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Re: Installfest related question

2014-09-12 Thread techlists



I recently bought a Dell laptop that came with win7.  I started it and 
did some testing as I recall.  So I launched the Win7.  I then replaced 
win7 with Mint 17 KDE.  I need access to windows and would like to run a 
copy of Win7 in a VM if possible.


It is my understanding that running windows in a VM is a violation of 
the user license.  Is this true?


Where can I get an ISO and can I use the codes provided with the laptop?

Running a full version of Win7 in a VM would be the best solution for 
me.


Thanks!!
Keith




On 2014-09-11 13:45, Stephen M wrote:

Harold,
Todd has a few ISOs of WINs 7 and I might have some myself.  Yes WINs
7 can make a snapshot of the system or make a recovery disk which
would be something you could do.  I've never done it myself but there
are great articles out there on google to tell you how.  If anything
you could wait until next Saturday and some of us will have ISOs for
you to play with.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Lisa Kachold foo...@it-clowns.com
wrote:


Jill,

I believe that the Hackfest is scheduled on that Saturday.  [2nd
Saturday of every month from 11:00 to 2PM).

Hans has some considerations about scheduling conflicting
meetings. 

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Harold iscream...@gmail.com
wrote:

I am looking forward to the delivery of a new PC, which has Win 7
installed on it.

I would like to bring it to the Sept 20 installfest for advice and
assistance in setting the machine up with the latest version Centos
64-bit system.

I would like to be able to run Win 7 either in a VM or as dual
boot.

I haven't had a Windows system for quite a number of years and I
know some changes have been made.

If I boot the system and test (play around with it) will I be
compromising my ultimate goal by having Win tie into the
motherboard, or calling home or some such system change that will
prevent setting up dual boot or getting a copy of the system for use
in a VM environment?

My goal for the Win system, in addition to learning what changes
have been made since XP will be to run Minecraft and the Garmin GPS
update program.

Sorry if this is too long and confused, but at the moment I am a
bit confused.

Harold

On 09/04/2014 10:00 AM, jill wrote:
This Saturday's Installfest has moved!  UAT has some conflicting
scheduling this fall so Gangplank in Chandler has kindly agreed to
host for these dates.  Updated event info:


http://phxlinux.org/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2014/09/06/1242112/-/moved-linux-installfest.html

[2]

The Installfest will be at Gangplank on:
9/6
9/20
10/18

We'll have regular Installfest hours of 10am - 4pm.

Gangplank is located at 260 S Arizona Ave Chandler, AZ 85224, which
is the NW corner of Arizona Ave and Frye.  There is a free public
parking garage across the street, with a crosswalk leading from the
garage to our doorstep.
http://gangplankhq.com/wp-content/uploads/GPParking-1.jpg [3]

-Jill

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Re: Installfest related question

2014-09-11 Thread Stephen M

Harold,
This decision is up to what you would like to do. Dual booting Windows and
CentOS will not affect your ability to remote into your computer while
offsite. The risk of security is no different if you just at CentOS
running honestly. Any computer can be riddled with all sorts of malicious
software.

The thing you want to concentrate on is the hardware of the computer.
Myself, I could dual boot my Wins 7 system but I have 2 HDDs so I don't
mind. I have ISOs of WINs7 also and virtualize that envirorment to learn
the system w/out dual booting. The other thing to consider is that with
dual boot, you will have to restart you computer each time you want to go
into the other system. Use VBox, VMPlayer, or HyperV if you wanted will
allow you to stay in one system and create a guest OS.

When you come to the Installfest on the 20th down in Chandler. A lot of
people will be there and you can ask in-person because everyone will have
different options. Some might even have the ability to show you the
difference on their own computers.

Hope thats enough to get you started thinking about what direction you want
to go.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Harold iscream...@gmail.com wrote:

I am looking forward to the delivery of a new PC, which has Win 7
installed on it.

I would like to bring it to the Sept 20 installfest for advice and
assistance in setting the machine up with the latest version Centos 64-bit
system.

I would like to be able to run Win 7 either in a VM or as dual boot.

I haven't had a Windows system for quite a number of years and I know some
changes have been made.

If I boot the system and test (play around with it) will I be compromising
my ultimate goal by having Win tie into the motherboard, or calling home or
some such system change that will prevent setting up dual boot or getting a
copy of the system for use in a VM environment?

My goal for the Win system, in addition to learning what changes have been
made since XP will be to run Minecraft and the Garmin GPS update program.

Sorry if this is too long and confused, but at the moment I am a bit
confused.

Harold

On 09/04/2014 10:00 AM, jill wrote:

This Saturday's Installfest has moved! UAT has some conflicting
scheduling this fall so Gangplank in Chandler has kindly agreed to host for
these dates. Updated event info:

http://phxlinux.org/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2014/09/06/1242112/-/moved-linux-installfest.html
http://phxlinux.org/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2014/09/06/1242112/-/moved-linux-installfest.html?Itemid=1filter_reset=1

The Installfest will be at Gangplank on:
9/6
9/20
10/18

We'll have regular Installfest hours of 10am - 4pm.

Gangplank is located at 260 S Arizona Ave Chandler, AZ 85224, which is the
NW corner of Arizona Ave and Frye. There is a free public parking garage
across the street, with a crosswalk leading from the garage to our doorstep.
http://gangplankhq.com/wp-content/uploads/GPParking-1.jpg

-Jill

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Re: Installfest related question

2014-09-11 Thread Harold

From your answer I am realizing that the question I should be asking is
how do I end up with a Win 7 ISO.

I know WIN hides a restore version on a hidden partition, but I have
never figured how to get a usable copy from the HDD to use for loading,
or reloading.

