William Hindman
wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Sun Mar 30 09:30:06 CDT 2008
...Microsoft Virtual PC running in the host operating system does recognize USB, so it will function whether the virtual hard disks are on an internal drive or your external USB drive. ...inside the VPC, Windows will not recognize any USB devices except mice, hard disks, and keyboards. ...its a difference but not a killer by any means ...and the difference for me is the pre-registered, free MS Windows vhd which will not, afaik, run under vmware William ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darryl Collins" <Darryl.Collins at coles.com.au> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:18 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] VM for different versions of Access > > Max, > > there are probably numerous others, but this is one I have read about > recently. > > "Microsoft's Virtual PC does not support access to USB devices from within > the VM. VMware Player does not have this problem." > > hth > > Darryl. > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo > Sent: Sunday, 30 March 2008 8:08 PM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] VM for different versions of Access > > > Does anybody know if there is any essential difference between Virtual PC > (which I believe is MS offering) and VMWare (which I believe is not MS)? > Thanks > Max > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 4:41 PM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [AccessD] VM for different versions of Access > > Hi Tina > > They seem to have forgotten the instructions as found similar here for VS > TS > 2008: > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c7a809d8-8c9f-439f- > 8147-948bc6957812&DisplayLang=en#Instructions > >> The first part is a self-extracting EXE and will prompt for the other > parts. .. > > So it is the exe for a start. > > /gustav > >>>> tinanfields at torchlake.com 29-03-2008 14:36 >>> > Doug, William, et al, > > How does one decide which of the files to download? I'm using IE7, so > that > eliminates two of the files, but what would determine my choice among > IE7_VPC.EXE, IE7_VIS1.exe, IE7_VIS2.rar, and IE7_VIS3.rar? > > My guess is IE7_VPC.EXE, simply because I see "vpc" in this name, and I > have > no idea what "vis1," "vis2," and "vis3" are. Have I guessed correctly? > > Okay, if I'm just dumb, I'm just dumb - but it would be nice to really > know > what I'm looking at and what I'm choosing when I download something. My > past week's experience starting to learn about Linux has me very sensitive > to the several "Swiss Cheese holes" in my knowledge. > I am going to gamble on my guess and go download IE7_VPC.EXE. > > Thanks, > Tina > > Doug Steele wrote: >> Google is our friend: >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F >> -4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en >> >> Doug Steele >> >> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 5:38 AM, Dan Waters <dwaters at usinternet.com> > wrote: >> >> >>> William - could you post a link for this? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Dan > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > This email and any attachments may contain privileged and confidential > information and are intended for the named addressee only. If you have > received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this > e-mail immediately. Any confidentiality, privilege or copyright is not > waived or lost because this e-mail has been sent to you in error. It is > your responsibility to check this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. > No warranty is made that this material is free from computer virus or any > other defect or error. Any loss/damage incurred by using this material is > not the sender's responsibility. The sender's entire liability will be > limited to resupplying the material. > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >