Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Sat Mar 29 07:28:55 CDT 2008
Doug, Thanks. This VM technique is looking better and better all the time. Would a site license cover the Windows installations running on VM? Tina Doug Steele wrote: > I use VMWare, and I have an 8gb USB stick with a full Windows XP install and > Office 2003. Works very well, as long as you've got at least 2gb RAM! You > can also set up the VM to be copyable (with VMWare Workstation, anyway), > copy it to another machine running VMWare Player, and run it there. > > I use VMs for keeping various development environments separate > (specifically, different versions of Office) and it's great. > > It would be so cool to set up a VM on a client's computer so you could have > total control over the environment that your database was running in. The > VMs are a bit large for shooting back & forth, though, and I haven't yet got > up the nerve to ask any client to purchase an extra set of Windows installs > for every computer running my database! > > Doug Steele > > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Tina Norris Fields < > tinanfields at torchlake.com> wrote: > > >> Hi All, >> >> Double-posting, since this is a technical virtual machine question but >> involves Access. >> >> The database I wrote about that got corrupted has been mostly repaired. >> That is to say the tables are intact, all the data are there, and the >> table relationships are good. However, there are bits and pieces that >> definitely are out of whack. I am going to remodel the database, to use >> only the features the client actually uses and wants, to restore the >> switchboard interface the client likes, and then split the sucker into a >> proper BE and FE. Client agrees. Here is the puzzle: client uses >> Access97. My machine is WinXP Pro with Office 2003. >> >> I would like to install a virtual machine and run Office 97 in that >> machine (yes, I still have a licensed copy on the shelf - >> unbelievable!). I would like that machine to reside on my USB external >> drive. Is this do-able? What are the gotchas I need to watch out for? >> >> I have Microsoft's VirtualPC installed as well as VMWare's Server. The >> MS VirtualPC seems the better candidate for making a virtual machine to >> run another version of Office. >> >> Suggestions? Ideas? Watch-out fors? >> >> Thanks, >> Tina >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >>