " intelligence has its limits." " --unknown
