Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Mar 14 20:36:08 CDT 2009
How do they renew. Do you have to download a new image and transfer all you settings/data etc to the new one? -- Stuart On 14 Mar 2009 at 21:28, William Hindman wrote: > ...yes but as I said previously, they've renewed it every time for more than > a year now and almost certainly will continue to do so since you still can't > install more than one version of ie. > > William > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:18 PM > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 > Express&VB.NET) > > >>From that link: > > "This VPC image will expire in April 2009." > > > > If you do want to use it however, note the following from VirtualBox Help: > > "Finally, VirtualBox also fully supports the VHD format used by Microsoft" > > > > Cheers, > > Stuart > > > > On 14 Mar 2009 at 20:10, William Hindman wrote: > > > >> ...been that way for more than a year ...there is a separate link to dl > >> the > >> right vhd > >> > >> http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en > >> > >> ...the secret to this is that ms is providing a vhd with win xp or vista > >> AND > >> ie6, 7, or 8 now to web developers to allow testing > >> against multiple browser environments ...since you can't run more than > >> one > >> version of ie on the same system. they came > >> up with this backdoor ...but the bottom line is that its a fully > >> functional > >> vhd with the os and ie already installed and you can use > >> it for whatever you please ...and anyone can dl and use it if they know > >> where to look. > >> > >> ...and of course ms isn't broadcasting this everywhere ...you only find > >> it > >> by looking for ways to test both versions of ie on your system :) > >> ...not a word or link to this on either the vpc or their regular vhd site > >> :) > >> > >> William > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> From: "Steve Erbach" <erbachs at gmail.com> > >> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:54 PM > >> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > >> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 > >> Express&VB.NET) > >> > >> > William, > >> > > >> > Interesting. Is that a recent promotion? When I downloaded VPC last > >> > year there wasn't any OS that came with it. > >> > > >> > Steve Erbach > >> > Neenah, WI > >> > > >> > > >> > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:44 AM, William Hindman > >> > <wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote: > >> >> ...its free ...and it comes with a vhd with win xp or vista already > >> >> installed so you don't have to buy another copy ...the free os is a > >> >> limited > >> >> time but they've renewed it every time it was about to expire so far. > >> >> > >> >> William > >> >> > >> >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> >> From: "Max Wanadoo" <max.wanadoo at gmail.com> > >> >> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:57 AM > >> >> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > >> >> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > >> >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 > >> >> Express&VB.NET) > >> >> > >> >>> William, > >> >>> Is virtual PC 2007 from Microsoft free or not. The site says "free > >> >>> download" > >> >>> but it is unclear whether that means that after installing it, I then > >> >>> get > >> >>> only xyz days to use it. > >> >>> > >> >>> If not free, what would you recommend? > >> >>> > >> >>> Thanks > >> >>> Max > >> >>> > >> > > >> > -- > >> > 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 > > > > > > -- > > 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