[AccessD] OT: Virtual PC 2007

thanks, Francisco and John,
I have installed VM Player and Converter and converted my main PC and run 
it. works just fine.
Now I have to find a good way where to store and how to acces the data for 
the various programs,
so that I can run the main PC on a different box without fumblilng around 
with all the data access.

I could put all the data on the NAS, but then I would have to turn the NAS 
on each time I turn the PC on,
which is not a real problem, but if I want to extend this method to all my 
PCs (i.e., having a VM of each PC located somewhere for safety backup, all 
the PCs need to use only the NAS for data. Might have to build some hardware 
solution to turn on the NAS from a remote room.)
Alternatively, keep backup of all data on the NAS and relink when I run from 
the VM.

Lembit

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francisco Tapia" <fhtapia at gmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
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Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Virtual PC 2007


> Well, I haven't tried an expensive GPU intensive game on it yet, I will 
> load
> GTA San Andreas to see how it performs.  Up until now it's been a gaming
> machine for my daughter's games, there is a 3D teletubies and 3D Thomas 
> the
> tank engine which both run Directx7.  Vmware 6 supports some though not 
> all
> of Window Vista's Aero GUI.  From what I read is that they will be
> supporting the full aero gui with an update release.
>
> On 5/21/07, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
>>
>> When you say "as a gaming PC" what do you mean?  In MS' VPC, the video is
>> an
>> emulation of a 2D S3 graphics card, which simply will not run modern 3D
>> games (specifically MorrowWind).  I understand that VMWare also does a
>> software emulation, and the common consensus is that a software emulation
>> of
>> a 3D processor is too expensive to do (processor cycles).
>>
>> Are you playing modern games?
>>
>> BTW, early this morning I made a "capture" or whatever they call it of 
>> one
>> of my 2003 servers, but I have not yet mounted and played with it.
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> Colby Consulting
>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Francisco 
>> Tapia
>> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 2:57 PM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Virtual PC 2007
>>
>> woo hoo John, :)
>>           Welcome to the world of virtualization... :).  There is
>> literally
>> a free-ing experience when you move to virtual machines (in your case
>> vpc).
>> I don't remember the cause for USB support in VPC, but in VMware you are
>> able to use USB 1.1 in Vmware workstation 5 and USB 2.0 in VMware 6. 
>> They
>> also give you a "free" VMware Server that you can use on your server apps
>> to
>> run other servers or windows xp/linux etc machines.
>>
>> VMware doesn't give away the workstation for free, bu they do offer a
>> VMware
>> Converter product that allows you convert existing pc's into VM's  I've
>> used
>> it well with great sucess although for XP you have to go through the 
>> whole
>> re-activation process :S arg.  other than that minor hiccup, it works
>> extreamly well!
>>
>> While I also tried VPC from MS, I found that you must absolutly install
>> the
>> SPs before it runs halfway decently.  Also I found that if you want to 
>> run
>> VServer and want to automate the shutdown process for backups etc, it's
>> much
>> more cumbersome than in VMware where it's a single line batch file :).
>>
>> btw, it is worth looking into Vmware 6.  It's paid off for me already w/
>> dual monitor support, usb2 and some 3d support, it works out really well
>> as
>> a gaming pc for my daughter (3yrs old) and me. :).
>>
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