Hello Chris, I've just gotten a virtual machine of Windows 7 64-bit working (on my Win 7 64-bit machine) using VirtualBox. You might want to try this out - it would be useful for testing Windows releases. You just install Win7, (install the updates), activate it, and then take a snapshot. Then, when you want to test it, you just restore the snapshot, install the software, and run it.
It seems to work pretty well out of the box (with two minor mods). (1) I installed VirtualBox 3.2.8 for Windows hosts x86/amd64 from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads (2) I ran it and hit "New", Choose Windows 7 (64-bit), set the memory to 768, then hit Next about ten times. (3) Once done, you choose your new virtual machine and click Start. This prompts you to put your Windows 7 CD into your CD drive, and away you go. (4) I had two problems: I think I choose "Windows 7" the first time instead of "Windows 7 64-bit" - because of this I had to go into some properties (somewhere - I can't find it now) and turn on I/O APIC (http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=29130) - this should already be set if you choose 64-bit. The other problem was that I needed to turn on Hardware Virtualization in the Bios (as described as http://nerdnotes.net/blog/PermaLink,guid,da06d77e-bd30-449f-9b04-0ac3c2e270b5.aspx) - this may already be enabled on your PC. - Noel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-Devel mailing list OpenBabel-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-devel
