[AccessD] 2007 over 2003

Yep, I do the same with OSes.  I have the following prebuilt into .vhd
files (VPC/Virtual Server 'virtual hard drives'):

Dos 6.22 (8 megs)
NT4 Server (1 gig)
NT4 Workstation (415 megs)
Windows 7 (6 gigs)
Windows 95 (323 megs)
Windows 98 (235 megs (isn't it odd that it's the smallest 'windows'
OS?))
Windows 2000 Pro (2.8 gigs)
Windows 2000 Server (2.5 gigs (odd that the server is smaller then the
Pro version...)
Windows 2003 (3.8 gigs)
Windows Vista (10.9 gigs <shiver>)
Windows XP (2.1 gigs)

All of these are sitting in a folder on my desktop at work, my work
laptop, and our virtual server.  Need a system, just copy the HD.  I did
find out the other day, however, that there is an issue with the SSID
created during the initial installation, where trying to run multiple
'copies' of the OS on the same network creates some authentication
issues.  Found a free little utility that lets you create a new random
SSID.

I also have a 'Development' environment VM which has all my typical
development tools installed and setup the way I like it.  It's an XP OS,
and have it copied to a few places, so if I lose a machine, I can bring
it up in a virtual environment in a pinch.

Drew

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:48 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] 2007 over 2003

Easy to say Arthur, not so easy to do when new to VMs.

You are of course correct in your statement.  And once you are up on VMs
it is a huge tool.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Arthur Fuller wrote:
> Forget about this path, my friend, and instead go with a VM manager of
your
> choice. Trusting MS to take care of these problems is IMO seppuku. Do
not go
> there! Create a VM for every version of everything you want to run,
and
> proceed from there. Isolated spaces = no brain-drain.
> 
> A.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Rocky Smolin
<rockysmolin at bchacc.com>wrote:
> 
>> Yeah, I saw that so I uninstalled 2003 and then the 2007 installation
went
>> OK.  So now I'm going to try to install 2003 AFTER 2007 and see if I
can
>> get
>> away with that.
>>
>> Anther forum had a reference to O2003 SP2 installation doing away
with the
>> hidden cab files.
>>
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