[AccessD] OT: Virtual OS software...

Hi Jim.

Thanks for the reply.  Everything I've seen seems to point to the VMWare
product.  

That is a really cool idea about recreating the user's machines.  Can you
take any image from any system and do this?

Thanks,
Bobby

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim DeMarco
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 8:40 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Virtual OS software...


We used VMWare a couple of years back to help us create an install that
needed to work in NT 4.0, Win2K and WinXP.  It was easy to use and saved
tons of time in reboot time alone.

We are going to use it again to create some virtual sandboxes for
developer tests by recreating user's machines in the VM.

Jim DeMarco 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:16 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] OT: Virtual OS software...

Any of you have any preferences between Virtual PC and VMWare
Workstation?

I am looking at getting one of these to:
1) Have a pristine copy of XP (legal), 2000, and 98 to test installs,
etc.
2) To check beta or new software.
3) Run various flavors of Linux.
4) And in general, be able to play around with stuff without worrying
about hosing my main system.
5) So I don't have to multi-boot any more.

So, if you have any thoughts on these, I'd love to hear them.

Thanks,
Bobby