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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Entwood on 12 March 2010, 10:25:16
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Running Windows XP SP3. How easy is it to set up "virtual machines" ?? I have some software that will only work with IE6, so would like a VM with IE6 on it, and the rest of the system can get upgraded to IE8.
Never done any VM stuff before but willing to learn .. :)
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Plenty of free software that will do what you want. I use Innotek Virtualbox to keep a handful of different windows VMs on my XP machine at work for testing purposes. Several other ways to do it though.
Kevin
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If you have XP, and enough RAM (like shitloads, then add some more!), VMWare Server isn't too bad, and is free :D
Don't like the new web based interface of v2, but ho-hum.
Not sure if its just familarity, but I find VMWare's competitors (for Windows) a bit clunky.
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Thanks both :) Downloaded and tried both ...
That VMServer is way too big and complicated for simple me !!!
The Sun Virtualbox looks like it will do what I want, I've got it running with XP quite nicely ... now how do I get a programme from my existing hard drives into the virtual machine ?? It only lets me load via CD drives at the moment ... I suppose I could burn a disc but there must be an easier way ??
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now how do I get a programme from my existing hard drives into the virtual machine ?? It only lets me load via CD drives at the moment ... I suppose I could burn a disc but there must be an easier way ??
You have to install a driver on the virtual machine that makes the host machine's drive appear under an unused drive letter on the virtual machine IIRC.
Or, assuming you set up a network connection to the virtual machine, you could use a real windows CIFS file share.
Kevin