Harold

On 09/11/2014 11:27 AM, Stephen M wrote:

Harold,
This decision is up to what you would like to do. Dual booting
Windows and CentOS will not affect your ability to remote into your
computer while offsite. The risk of security is no different if you
just at CentOS running honestly. Any computer can be riddled with all
sorts of malicious software.

The thing you want to concentrate on is the hardware of the computer.
Myself, I could dual boot my Wins 7 system but I have 2 HDDs so I
don't mind. I have ISOs of WINs7 also and virtualize that envirorment
to learn the system w/out dual booting. The other thing to consider
is that with dual boot, you will have to restart you computer each
time you want to go into the other system. Use VBox, VMPlayer, or
HyperV if you wanted will allow you to stay in one system and create a
guest OS.

When you come to the Installfest on the 20th down in Chandler. A lot
of people will be there and you can ask in-person because everyone
will have different options. Some might even have the ability to show
you the difference on their own computers.

Hope thats enough to get you started thinking about what direction you
want to go.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Harold iscream...@gmail.com
mailto:iscream...@gmail.com wrote:

I am looking forward to the delivery of a new PC, which has Win 7
installed on it.

I would like to bring it to the Sept 20 installfest for advice and
assistance in setting the machine up with the latest version
Centos 64-bit system.

I would like to be able to run Win 7 either in a VM or as dual boot.

I haven't had a Windows system for quite a number of years and I
know some changes have been made.

If I boot the system and test (play around with it) will I be
compromising my ultimate goal by having Win tie into the
motherboard, or calling home or some such system change that will
prevent setting up dual boot or getting a copy of the system for
use in a VM environment?

My goal for the Win system, in addition to learning what changes
have been made since XP will be to run Minecraft and the Garmin
GPS update program.

Sorry if this is too long and confused, but at the moment I am a
bit confused.

Harold

On 09/04/2014 10:00 AM, jill wrote:

This Saturday's Installfest has moved! UAT has some conflicting
scheduling this fall so Gangplank in Chandler has kindly agreed
to host for these dates. Updated event info:

http://phxlinux.org/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2014/09/06/1242112/-/moved-linux-installfest.html

http://phxlinux.org/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2014/09/06/1242112/-/moved-linux-installfest.html?Itemid=1filter_reset=1

The Installfest will be at Gangplank on:
9/6
9/20
10/18

We'll have regular Installfest hours of 10am - 4pm.

Gangplank is located at 260 S Arizona Ave Chandler, AZ 85224,
which is the NW corner of Arizona Ave and Frye. There is a free
public parking garage across the street, with a crosswalk leading
from the garage to our doorstep.
http://gangplankhq.com/wp-content/uploads/GPParking-1.jpg

-Jill

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Re: Installfest related question

2014-09-11 Thread Stephen M

Harold,
Todd has a few ISOs of WINs 7 and I might have some myself. Yes WINs 7 can
make a snapshot of the system or make a recovery disk which would be
something you could do. I've never done it myself but there are great
articles out there on google to tell you how. If anything you could wait
until next Saturday and some of us will have ISOs for you to play with.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Lisa Kachold foo...@it-clowns.com wrote:

Jill,

I believe that the Hackfest is scheduled on that Saturday. [2nd Saturday
of every month from 11:00 to 2PM).

Hans has some considerations about scheduling conflicting meetings.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Harold iscream...@gmail.com wrote:

I am looking forward to the delivery of a new PC, which has Win 7
installed on it.

I would like to bring it to the Sept 20 installfest for advice and
assistance in setting the machine up with the latest version Centos 64-bit
system.

I would like to be able to run Win 7 either in a VM or as dual boot.

I haven't had a Windows system for quite a number of years and I know
some changes have been made.

If I boot the system and test (play around with it) will I be
compromising my ultimate goal by having Win tie into the motherboard, or
calling home or some such system change that will prevent setting up dual
boot or getting a copy of the system for use in a VM environment?

My goal for the Win system, in addition to learning what changes have
been made since XP will be to run Minecraft and the Garmin GPS update
program.

Sorry if this is too long and confused, but at the moment I am a bit
confused.

Harold

On 09/04/2014 10:00 AM, jill wrote:

This Saturday's Installfest has moved! UAT has some conflicting
scheduling this fall so Gangplank in Chandler has kindly agreed to host for
these dates. Updated event info:

The Installfest will be at Gangplank on:
9/6
9/20
10/18

We'll have regular Installfest hours of 10am - 4pm.

Gangplank is located at 260 S Arizona Ave Chandler, AZ 85224, which is
the NW corner of Arizona Ave and Frye. There is a free public parking
garage across the street, with a crosswalk leading from the garage to our
doorstep.
http://gangplankhq.com/wp-content/uploads/GPParking-1.jpg

-Jill

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Re: Installfest related question

2014-09-11 Thread Stephen Partington

I have access to MSDN and can download certain ISO's But what i would do is
make a disk image with something like clonezilla of your Win7 driver and
stash that on a USB hdd or something similar and you can just re-image back
to stock if you need to do warranty work ect.

then you cna full wipe and install whatever VM's you want or dualboot to
you hearts content.

just be careful because OEM install media can get strange when you deal
with top teir OEM vendors. like dell and hp.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Stephen M smelhei...@gmail.com wrote:

Harold,
Todd has a few ISOs of WINs 7 and I might have some myself. Yes WINs 7
can make a snapshot of the system or make a recovery disk which would be
something you could do. I've never done it myself but there are great
articles out there on google to tell you how. If anything you could wait
until next Saturday and some of us will have ISOs for you to play with.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Lisa Kachold foo...@it-clowns.com
wrote: